User talk:Foresterr

Sri Lanka Articles[edit]

Sir, very please to see a reverend bikku joining our editing community. Welcome!--Chanaka L (talk) 04:48, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sir, I reviewed the two articles. The first one seems alright, but more inline citations would be helpful. It seems to me the title of the article is the problem. In such cases moving the page is the solution. But as you have created the destination page, moving won't work now. So request a page move , an admin will perform the task. The article tagged for clean up is due to absence of references and wikilinks. Hope you can both these to improve the article. If you have any further problems please ask.--Chanaka L (talk) 06:01, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sir, usually I avoid assessing articles I've written. I've done this for nearly all my articles except for entry level stub articles and list articles. I would ask a fellow editor to do the assessment for me. But self-assessing is not a serious crime in here, it is a best practice. To have a B-class, I would say the article need a picture of the subject, expanded lead section, and a little more prose. Sir, Template:Buddhism in Sri Lanka might help you in the future to see what articles need to written. Nice work so far, and keep it up.--Chanaka L (talk) 02:39, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like venerable thera know how to be humorous and philosophical at the same time. LOL. The photos found in the internet can be only uploaded if they either in Public domain or if it had released under the GFDL or Creative commons license. I'd like to write some Buddhism related articles but I don't have many decent references though I've written Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera and rewrite a clean version of Temple of the Tooth when copyrighted material found there.--Chanaka L (talk) 06:13, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sir, I am sorry, forgot to tell some important points. 1) Katukurunde Nanananda Thera is eligible for WP:DYK, nominate it ASAP, as the new articles should nominated within 5 days of creation. 2) When page move is performed source page's content is overwritten in the destination page. So I think you may want to save the destination page's content. Are you aware of the redirects. If the searchability is the prime concern for page move, and if the title with diacritics is the correct title perhaps redirecting the diacritic-less name to the other will solve the searchability issue. Titles with accents is not unseen in Wikipedia. eg. Bodhipakkhiyādhammā. Kind regards--Chanaka L (talk) 03:00, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sir, I moved the nomination from September 5 to September 2. We take nomination date as the date of creation or the date expansion began. I agree with you then to have a diacritic-less name to be consistent with other biographies. I am not sure about the Google search however our internal searches shows redirects as distinguish blue links however. Regards--Chanaka L (talk) 07:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's my pleasure, sir. Weldone!--Chanaka L (talk) 03:46, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Katukurunde Nanananda Thera[edit]

On 14 September 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Katukurunde Nanananda Thera, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Bhikkhu Analayo[edit]

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Bhikkhu Analayo, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/index.php?id=4&L=1. As a copyright violation, Bhikkhu Analayo appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Bhikkhu Analayo has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

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However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. ErikHaugen (talk) 05:44, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Erik for the note. I have provided justification in Talk:Bhikkhu Analayo. --Foresterr (talk) 09:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I see your note; there are a couple replies there. Let me know if I can help with anything. Thanks, ErikHaugen (talk) 14:56, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A new article to replace the problematic content has been up at Talk:Bhikkhu_Analayo/Temp since 5th Oct. It would be good if the copyright infringement notice could be removed and this new content moved. --Foresterr (talk) 06:19, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka[edit]

Dear Foresterr,

Thank you for your contributions to the Wikimedia Projects. As a Sri Lankan editor, you are warmly invited to join the official Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka and to subscribe to its mailing list, Wikimedia-LK.

The user group currently includes volunteers from Wikipedia and other projects, from the English, Sinhala, and Tamil speaking communities. It is the Wikimedia-approved platform for editors from Sri Lanka to enable wider collaboration, for both online and offline projects.

With your support, we hope to organize cross-project content improvement drives as part of online projects, as well as organize in-person edit-a-thons, training sessions, photowalks, and other such activities, in the near future. The ultimate goal(s) of these initiatives is to improve the overall coverage and quality of topics relating to Sri Lanka, as well as encourage new editors to join the Wikimedia community, while simultaneously empowering and retaining our existing team of editors.

There are no mandatory obligations for members who choose join the community, other than the usual editing rules for online projects, and the friendly space policy for in-person projects. You may also (or instead) subscribe to the mailing list, where any member could initiate discussions with volunteers across projects, notify members of events and meetings, stay up to date with competitions, organize your own events, and so on.

See you on board, and Happy Editing!

Reh man 02:21, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]