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Api DJV, good luck, and have fun. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 09:38, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

December 2020

Hello, I'm Greyjoy. I noticed that you recently removed content from Nalinda Jayatissa without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Greyjoy ^talk 05:57, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

"Our Power of People's Party" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya" listed at Redirects for discussion

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January 2021

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give a page a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Motherland People's Party. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

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March 2021

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"United Peace Alliance" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Plantation Workers' Congress" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Non-free image

Please cease adding non-free images to articles. This is a violation of copyright policy. If you continue to ignore this you will be reported to appropriate admin board.--Obi2canibe (talk) 15:19, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Anjana Reddy moved to draftspace. Need more references about the person (independent of her companies)

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Nonfree images

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File:Gampaha Municipal Council logo.png listed for discussion

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Listing of Template:JVP election result at templates for discussion

Template:JVP election result has been listed at templates for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 16:04, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

New Lanka Freedom Party moved to draftspace

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Your contributed article, 2019 Elpitiya Divisional Council election

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List of presidents of Sri Lanka

In these two edits, you restored invisible comments that violate WP:OWN. I'm not sure if this was intentional, but I'll ask that you remove them. - ZLEA _T\^C 03:44, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

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