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Happy editing! Cheers, Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 12:07, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

July 2022

Thank you for your recent contributions, such as Assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge.. Getting started creating new articles on Wikipedia can be tricky, and you might like to try creating a draft of your article in draftspace or in your userspace first, which you can then ask for feedback on if necessary, with less risk of deletion. Do make sure you also read help available to you, including Your First Article and the Tutorial. You might also like to try the Article Wizard, which has an option to create a draft version. Thank you. ––FormalDude talk 03:31, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Storchy. I noticed that you added or changed content in the articles Ali Sabry (Sri Lankan politician), Assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge, and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Storchy (talk) 12:55, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Romesh67! Your additions to Lasantha Wickrematunge have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 19:32, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

July 2022

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Mahinda Rajapaksa, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. Chanaka L (talk) 08:02, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

If you wish for me to delete the page I took hours working on today I will delete it. This is my first time working on Wikipedia and i am uncomfortable and don’t feel safe editing or contributing to Wikipedia anymore. The edits I made took hours of research and work but you are attacking all my contributions and making me feel uncomfortable contributing to Wikipedia. Romesh67 (talk) 12:17, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for July 2

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Gotabaya Rajapaksa, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page FT. Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 19:49, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Ahimsa Wickrematunge moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Ahimsa Wickrematunge, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. --Minorax^«¦talk¦» 03:53, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

August 2022

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give the page Draft:Ahimsa Wickrematunge a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Ahimsa Wickrematunge. 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.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. Storchy (talk) 09:27, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Are you able to move it Romesh67 (talk) 09:33, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

There's a history merge request at the top of the page, asking an administrator to fix the problem. Storchy (talk) 09:35, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

If you wish to delete the page I created I will do so. I do not feel safe or comfortable editing or contributing to Sri Lankan related Wikipedia articles anymore as users here are making me uncomfortable and removing all my work which I took hours to edit and contribute. Romesh67 (talk) 12:14, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Ahimsa Wickrematunge has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Ahimsa Wickrematunge. Thanks! Hitro talk 09:40, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

The references I cited were changed into external links by another user Romesh67 (talk) 09:47, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ahimsa Wickrematunge

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A tag has been placed on Ahimsa Wickrematunge requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ahimsa Wickrematunge. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. PRAXIDICAE🌈 14:03, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

I removed all content from the page as user Storchy was making me uncomfortable on this platform Romesh67 (talk) 14:05, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ahimsa Wickrematunge (August 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Praxidicae were:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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PRAXIDICAE🌈 14:03, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Romesh67! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! PRAXIDICAE🌈 14:03, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Blocked for sockpuppetry

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Romesh67. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Girth Summit _(blether) 10:24, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Ahimsa Wickrematunge

Hello, Romesh67. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Ahimsa Wickrematunge, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 15:01, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Ahimsa Wickrematunge

Hello, Romesh67. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Ahimsa Wickrematunge".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:27, 13 February 2023 (UTC)