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Special Task Force

Hey there, There has been a flutter of POV and un-wikipedian editing going on at the Special Task Force page and I can't handle it alone. --Sharz 02:51, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

LTTE mediation

Mediation on Misplaced Pages:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-10-20 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam will resume in 24 hours. We still don't have a representative for the position that the proscription should be removed from the intro. You seem like a good editor, so please consider signing up under "Other parties". — Sebastian 22:01, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

'Thanugulen'...?

I'm actually not Thanugulen, just one of his fans... thank you for the kind words though. :)Willlaister 11:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)Meyv.

Kilinochchi

Hi Raveen,

I altered Kilinochchi as it becomes too controversial.

Rajsingam 16 Dec. 2006

Kilinochchi

Hi Raveen,

I will add the source in the coming days for Nagas.

I will complete Vipulandha very soon.

Rajsingam 17 Dec. 2006

Jaffna

Hi Raveen,

I altered Jaffna.

Rajsingam 17 Dec. 2006

Deceptive block message

You left a message for User:Mithunan saying that he had been blocked () when, in fact, his block log shows that he has never been blocked: . While it is true that his edits are inappropriate for Misplaced Pages, that doesn't give you permission to lie about such things, or to pose as someone who has the authority to block him. These actions are disruptive in themselves. Please be sure not to do so in the future, regarding Mithunan or any other editor. FreplySpang 15:45, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I was not ware that I could'nt use the template {{|Blocked}} Thanks RaveenS

Okay, just don't do it again. Using the template doesn't actually block the person. Only admins can actually block someone. Thanks for being careful about the 3RR rule, too. I've done a bit of cleanup on Anton Balasingham, removing the message that Mithunan posted. FreplySpang 17:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I've blocked him for 24 hours; perhaps that will get his attention. The note you left on his page was very nice - thank you for taking the time to try to help a newbie! In the future, you may get a quicker response by reporting a case like this to WP:AIV instead of to just one admin. Regards, FreplySpang 22:05, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Massacres

Thanks for the help organizing and stratifying the cat.Bakaman 04:13, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

They were all sinhalese my dear friend

It was good that you created a separate article for "Pothuvil massacre" ,as it clearly exposed the true nature of the LTTE agenda.Having said that, I must say, that you are quite wrong in calling the dead Sinhalese fishermen at Kent and Dollar farm, tamil speakers. Negombo may have had, a minority tamil community which became sinhalized. But the vast majority of the "negombo" sinhalese are certainly do not have a tamil origin..Or I could say ,this is actually the other way around.as North and East was predominantly Sinhalese for centuries(Esp East which had a certain sinhalese majority as late as 1815),there is a huge possibility that many tamils have sinhalese origins. I have read an article by an English Gentlemen ,in which he said many sinhalese lived in east became tamilised during the British time..Since almost all the public workers were tamils and they were the ones who were directly had contact with british rulers and tamil was exclusively used in every aspect of life, many sinhalese had no choice but to give up their language(and customs). A sad truth !! Have you noticed that the many place names of north and east are Sinhalese origin ?? --Iwazaki 10:07, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

well,while accepting some of the karava and durava cast have south indean root, i must its hypothetical to generalize this to all the people belong to those casts. Actually i've done quite bit of reading about these things, esp the durava cast(there are plenty of books at vajirarama temple),and i couldnt find out a single evidence to prove that, the first duraves or karaves are actually tamils.Thought the fact that, they have come from south indea is true, you have to remember that there is a good portion of south indeans who are actually have "north or central indean" roots.DO you know the legends say that the first duraves refused to disembark from the ship ,unless the sinhalese king come and welcome them personally ?? Also, pls bear in mind , that even in Present tamil nadu, esp in madras, there are many teligu speaking people who dont consider them selves tamil..I have met around 10 native tamils(all are friends now) here, and none of them consider them selves tamil, coz they all have "teligu"roots.--Iwazaki 05:05, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

raveen brother, read your lengthy description at my talk page.well, I must tell you that, Iam indeed surprised and obviously impressed of your knowledge of certain things,which many sri lankans happily ignored for a quite a long time.Though some of your knowledge is flawed ,there is a chance for you to learn some and hopefully I ll get the same opportunities here.

coming back to one of the main issues here, I must again ,should　say with confidence that, many of the present day Sinhalese karaves and duraves do not have any south Indian roots at all..Though the beginning of these casts may have south indian origin ,and its quite certain as in the legends and for certain extent history , earliest karaves came from south india, there is absolutely no evidence to prove that they were in fact tamils. Not only were buddhist from the very beginning ,their physical characters were quite of not totally different to that of ordinary tamil people..Please, read the books written about sinhalese people by foreign travellers such as philip baldeaus.He had clearly stated that sinhalese and tamils(malabar) are not only different in the language they spoke, but also different in their complexes,skin colour and etc..And having seeing all my karave friends and relatives,I must say, I'am so far unable to see any similarities of them and tamils..But that doesnt mean, the original karaves were north indians..Why would i even say that ?? Though the migration of north Indians to the south during the time of mugal empire is a known fact for everyone, you must also remember that, there are south Indian people, who have been living there for centuries and yet do not consider them selves as tamils.And, teligu speakers are the best example.Actually, I met two of my teligu friends who are working as IT engineers in nagoya ,last weekend, and they assured me that, most of them do not consider them selves tamils!! I really hope some day ,there will be a proper DNA test, so we can put everything into rest..And I am sure the test will prove Sinhalese karaves and duravas are quite different to tamils in tamilnadu. BTW, I didnt know M. Karunanidhi is a teligu..But what I know that he is using the tamil racist card very well.We all know what happened to that famous tamil actor ,who had none tamil roots,when he tried to run for an election,don't we ??

As for your comments of muslims, why would you even think they are native tamil speakers ??!!! When most of the muslims in western coast do not consider tamil as their native language at all !! Muslims in Sri Lanka have various origins.Some may have come from the land of Arabia and some may have actually sinhalese origins..And since they live in Sri Lanka ,where the majority speaks sinhalese and historically a sinhalese land, I dont see any reason for them not to take sinhalese as their mother tongue.thanks--Iwazaki 16:18, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Cat

Hi Raveen, how are you? why are you changing categories on Sukhumi Massacre and Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia? Was there any complaints regarding the categorizations? Thanks in advance, best regards. Ldingley 16:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't accusing you of being provocative by calling them war crimes; I was suggesting that you were being provocative by calling them war crimes committed in Georgia. I didn't realise that this was part of a broader recategorisation project, however; my mistake. The article editors can work out what to do with this situation on a local level. Rebecca 23:01, 20 December 2006 (UTC)