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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet |
| Key people | GTRZ (Administrator) Chamith |
| Products | Online Community |
| Website | Official Website |
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| Type of site | Online Community |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Owner | ElaKiri.com |
| Created by | ElaKiri.com |
| URL | www.elakiri.com |
| Registration | Optional (Required to post on forums) |
ElaKiri, also known as ElaKiri.com is a virtual collaborative community launched by a group of Sri Lankans in April 2006, (Elakiri.com was first registered on: 16 March 2004.) which is aimed at creating a platform for members to share knowledge covering a large number of topics. Primarily for the convenience of members, these topics have been categorized under different forums. Members are required to ask questions, answer other users’ questions and share their knowledge in the specific forums that have been designated. Under each forum heading, the topics in discussion are sub-categorized into "threads", each consisting of a series of messages followed by a main topic. As of November 2009, the site held 252,861 members, 276,026 "threads" and 5,835,692 posts {citation needed}.
About ElaKiri
ElaKiri’s membership base is largely concentrated on Sri Lankan users, including a large number of Sri Lankans living abroad.It is governed by a set of community guidelines influenced mainly by the Sri Lankan cultural values. As such any violation of these guidelines may lead to automatic cancellation of ones membership. The site allows any user to open an account upon presenting a valid email address. To encourage active participation, ElaKiri recognizes its members with various levels of seniority depending on the number of posts that each user has made. Users are allowed to use Sinhala or English languages to post in threads.
Apart from its stated objective of creating a virtual Sri Lankan community, ElaKiri also makes arrangements for its members to meet in real community gatherings. Its membership base, as of 9 August 2009 was 197,373 members, with this number growing every day. It is currently the 8th most visited web site in Sri Lanka. It is the largest of Sri Lankan online communities originated in Sri Lanka.
"Elakiri"
The actual meaning of the word "Elakiri" in Traditional Sinhala is cow's milk. But in colloquial Sinhala it has more dominant meaning as an adjective and sometimes as a noun to describe something very delightful or fantastic. At the time of founding of the site it had become very popular word among the youth, which also helped through the publicity of the site.
Site Design
The server side scripting used in Elakiri is PHP. This site have been constructed by using vBulletin portal. Therefore this site design is same as most of the forums by vBulletin. The appearance of Elakiri can be seen in most of the Sri Lankan forums with similar facilities (eg. downloading music)
Forum and Blog
The Elakiri forum is one of the major features of Elakiri. As on 19 June 2010, this forum Threads: 657,060, Posts: 7,413,130, Members: 290,582, Active Members: 19,498. The blog has Blogs: 772, Entries: 2,929. Each member may get a title according to the number of posts they add to the forum. The posting to forums is limited only to the members who has an valid account.
External links
- ElaKiri Official Website
- ElaKiri Youtube Channel
- ElaKiri Facebook Page
- ElaKiri Community- Members list
ElaKiri in the past
References
- ElaKiri Community - View Single Post - We need our own Torrent Tracker?
- ElaKiri Community - Members List