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HI taprobanus. I am modifying your revert of my write up, since we need to respect the correct order in a place-names (geo-stub) article. We first describe the place, its history, toponymics etc, and then recent history. It is not proper to put a political slant in the very first sentence of thea geo-stub. The references to sources maintained by University of Peradenity Porfessors, and cdocuments based on Goverenement archives , are perfectly reputable. 99.241.94.102 (talk) 15:56, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please use appropraire RS sources to add stuff to wikipedia. A website maintained by unknown people is not a reputable sources. You have been here for a long time. You should by know how to write proper articles with reputable sources. Thanks Taprobanus (talk) 22:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you are interested in developing quality articles on places, just take a look at this village. West Greenwich, Rhode IslandNot one geo article about Sri Lanka is upto par. Why ? Taprobanus (talk) 22:51, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Now that I am back home, let me reply your note. I haven't reverted your changes as your main modification is to the order of the material, and so it is probably simplest to discuss this and try to see how best to do it. You ask "Not one geo article about Sri Lanka is upto par. Why ?" So we must ask why this stub was not on par? It had been there for a while and worked on by you and several others, but not on par? It seems to have been written without the necessary historical and toponymic research. Also, it seems that the chief reason was perhaps to bring out the politics. Indeed, the politcal facts also belong to an article, although here the opinions may differ and so one must be more cautious. But one must first put in the non-political, more objective matters, and give a solid foundation. This was my intention, and it improved the article. And hopefully you too can add to it. You don't improve an article overnight. The stub that was here since many years was brought to my attention by a french toponymist who asked me if I new what the place-name meant. The solution was simple as it had already been analysed by the Peradeniya group. Our edit brought in historical material and references, not just political material. Our background is in ancient Indic-linguistics and toponymics; and indeed we have been at it for a while. Thanks Bodhi dhana (talk) 04:59, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is the Peradeniya groups work publshed as a reputable source is it just a website as it is now ? Also I have

Gnanaprakasar, Swamy (2003). A Critical History of Jaffna. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p. 122. ISBN 81-206-1686-3. which gets into deatils about every Sinhalese origin toponym in Jaffna Peninsula without any bias. I dont know whether you knew or not, eastern Tamils of the Batticalao district considered them to be subjects of the Kandyan Kingdom and even wrote folk soes lamenting the death of the king called Kandiarasan koothu still was sung at certain ceremonies. So you cannot assume any Kandyan kings subjects were only Sinhalese. Also this place is notable not because of its toponym but because of the massacre and today it is a ghost town not an inhabited town Taprobanus (talk) 23:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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