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Priyantha Rathnayake (sailor) moved to draftspace

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Priyantha Rathnayake (sailor) (July 2)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by DoubleGrazing was:

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on Sri Lanka (July 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on Sri Lanka instead.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

Two copies of this page have been created, in draft space and in article space. It is not necessary to create two copies of the same page, and it annoys the reviewers.

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November 2024

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Concern regarding Vijay Thanigasalam and undone revision on 27 January 2025

Hello, I'm Partridgepentathalon. I have reviewed your comments regarding my previous edits to Vijay Thanigasalam and made changes I believe were in line with Wikipedia's policies which you proceeded to undo again. Please review my remarks on Talk:Vijay Thanigasalam and feel free to leave a reply with your thoughts. I have asked for a third opinion on the matter and hope we can resolve our issues without edit warring. Thanks, Partridgepentathalon (talk) 19:43, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Sri Lanka Army page isn't a page for news everytime guns go missing

DOn't add WP:NEWS for random incidents like guns going missing. The US Army page isn't spammed with every incident of weapons going missing like this 1 or this 2. Its not a collection of WP:ROUTINE news and adding the news everytime guns go missing isn't notable or relevant. -UtoD 06:30, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

@UtoD, none of these cases have been highlighted by the president as a major issue to national security. Merline303 (talk) 11:46, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Which doesn't make it anymore WP:NOTNEWS. The history section of the SL army page is for an overview of its conflict history, not a dozen soldiers stealing guns and not a list of statements by the president. -UtoD 18:23, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

I disagree. This article refers to the UN panel of experts report on war crimes and Sri Lanka Armed Forces page refers to the child sex ring scandal. Merline303 (talk) 03:14, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

You do realise you are referring to the peacekeeping section right? Also are you claiming mentioning allegations of war crimes in a 30 year war is equivalent to a dozen soldiers stealing guns? That is clear case of WP:UNDUE and why random news shouldn't be spammed into the SLA history. The allegations of war crimes are part of the Sri Lankan Civil War which is the major military campaign of the Sri Lankan Army since it's founding and refers to overall allegations rather than individual incidents. You do see the difference from those and trying to turn the wikipage into a news board about every time a dozen or so soldiers steal some guns or president says something? The history is about military history, the news of a dozen soldiers stealing guns isn't. You can put it in Anura Kuamara Dissanayake page or something but tring to claim "the time when dozen soldiers stole some guns" is a major military deployment or campaign isn't going to fly. -UtoD 03:26, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

@UtoD, you seem to be sharing your own opinions. The UN report refers to a single episode which is claimed to be significant, and the missing guns have been linked to the increase in gun crimes in the island and the President as the commander in chief has called it a threat to national security. If you feel a section on the Sri Lankan Army discipline issues and links to the underworld should be added like the peacekeeping section, lets add, there is a lot of content. I read WP:UNDUE it says that "all significant viewpoints" should be given and "minority views" should be avoided, multiple sources have been sited to show that and the President of the country staying that something is a threat to national security is no insignificant matter. Merline303 (talk) 04:03, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Your entire argument is that WP:NOTNEWS should be ignored because the President said something. This is the SLA History not the "everything President said about the SLA". So if this is about President then it should be in his page where there is a national security section. It shouldn't be mentioned in the Sri Lanka Army page at all. We don't make such sections, see other military pages like the US Army or British Army. It's not a news board for every time the president comments on something. UtoD 04:15, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

@UtoD, I don't think this is what's meant by WP:NOTNEWS. Given the media coverage and the fact that it is considered important for the President to also talk about it in public, this falls under Wikipedia:Notability (events) as a significant current event which WP:NOTNEWS states can be included. However, I disagree with you. There seem to be fair bit of content to make a section on discipline and corruption which appears not to be in the US Army or British Army, in fact these have their own articles. Going on your argument it's the same with others, war crimes by the US Army or British Army are not mentioned it, why is it mentioned in this page, so I don't think it's not in other pages is a valid argument. Merline303 (talk) 04:25, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

@UtoD, can you please explain why this content should be moved to the President's page instead? Merline303 (talk) 04:30, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Because the war crime content was forced through by several editors who tried to forcefully create an entire war crime section. However we don't make such sections in Army pages but as pages like Israeli Defence Force do mention overall overview of war crimes as part of their wars with Palestinians so it was agreed to allow it to be similarly mentioned in the history. Also this "notable event" that is a major conflict in Sri Lankan military history you are claiming is an incident of a dozen soldiers stealing guns. Its kind of becomes ridiculous when you bring it to prespective. The Army page is an overview of its military history NOT a news board for everything President says or everytime a bunch of soldiers get arrested for something. According to yourself the only significance of the news is Anura Kumara said it as part of a national security policy. Thus then its more suitable it to be added under his policies of National Security section rather than the SLA. If you want you can make a section within Corruption in Sri Lanka to include the incident. I will not dispute any additions to those, only to that of the SLA page. -UtoD 04:34, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

@UtoD, ok I read the talk pages for the articles you said and I can agree with you that this content doesn't fit here but in the President's page. I don't think it fits in the Corruption in Sri Lanka since this has been called a national security issue. Merline303 (talk) 14:09, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Ways to improve Commissions of Inquiry

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GMOA controversies are already in the article

The content in the "controversy" section is already present in the History section. There is no need to repeat them. - UtoD 14:20, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

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@Petextrodon, I am sorry I don't get what you mean! Can you please explain. Merline303 (talk) 08:16, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

What part of the following do you not get?

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@Petextrodon, I don't understand why you think its edit waring? I was trying to add clarity to the introduction to the article. I see that you have been doing the same. Merline303 (talk) 05:48, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

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Commissions of Inquiry moved to draftspace

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

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British subjugation of the Sinhalese moved to draftspace

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Poaching in Sri Lanka moved to draftspace

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August 2025

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for use of LLM-generated hallucinated content.

If you believe that there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  voorts (talk/contributions) 19:49, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I agree with the finding here. I accept that I was using AI for content generation. Initially I reviewed the references and later I took it for granted. Guess I had that AI Wow factor and got carried away with it. This is my fault. Therefore, I am asking my block to be rescinded so that I can go back and fix what I have done. I mean, worse case you can simply block me again or I can fix my mistakes and go on to contribute more effectively. Merline303 (talk) 13:13, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Accept reason:

I'll convert this to a block from mainspace, per voorts, below. asilvering (talk) 18:18, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Merline303 (talk) 13:13, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi there! Do you agree not to use AI to edit Wikipedia? Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 13:19, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

Personally, I'd prefer to see a displayed commitment to "fixing the mistakes", perhaps in draft or userspace, before I'd support a full unblock. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:55, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

@AirshipJungleman29, happy to. That's why I asked the block to be lifted. Merline303 (talk) 07:10, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

@Significa liberdade, Yes, I do. Merline303 (talk) 07:08, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

@Voorts, thoughts on handing out some rope? -- asilvering (talk) 03:45, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

I would prefer replacing the indef with a mainspace block and a restriction on submitting articles via AfC until there's a history of good edit requests (that disclose why they're being made) to fix the damage already done. I frankly can't trust this editor and don't want to allow mainspace editing until I'm sure we can. voorts (talk/contributions) 13:49, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

@asilvering: my support was contigent on a restriction on submitting drafts as well. voorts (talk/contributions) 20:08, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Oh, I misunderstood - I read that as a restriction that all drafts must go through AfC, not that @Merline303 shouldn't submit any drafts. @Merline303, indeed, it's probably best for you to avoid submitting anything just yet. -- asilvering (talk) 20:15, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

@Asilvering, most of the articles have been submitted to AfC and I am working on the rest while addressing AfC concerns. Apart from these recent articles created with AI, my older articles I feel represents a history of good edits. Merline303 (talk) 06:00, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Requesting a complete unblock. As promised, I have cleaned up articles moved to draftspace by Airship and submitted these to AfC and followed recommendations. Two of these submissions (Land Reform Law (Sri Lanka) and Nationalisation in Sri Lanka) have been approved and published. Merline303 (talk) 04:41, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Decline reason:

At this time, I do not think enough evidence exists to support an unblock, especially given the concerns regarding close paraphrasing Ca noted. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 18:13, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

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2025 Sri Lankan Presidential Pardon Scandal moved to draftspace

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@AirshipJungleman29, Added more sources to establish notability in local media. Merline303 (talk) 03:04, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Land Reform Law has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Land Reform Law. Thanks! Ca ^{talk to me!} 13:56, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

@Ca, done. Merline303 (talk) 02:43, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

@Ca, Yes, this is part of a boarder topic of land reform in Sri Lanka and agrarian reforms in Sri Lanka. It's still a law in effect in Sri Lanka and defined the amount of land in private ownership. Merline303 (talk) 02:55, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

The current draft is shorter than the already existing section at Land reforms by country#Sir Lanka. I believe the draft should be expanded further before it is moved to mainspace. I added a book source that seems relevant in the further readings section of the draft. Ca ^{talk to me!} 03:46, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

@Ca, Thanks I used it to expand the article. Merline303 (talk) 05:32, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

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Ca ^{talk to me!} 06:58, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for expanding the draft. However, I noticed that some of the wording used in the article are very similar to that of the cited sources. This is called wp:close paraphrasing should not be done. I rewrote some part of the draft for you, but you should check if there are further instances of close paraphrasing. Ca ^{talk to me!} 07:00, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

@Ca, thanks. I will check. I also updated the draft Draft:Land Reform Commission, do you think it should be a stand-alone or merge with Land Reform Law? Merline303 (talk) 05:53, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kandyan peasantry (August 28)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Waste Lands Ordinance (September 22)

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CNMall41 (talk) 06:50, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Plantation industry in Sri Lanka (October 17)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Commandant Quacks-a-lot was:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

Several sections are missing any sources. However, as the submitter has been blocked, they cannot edit the page. Thus, I will take this page "under my wing" and attempt to get it into tip-top shape.

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Commandant Quacks-a-lot (talk) 01:45, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Smuggling in Sri Lanka (October 22)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by ChrysGalley was:

Your draft shows signs of having been generated by a large language model, such as ChatGPT. Their outputs usually have multiple issues that prevent them from meeting our guidelines on writing articles. These include:

• Promotional tone, editorializing and other words to watch
• Vague, generic, and speculative statements extrapolated from similar subjects
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• Close paraphrasing
  

Please address these issues. The best way is usually to read reliable sources and summarize them, instead of using a large language model. See our help page on large language models.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

Hallucinated article, similar to another on poaching, with an apparent agenda towards Tamils. Links have no relation to text, eg reference 8 uses the word "smuggle" in a completely different context to the article.

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ChrysGalley (talk) 13:11, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Smuggling in Sri Lanka

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Poaching in Sri Lanka (October 22)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by ChrysGalley was:

Your draft shows signs of having been generated by a large language model, such as ChatGPT. Their outputs usually have multiple issues that prevent them from meeting our guidelines on writing articles. These include:

• Promotional tone, editorializing and other words to watch
• Vague, generic, and speculative statements extrapolated from similar subjects
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• Close paraphrasing
  

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 The comment the reviewer left was:

Sources don't connect to the LLM written text. Anti Tamil piece like the smuggling one.

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ChrysGalley (talk) 13:18, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Poaching in Sri Lanka

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Government takeover of Catholic schools in Ceylon (October 24)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by ChrysGalley was:

Since at least one of the links does not work, and the original editor has an indef block, it is not tenable to approve this article. However there is a potential article here, and it would be best if another author took over the draft.

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ChrysGalley (talk) 10:52, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dry Zone settlements in Sri Lanka (October 24)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by ChrysGalley was:

Your draft shows signs of having been generated by a large language model, such as ChatGPT. Their outputs usually have multiple issues that prevent them from meeting our guidelines on writing articles. These include:

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• Close paraphrasing
  

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 The comment the reviewer left was:

One of a lomg series of drafted articles from a blocked editor, using LLM and often pushing an anti Tamil viewpoint. rather than NPOV. This article is not tenable in this form.

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ChrysGalley (talk) 10:58, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Dry Zone settlements in Sri Lanka

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Land Development Ordinance has been accepted

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Your submission at Articles for creation: State Lands Ordinance (October 27)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Jcgaylor was:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

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Jcgaylor (talk) 03:26, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:High Security Zones (Sri Lanka) has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:High Security Zones (Sri Lanka). Thanks! ChrysGalley (talk) 12:03, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: High Security Zones (Sri Lanka) has been accepted

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Land Reform Commission has been accepted

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Gal Oya Scheme has been accepted

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Kandyan Peasantry Commission (October 27)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by ChrysGalley was:

Your draft shows signs of having been generated by a large language model, such as ChatGPT. Their outputs usually have multiple issues that prevent them from meeting our guidelines on writing articles. These include:

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• Close paraphrasing
  

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 The comment the reviewer left was:

This is one of a series of articles written by LLM and submitted by a currently blocked editor. In the days leading up to block, the editor quickly amended this article (and many others) by chopping out big chunks of LLM material and checking the sources. In this article all the material sources are offline and some LLM material remains in place. This is not giving much confidence about the article.

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ChrysGalley (talk) 14:21, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Land Settlement Ordinance has been accepted

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Waste Lands Ordinance

Hi there! Congratulations on creating the Waste Lands Ordinance article. Could you please fix the errors in references 9 and 10? Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:32, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

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