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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)
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)
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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)
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)
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