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This section contains statements by individual members that summarize what each of us wants to achieve with this project. To help reconcile and fuse these into concrete goals, everybody is invited to discus these in the talk page section Dreams, hopes, and visions.
Originally posted 24 January 2007
With this project, I want to create a firm middle ground. The middle ground is always despised by extremists of both sides, and it's so fragile! It's not that there are not enough people in the middle; it's just that they are so afraid - and rightly so: One wrong movement and you got all the extremists of one side against you. I've had baseless accusations thrown at me, and I don't want to think about what would have happened if I lived in Sri Lanka. Moreover, nobody can be exactly in the middle, because how would you define that anyway? On top of that, everybody wants to claim that they are in the middle, so people are very distrustful when they hear that. So, even honest, thoughtful people align themselves with one side, rather than the middle.
But there is hope. To see it, we all need a different mindset. Instead of staring fearfully at two estranged gangs, we need to raise our view to see and value courageous people. People who dare to break the box in which the extremists want to put them. People who do not just take pride in being Sinhalese or Tamil, but also in being openminded. If this ideal becomes our paradigm, then we, the middle, will find our own identity.
And it can work. We will gain strength through a virtuous cycle: We will help and encourage people who move towards the middle, and each person we help will strengthen us. We will accept real people, not our ideals of them. Not even the extremists are ideal extremists! Even a sockpuppeteer or a POV fighter can have moments when he feels some sympathy for the other side. What happens now, when someone shows these feelings? His own "friends" will call him a traitor! He needs real friends! People who see the good in him, and help him. We will be a group of knights who help those in need, and who take pride in doing so. I want the membership in this group to become a badge of honor. That is my mission. — Sebastian
Originally posted 1 February 2007
This project [...] is a hope that people can reconcile even in the midst of a bloody carnage. I am a living witness to all dead bodies around me when I was a child, my wife even today cannot watch war movies because it brings back memories of indiscriminate bombing of Jaffna peninsula. This is simply one sided of the story. It took me a long time to come to conclusion about the futility of it all but if some one is somewhere on that same long path but has not reached the conclusion yet but still wants to chat to see whether his/her beliefs and doubts can be reconciled that person should be given 1000% chance. [...]
The more I think about it in reality this forum or club’s primary (but unstated) goal is to function as a place to acclimatize emotionally charged new Sri Lanka centric Wikipedians about following Wikipedia rules. Most who have been around 6 months or are no longer overtly partisan or overtly disruptive even if they harbor malicious feelings about each other. That is a good equilibrium to achieve. All what this forum can do is to point such emotionally charged editors that hey look what we have achieved why don’t you try it ? If we are perssitant, they will and may be become members too. Taprobanus 14:06, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
The group welcomes editors with different POVs, but members have to prove their willingness for non-aggressive conversation.
To apply for membership, please apply in our applications section. Members may have questions or concerns regarding your application. Please indicate if you prefer them to be discussed by e-mail.
Members are encouraged, but not required to follow conflict-reducing principles or practices, such as WP:1RR. If a member decides to pledge such a principle or practice, he or she can list it under "Pledges".
| Member | Pledges | Notes |
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| SebastianHelm (talk · contribs) | 1RR, NVC, SLDR, AOR | inactive since June 2008 |
| Lahiru_k (talk · contribs) | SLDR | inactive since June 2008 |
| Taprobanus (talk · contribs) | SLDR | |
| Kerr avon (talk · contribs) | inactive since September 2008 | |
| Neuralolive (talk · contribs) | inactive since March 2007 | |
| Krankman (talk · contribs) | ||
| Lexicon (talk · contribs) | ||
| Watchdogb (talk · contribs) | SLDR | |
| Trengarasu (talk · contribs) | ||
| Harlowraman (talk · contribs) | inactive since Sept 2007 | |
| Thusiyan (talk · contribs) | inactive since July 2007 | |
| Jasy jatere (talk · contribs) | ||
| Rlevse (talk · contribs) | honorary member | |
| Black Falcon (talk · contribs) | honorary member | |
| Supermod (talk · contribs) | SLDR |
This chapter contains drafts for guidelines we would like to agree on in the project.
Here's a list of what you can do when you see some edit that you feel you need to revert:
| * | In case you're looking at the template description: Please just disregard it. That description does not fit to our situation, because both sides habitually feel that anything the other side writes is very harmful, which makes that feeling a bad guide. |
| ** | This is only a temporary solution; it might be better to avoid these cases until we have a permanent solution. It may help calm down the other side if you refer to this conversation. |
| *** | Please make the other side aware that you're adding the tag as a compromise. People tend to overlook such details and then get unjustly upset. |
In discussions on the talk page, you can type till your fingers bleed, but you can't force the opposing extremists to accept your POV. However, if you write smartly, you can sway the people in the middle.
Many people who feel strongly about an issue just let their anger be their guide. While this may sometimes work by intimidating others so that they stay clear of an issue, it more often backfires: It usually only scares away the moderate people, while extremists of the other camp, who love this sort of personal fights, join the debate. Thus, the issue you wanted to bring across gets drowned out by mutual accusations. Few Wikipedians want to read this; most switch to another page when they sense more anger than reason.
A better way is to write with the moderate person in mind. Think about how you can make your discussion contribution interesting to the average Wikipedian. As soon as you convince a few reasonable Wikipedians, your cause is winning.
This section recommends which sources should be used in Sri Lanka conflict related articles.
Most sources that have been used for Sri Lanka conflict related articles are biased (per WP:NPOV#Bias). This is because there are few independent reporters in the country. If we only relied on reliable and unbiased sources, we would not be able to write much about the conflict.
In discussions, people often confuse "reliable" with "unbiased". Although the two are related, a source does not need to be unbiased in order to meet WP:RS. To the contrary, WP:NPOV#Bias states that "All editors and all sources have biases - what matters, is how we combine them to create a neutral article."
The purpose of this list is to list the consensus we reached about bias of sources used in the SL conflict, so that they can be used fairly. To distinguish sources with a clear bias from (practically) unbiased RS, we call them "qualified sources", or QS. Such sources may be used with appropriate qualification per section WP:NPOV#A simple formulation, which recommends: "assert facts, including facts about opinions — but do not assert the opinions themselves."
;QS = Qualified sources: These fulfill WP:RS, but only tell one side of the story (see also WP:NPOV#bias). They can therefore always be used with explicit attribution. Wording should be: The pro-Faction Source reports that ... (where Faction and Source are placeholders that will be replaced with the appropriate names).
This list is the result of discussions in the Classification of sources section of the talk page. Before adding any source here, please create a new section for the source there and provide some arguments regarding its reliability.
Redlinks here don't necessarily mean that an article should be created, it only indicates that we don't have one. The column "attribution" displays how we recommend the source should be qualified in the text. Where a reliable source makes an attribution, it is added in the "Ref" column.
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In content disputes and edit wars, the mediator will, as a first approximation, revert to the version, or create a version that is based on the above #Classification of sources.
When citing or reporting alleged incidents or violations of policy, please keep the following in mind:
Editors who repeatedly violate these principles, especially if they've been previously cautioned for doing so, will be blocked.
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As of 23:15, 30 October 2007 (UTC), a number of articles are subject to editing restrictions, following a dispute resolution consensus. Please see also the discussion on our talk page. |
This is an updated version of the original agreement of 21:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
This is a list of signatories, or participants. If you agree with the conditions of the editing restrictions, please enter your name below with the acceptance symbol.
: acceptanceUser:TaprobanusUser:Lahiru kUser:Netmonger/Mystic/ArsathUser:WatchdogbUser:Sinhala freedomUser:NitravenUser:SudharsansnUser:Wiki RajaUser:SupermodUser:Bodhi dhanaUser:SebastianHelmUser:Jasy jatere
: no-show or inactiveUser:Pharaoh of the WizardsUser:GnanapitiUser:SarvagnyaUser:Lanka07User:Rajkumar_KanagasingamUser:Firewater101 (AKA User:Sharz (see [4])
: rejectionIssues are content disputes or similar issues that usually warrant a thorough discussion and should be resolved in consensus among all participants. Please report issues by adding a new section under Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation#Issues.
| Date (UTC) | Total issues | Resolved |
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| 05:18, 16 November 2007 | 11 | 6 |
| 05:53, 20 November 2007 | 12 | 9 |
| 07:37, 25 November 2007 | 13 | 11 |
| 01:57, 26 November 2007 | 13 | 10 |
| 03:31, 28 November 2007 | 14 | 11 |
| 02:46, 12 December 2007 | 18 | 16 |
| 22:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC) | 21 | 19 |
Incidents are user related problems that may need a quick resolution, such as abuse of tools or personal attacks. While we try to remain focused on content, it is unavoidable that we deal with such incidents to maintain an atmosphere that is conducive to peacful editing. Please report incidents by adding a new section under Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation#Incidents, following the guideline for #Citing and reporting of incidents above.
The following users have been warned for incidents and can be immediately blocked for any repeat offense. For reference only, the table also contains a column for past incidents that have already been dealt with. ("b" = user has been blocked).
| User | Warned for | Past incidents |
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| Iwazaki (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) | Direct, unsubstantiated attacks on the integrity of a user in good standing on 2 December 2007 (UTC) ("extremely pro-LTTE behaviour", "they would anything to cover up LTTE activities" [5]) | |
| Snowolfd4 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) | b | |
| Wiki Raja (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) | Gaming the system (19 December 2007 [8]) | |
| Watchdogb (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) | Defamatory, inappropriate edit summaries (Jan 11 2008 [9]) 1RR on articles under SLDRA (Apr 2 [10] and Apr 25 [11]) |
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| NavodEranda (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) | Misleading edit summary, removal of material contrary to WP:LEAD (Jan 18 [12]) | Previous warning (Jan 9 [13]) |
| Nitraven (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) | 1RR on articles under SLDRA (2 April 2008 [14]) | |
| Defenderline (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) | 1RR on articles under SLDRA (6 August 2008 [15]) | |
| Kerr avon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) | 1RR on articles under SLDRA (25 August 2008 [16]) |
The group awards a special award to editors who have shown a serious effort to decrease the conflict on Sri Lanka related articles. Such awards have to be by consensus among members.
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The Sri Lanka Reconciliation Award | |
| For your merits in Sri Lanka reconciliation {{{diff1}}}{{{diff2}}}{{{diff3}}}, the WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation herewith presents you this Sri Lanka specific award, which is the blossom of one of the world's most loved drinks.
To keep a cool head in one of the world's hottest conflicts deserves our highest respect! ~~~~ |
| Recipient | Awarded for (diffs) | Date (UTC) |
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| Lahiru k (talk · contribs) | [17][18][19] | 08:33, 27 January 2007 |
| Rajsingam (talk · contribs) | [20][21][22] | 08:33, 27 January 2007 |
| Shunpiker (talk · contribs) | [23][24][25], | 14:30, 30 January 2007 |
| DESiegel (talk · contribs) | [26][27][28] | 15:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC) |
| Black Falcon (talk · contribs) | [29][30][31] | 15:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC) |
| Rlevse (talk · contribs) | [32] | 05:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC) |
| FayssalF (talk · contribs) | [33] | 05:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC) |
| Jehochman (talk · contribs) | [34] | 05:30, 16 November 2007 (UTC) |
| Haemo (talk · contribs) | [35] | 05:40, 16 November 2007 (UTC) |
This award is a sign of appreciation like the Sri Lanka Reconciliation Award, but also more specifically a sign of hope. In contrast to the Reconciliation Award, it can be awarded by any member, just like a barnstar, without having to ask other members for approval. The wording is only a proposal; awarding members are encouraged to adjust it. Please, when you award it, add the name and cause into the list below.
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The Sri Lanka Hope Award | |
| For your merits in Sri Lanka reconciliation, I herewith present you this Sri Lanka specific award as a sign of hope. This is a bud that will become the blossom of one of the world's most loved drinks. ~~~~ |
| Recipient | Awarded for | Awarded by | Date (UTC) |
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| Watchdogb (talk · contribs) | reconciliatory spirit and good suggestion | Sebastian | 21:01, 5 February 2008 (UTC) |
| Snowolfd4 (talk · contribs) | Effort for NPOV when creating Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan | Sebastian (talk) | 04:15, 24 May 2008 (UTC) |
The {{Banner WPSLR}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. The template does not require any additional parameters.
If you add this banner to an article, please also include that article in watchall so it will show up in our watchlist.
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The WikiProject banner below should be moved to this page's talk page. If this is a demonstration of the template, please set the parameter |category=no to prevent this page being miscategorised. |
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The WikiProject User Box: {{User WPSLR}}
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This user is a proud member of WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation. |
The template {{Welcome SLR}} is designed to welcome new users who showed an interest in Sri Lanka. Please use it whenever you spot a new user - it guides them to our project and it makes Wikipedia a friendlier place overall!
Example: This code:
==Welcome!==
{{subst:Welcome SLR|name=Amda|~~~~}}
creates the text in the following box:
(I'm cheating a bit. See the template description for a full description of parameters.)
Welcome!
Hello Amda, welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our Introduction contains a lot of helpful material for new users - please check it out! If you need general help, check out Wikipedia:Questions or place {{helpme}} on this page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. I noticed that you showed an interest in Sri Lanka related articles. Please take a look at WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation, a bipartisan effort to improve collaboration on and coverage of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Among other things, we collected a number of recommendations for getting your point across while keeping out of trouble. We're here to help! In any event, we invite you to leave us a message on our talk page.
Happy editing! — Sebastian 21:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
The same template now can also be used for experienced users. Enter something like the following:
==WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation==
{{subst:Welcome SLR|~~~~|intro=-}}
These three files are also used in /whatsnew.
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