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Happy editing! Cheers, Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 09:38, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. /wiae /tlk 12:17, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Is this better Wickrematunge as Suranimala wrote on issues that were current and published very specific details, including what the President was served for dinner. In one instance, he wrote of President Premadasa's proposals on devolution which had been submitted confidentially. Wickrematunge in his investigations had discovered that “President Premadasa used four different colours of ink” to trace for leaks. He purposely mentioned the colour of the ink used in the file copy which led to a major crisis in the Presidential Secretariat. Editsrilanka (talk) 12:45, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Properly reworded and paraphrased Editsrilanka (talk) 13:44, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Editsrilanka, I think this is still too close to https://www.sundaytimes.lk/090118/Plus/sundaytimesplus_12.html. That news article says He deliberately mentioned the colour of the ink used in the file copy which led to a major crisis in the Presidential Secretariat and you've written at Lasantha Wickrematunge that Suranimala intentionally mentioned the colour of the ink used in the file copy which led to a crisis in the Presidential Secretariat. (I've bolded the text that is identical.) You might want to read our guidance on close paraphrasing—text generally must be rewritten in one's own words on Wikipedia. Thanks, /wiae /tlk 14:40, 19 February 2023 (UTC)