Hi,
I’ve updated the article on Deraniyagala and will have a look at the others.
D.
On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 at 1:56 pm, Blackknight 12 <blackknight12.wiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi all, this is User:Blackknight12,
I have a small list of Sri Lanka women I think is in real need of coverage
on Wikipedia.
* Minnette de Silva <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnette_de_Silva>,
First Sri Lankan woman architect (and possibly first in South Asia), and
first Sri Lankan modernist architect. (I have been working on this slowly
for Wikipedia:WikiProject Women/Women in Green
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women/Women_in_Green/Goal_Tracking/2019>
)
* Cissy Cooray <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissy_Cooray>, first woman
Senator
* Ezlynn Deraniyagala <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezlynn_Deraniyagala>
, first female Sri Lankan barrister, 5th President of the International
Alliance of Women
I'm sure there is many more who deserve to be on this list, but if I were
to choose 1 I would say Minnette de Silva is one of the most important
characters in Sri Lankan history and culture.
Happy to help with anything else.
Blackknight12
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 3:54 PM Abhinav srivastava <abhinav619(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks Rehman for this.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject:United_Nations/UNESCO/Workshop/…
Please find the meta page.
On Tuesday, 12 February 2019, Rehman Abubakr <rehman.wikimedia(a)live.com>
wrote:
Hello Abhinav,
Thank you for your email. It's nice to hear from you again.
I'm copying our mailing list in this email. I'm sure someone interested
in this subject would be pleased to reach back to you.
Do you have a on-wiki page for this? I could also try to refer it onsite
for a wider audience.
Best wishes.
Yours truly,
*Rehman Abubakr (Roy) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman>*
OTRS agent, Admin (English Wikipedia, Commons), Contributor (Wikidata,
Meta)
User:Rehman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman> *|* Talkpage
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Rehman> *|*
rehman.wikimedia(a)live.com *|* UG-LK
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Sri_Lanka/English>
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*From:* Abhinav srivastava <abhinav619(a)gmail.com>
*Sent:* 08 February 2019 09:39
*To:* rehman.wikimedia(a)live.com
*Cc:* Sailesh Patnaik; Manavpreet Kaur
*Subject:* UNESCO : Wiki4Women : New Delhi
Dear Rehman,
My Name is Abhinav Srivastava with User ID: Abhinav619. I was previously
with Wikimedia India and we met at Wiki Conference India in Chandigarh.
I am happy to inform you that UNESCO Delhi Office is hosting a
women-edit-a-thon this women's day on 8th March. This Delhi Office is, in
fact, a SAARC Office having coverage across Srilanka, Bhutan, Maldives etc.
We in India also wish to make it a workshop recognizing Women from SAARC
and not just India. We seek your assistance on the following.
(a) A Small Potential List of Women Biographies From Sri Lanka which you
could suggest. They should not be present on any Wikipedia.
(a) UNESCO similar to Paris experience (slides attached) wants to put
four women posters (2 India, 1 Bhutan, 1 Sri Lanka). Happy to have
suggestions here.
Please share this mail with the wider Wikimedia Community from Sri
Lanka. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Abhinav
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