Talk:Vankalai massacre

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[edit] NPOV dispute

The entire article is littered with claims and propaganda. E.g:

"On June 8, 2006, A family of four including two children were massacred in the village of Vankalai in the island of Mannar by the Sri Lankan Army. The mother of the children was raped before being killed. "

there was no evidence of this. it was never proven. It is a claim by the LTTE. The article itself claims this by saying "There has been no reported investigation into this incident so far" in the end, but only after presenting unproven claims as fact. Unsigned comment added by 222.165.170.145

OK removed the NPOV statement and the tag. Jut left the claims and counter claims in it. Please find the citation for the counter claiam by the Army within a reasonable amount of time. ThanksRaveenS 18:27, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Also added denial of responsibility by the government RaveenS 19:31, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

It is not just a claim by LTTE, AHRC claims it in it fact finding mission. They are a nuetral human rights organisation, further the court case is still pending in Mannar courts, let's see where it all ends216.95.23.87 03:44, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed pagemove to Vankalai massacre

I propose moving this page from its current location (2006 Mannar massacre) to Vankalai massacre (currently a redirect). Of the sources currently in the article, two refer to the incident as the "Vankalai massacre" ([1][2]), but none refer to it as the "Mannar massacre" or "2006 Mannar massacre".

Also, though it isn't really a determining factor, "Vankalai massacre" receives twice as many unique hits as "Mannar massacre", and a number of the hits for the latter are about the 1984 killings. – Black Falcon ^(Talk) 01:10, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Go ahead also can you say that Bastipuri is named after Mary Bastian, whicj it is. ThanksTaprobanus (talk) 02:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Done and done. Since confusion with the 1984 killings is no longer especially likely, I have removed the "Notes" section. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 05:15, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Further info

There's an interesting follow up to the incident here. Feel free to go ahead and incorporate it into the article. I don't have much time right now, so if it isn't done by tomorrow I'll try and get to it. --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 04:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

More stuff

• http://www.island.lk/2006/06/10/news27.html
• http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20060609_07
• http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20060609_02
• http://www.dailymirror.lk/2006/06/10/front/3.asp --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 04:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

I added some more content to the article, further detailing the government's position, using two of the sources that you provide (defence.lk and the Daily Mirror): see diff. I tried to be as concise as possible, so the addition is not a particularly long one. – Black Falcon ^(Talk) 05:39, 1 December 2007 (UTC)