User talk:Jagath Withana
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[edit]Hello, Jagath Withana, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as User:Jagath Withana, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's content policies and may not be retained. In short, the topic of an article must be notable and have already been the subject of publication by reliable and independent sources.
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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Jagath Withana
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. A tag has been placed on User:Jagath Withana requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.
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March 2023
[edit]Hello, Jagath Withana. Thank you for helping to build Wikipedia-- the world's largest free content encyclopedia. I'm sorry, but a page you created User:Jagath Withana has been deleted as meeting one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion.
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