Talk:Sinhala Only Act

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The law was gradually watered down until 1988 - this is unclear. What happened in 1988? Was the law abolished then, or has it just been left alone since 1988? 86.132.139.233 02:37, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why the NPOV

Why is this article tagged POV? Someone please provide a justification here or I will remove the tag. Tyronen 15:38, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Few Reliable sources cited, most stuff have no sources, most of the article is Original research, etc. etc. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 18:21, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
In that case the References or OR tags should be used, not POV. In any case, I see four references on the page, and I do not see anything that is not fairly well-known from Sri Lankan history. Can you point out any actual inaccuracies or non-neutral statements on the page? Tyronen 15:41, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Yeah agreed. Actually it should be tagged WP:OR for stuff like
The passage of the law is seen by most Tamils as a watershed event where the power of the state was used to disadvantage their community, thus leading to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka
--snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 22:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggesting move to Official Language Act (Sri Lanka)

I suggest that this article should be moved to Official Language Act (Sri Lanka), since it is more formal and so that it follows the pattern established on the Official Languages Act page. Currently Official Language Act (Sri Lanka) redirects to this article, it should be the opposite. - Brianpeiris (talk) 16:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I oppose this move. This is not the current official language act of Sri Lanka. According to this and this ,the current official language act of Sri Lanka was enacted in 1987.--Navod Ediriweera (User talk:NavodEranda talk) 12:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I propose that we have two sections in this article as "The official language act of 1956" and "The official language act of 1987" provided there's enough to write about the latter.--Navod Ediriweera (talk) 12:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)