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I'm glad you took your time to proof-read the article that I've drafted.

Draft:Role of the Sri Lankan Home Guards in the Sri Lankan Civil War

I'd love to hear some feedback on what else I could do to improve this article for it to be accepted. What do you think is holding back this article from being published? I'm also worried about this article being Vandalized once it's published.

While researching various Massacres involving Muslim Home Guards, I identified some information on the Table for the following Wikipedia article is either missing or incorrect.

List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces

Here’s what I noticed:

Source: Book Massacres of Tamils, 1956-2008 (PDF). Manitham Publishers. 2009. ISBN 978-81-909737-0-0

Page Number cited wrong on the Table for

• 1985 Trincomalee massacres: It should be pp. 63-65
• Nilaveli massacre: It should be pp. 87-89
• Sammanthurai massacre: It should be pp. 135-136
• Xavierpuram massacre: It should be pp. 136-139
• Veeramunai Massacres: It should be pp. 74-87
• Tiraikerny massacre: It should be pp. 147-153
• Seruvila massacre: It should be pp. 110
• 1986 Thambalakamam massacre: It should be pp. 110-112
• Polonnaruwa Massacre: It should be pp. 199-200

The Book not cited for the following Massacres

• Seruvila massacre: It should be pp. 62-63
• 1986 Thambalakamam massacre: It should be pp. 63-64
• Polonnaruwa Massacre: It should be pp. 129-130

You could use this Same Book Digitized in OCR Format

I identified some Massacres are not included in the Table

Savukkadi Massacre: 33 Dead. Occurred on 20 September 1990 in Savukkadi, Batticaloa perpetrated by Sri Lankan Army with the assistance of Sri Lankan Home Guards

Source: TamilGuardian Article

Thalavai Massacre: 9+ Dead. Also Occurred on 20 September 1990 in Thalavai, Batticaloa perpetrated by Sri Lankan Army with the assistance of Sri Lankan Home Guards

Source: Tamil Newspaper Clipping

Source: TamilNet Article

1990 Puthukkudiyiruppu Massacre: 17 Dead. Occurred on 21 September 1990 in Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu perpetrated by Sri Lankan Home Guards

Source: TamilGuardian Article

* Polonnaruwa Massacre is included but it doesn’t take into consideration its a Reprisal attack so it occurred one day later (Which means 30 April, 1992) in Muthugal and Karapola. 89 Dead in Total. Perpetrated by Sri Lankan Home Guards

Source: Amnesty

Notes:

• Problem 1

We know that 33 people died in Savukkadi, because there is a monument in Sri Lanka dedicated in their remembrance. However, there is a contradiction for Thalavai Massacre Death Toll since both these Massacres are always grouped together in News Reports. The death toll could Somewhere between 9 and 14 Dead (47 Total Dead from Newspaper Clipping - 33 Savukkadi Death Toll as per Tamil Guardian = 14 Dead in Thalavai) OR 42 Total Dead from TamilNet article (reported later in Sept 2004) (42 – 33 = 9 Dead in Thalavai). The figure from TamilNet might be right because it was reported later in September 2004.

• Problem 2

The Tiraikerny massacre death toll is incorrect; it should be 54+ (Source: Book Massacres of Tamils, 1956-2008 (PDF). Manitham Publishers. 2009. ISBN 978-81-909737-0-0) pp. 147-153

I identified some page numbers are cited incorrectly on the Table

Massacres of Tamils, 1956-2008 (PDF). Manitham Publishers. 2009. ISBN 978-81-909737-0-0

• 1985 Trincomalee massacres: It should be pp. 63-65
• Nilaveli massacre: It should be pp. 87-89
• Sammanthurai massacre: It should be pp. 135-136
• Xavierpuram massacre: It should be pp. 136-139
• Veeramunai Massacres: It should be pp. 74-87
• Tiraikerny massacre: It should be pp. 147-153
• Seruvila massacre: It should be pp. 110
• 1986 Thambalakamam massacre: It should be pp. 110-112
• Polonnaruwa Massacre: It should be pp. 199-200

The Book not cited for the following Massacres

• Seruvila massacre: It should be pp. 62-63
• 1986 Thambalakamam massacre: It should be pp. 63-64
• Polonnaruwa Massacre: It should be pp. 129-130

Same PDF in OCR Format