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Rehman

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Born

Manama, Bahrain

Current location

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Current time

11:14, 14 March 2026 IST [refresh]

Interests

Astronomy
Meteorology
Sust. living

Travelling
PC Building
Photography

Hiking
Ren. energy
Archiving

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Joined

23 May 2008
(17 years, 9 months and 19 days ago)

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Rehman

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WikiProjects

Birds, Dams, Energy, Geography, Infoboxes, Maps, Mountains, Rivers, Sri Lanka, Skyscrapers, Templates, Wikidata, WikiProject Council.

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Senior Editor II

Veteran Administrator III

Hi, I’m Rehman. I was born in Manama, Bahrain, and now live in Colombo, Sri Lanka. I have been an active contributor to Wikimedia projects since 2008, with a focus on renewable energy, infrastructure, and Sri Lankan geography—reflecting my interests in solar and wind power, dams, rivers, and environmental documentation. Much of my work on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons centres around these topics.

Beyond editing articles, I am deeply involved in technical and community work. I develop and maintain Wikidata-driven infoboxes, navigation templates, and other tools, including being the main contributor to the Infobox Power Station. I am an administrator on both the English Wikipedia (since 2016) and Wikimedia Commons (since 2011), where I support content moderation, policy enforcement, and community workflows. I also created Commons’ Criteria for Speedy Deletion (CSD) to improve administrative efficiency.

I founded and lead the Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka (UG-LK), working across Sri Lanka’s three main language groups to support outreach, organise photowalks, run Wiki Loves Earth contests, and promote Wikimedia participation nationwide. Our projects, including long-term environmental photography initiatives, contribute millions of page views each year across 140+ wikis.

Outside Wikimedia, my professional background includes stock market, banking, renewable energy, cybersecurity, and knowledge management. My personal interests include cycling, hiking, travelling, photography, stargazing, community outreach, and building computers. If you are passionate about topics related to Sri Lanka, or would like to contribute more actively, consider joining UG-LK or our mailing list, Wikimedia-LK. We welcome editors of all backgrounds and skill levels.

If you ever need confidential assistance, including help dealing with harassment or cyberbullying, feel free to contact me privately—I'm always happy to help where I can.

Wikimedia Projects

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English Wikipedia

This user has been contributing to Wikipedia for more than ten years.

This user contributes to
FL, FA, GA, DYK, and ITN.

On the last check, this user has created over 300 articles

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Personal

This is an introvert.

This user is agnostic.

This user does not drink or smoke.

This user loves to travel, and hopes to travel to at least one other country every year.

This user is an aggressive defender of the earth, and has no limits when it comes to saving what's left.

This user is fascinated by
extreme nature.

This user loves animals.

This user enjoys gardening.

Babel

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en-N	This user has a native understanding of English.

si-3	මෙම පරිශීලකයා‍ට සිංහල භාෂාව පිළිබඳ උසස් දැනුමක් ඇත.

ar-1	هذا المستخدم لديه معرفة أساسية بالعربية.

hi-1	इस सदस्य को हिन्दी का प्राथमिक ज्ञान है।

ta-1	இந்தப் பயனர் தமிழில் அடிப்படை அறிவைக் கொண்டவர்.

My work and work-in-progress
(Full list)

Lists and article groups

List of largest power stations (and linked articles)
List of power stations in Sri Lanka (and linked articles)
List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka (and linked articles)

Individual articles

Individual lists (lot of pending work here)

Infoboxes

Admin tasks

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Today's motto...
→ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

Today's Featured Article

Illustration of the value of

π

The number $π$ (pi) is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. It is an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be expressed exactly as a ratio of two integers, though it is sometimes approximated as ⁠22/7⁠. Its decimal representation never ends, nor does it enter a permanently repeating pattern. The digits of $π$ appear to be evenly distributed, but no proof of this conjecture has been found. It appears in many formulae in mathematics and physics, and for thousands of years mathematicians have computed its value with increasing accuracy. Since the late 20th century, mathematicians and computer scientists have extended the decimal representation of $π$ to many trillions of digits. Many equations from trigonometry and geometry rely on $π$ , especially those concerning circles and spheres. A transcendental number, $π$ is one of the most widely known mathematical constants. (Full article...)

Recently featured:

Did You Know?

Mã Pí Lèng Pass

... that it took nearly two years to cut into a cliff to complete a road across Mã Pí Lèng Pass (pictured) in Vietnam?
... that Bernhard Waldenfels discussed "black holes of everyday life" in a book subtitled Challenges of Phenomenology?
... that the actresses in Night King visited a nightclub and spoke with mama-sans to prepare for their roles?
... that Daniel van der Meulen was dispatched to Saudi Arabia to urge Arab nations not to ally with Nazi Germany?
... that the Prison Mathematics Project brought a professor from Italy to an American prison to celebrate Pi Day?
... that John F. Kennedy asked fast-food entrepreneur Harry Akin to lead the desegregation of United States restaurants?
... that the rewrites to The Massacre were so extensive that the original writer briefly asked for his name to be removed?
... that, at the first five Ball Hockey World Championships, the Czech Republic men's team reached four finals?
... that Xalavier Nelson Jr. developed games with "eye-catching" titles such as Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs?

On This Day...

March 14: Sikh New Year's Day; White Day in parts of East Asia; Pi Day

Catherine Cornaro

1489 – Catherine Cornaro (pictured), Queen of Cyprus, was forced to abdicate and sell the administration of the island to the Republic of Venice.
1593 – Japanese invasions of Korea: A force of 3,000 Korean soldiers successfully defended Haengju Fortress against 30,000 Japanese invaders.
1885 – The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performed Savoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London.
1945 – The Royal Air Force first used the Grand Slam, a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb, on a strategic railway viaduct in Bielefeld, Germany.
1991 – Escondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.

Castro Alves (b. 1847)
Diane Arbus (b. 1923)
A. A. Kannisto (d. 1930)
Charlie Whiting (d. 2019)

More anniversaries:

In The News

Jasprit Bumrah

In cricket, the Men's T20 World Cup concludes with India defeating New Zealand in the final (player of the match Jasprit Bumrah pictured).
Mojtaba Khamenei is elected Supreme Leader of Iran following the assassination of his father, Ali Khamenei.
Flooding in Kenya leaves at least 43 people dead.
The Winter Paralympics open in northern Italy.
The Rastriya Swatantra Party and its prime ministerial candidate Balen Shah win a landslide victory in the Nepalese general election, called after the Gen Z protests.

Wikipedia Signpost

Interview: Bernadette Meehan, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO
Part 2.

News and notes: Security testing unleashes computer worm on Meta-wiki
Dormant worm awakes; a sketchy archiving site struck; ether burns.

Special report: What actually happened during the Wikimedia security incident?
A horrifying exploit took place, which could have had catastrophic and far-reaching consequences if used maliciously; instead, it seems to have happened by accident and was used for childish vandalism. How did this happen, and what did the script actually do?

In the media: Indonesian government blocks Wikimedia logins; archive site scoured from Wikipedia after owner runs malware
As well as controversy over LLM translations.

Recent research: To wiki, perchance to groki
Comparisons continue.

Obituary: Madhav Gadgil, Fredrick Brennan, Mark Miller, Chip Berlet
Rest in peace.

Opinion: Interface administrators and trusting trust
Potential attacks are the logical consequence of giving a group of users unlimited control over JavaScript.

Technology report: English Wikipedia deprecates archive.today after DDoS against blog, altered content
After the archive site launched a DDoS campaign against a small blog in January 2026, a request for comment was started, with consensus to deprecate the site used almost 700 thousand times.

Op-ed: Why is "Trypsin-sensitive photosynthetic activities in chloroplast membranes" cited in "List of tallest buildings in Chicago"?
The answer is slop.

Essay: The pursuit of a button click
Volunteering for Wikipedia has its rewards. The thank-button, for example.

In focus: Short descriptions: One year later
A discussion of the challenge set forth to the Wikipedia community one year ago!

WikiProject report: Unreferenced articles backlog drive
Unreferenced articles in English Wikipedia - help us in the backlog drive!

Community view: Speaking of planning ...
The WMF planning process is underway.

Traffic report: Over the mountain, kissing silver inlaid clouds
Death and the Winter Olympics.

Crossword: "It will never happen"
Want to take a break?

Comix: BRIEn't
Or is it.

Picture of the Day

Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. It had a population of 905,748 at the 2020 census, making it the 14th most populous city in the United States, and a metropolitan area population of around 2.2 million. The city is the county seat of Franklin County and also extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties. Columbus was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers and was named after Christopher Columbus. It became the state capital in 1816 and grew during the nineteenth century as a transportation and industrial hub linked by the National Road, canals and railroads. Columbus is now a center for high-tech manufacturing with plants operated by Intel, Honda and LG Energy Solution and is home to Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in the country. This photograph shows Downtown Columbus and the Scioto Mile, viewed from the southwest.

Rehman's travels

Experiencing the world is one of my greatest pleasures.
I'm fortunate to have been able to travel to these countries:

Spent days in:

Visited airports:

Lived in:

Idea copied from WereSpielChequers, who filched from StuffOfInterest, who lifted it from Harro5, who took it from Salsb, who stole it from Guettarda, who borrowed it from White Cat, as seen on Calton's page.

Rehman's achievements, barnstars, and featured items...

	The Original Barnstar
	Rehman is kind, patient, incredibly knowledgeable and without a doubt knows wikimedia inside out. Even though I am a complete dunce regarding wiki he helped me at every stage and I now have a wonderful page which I am eternally grateful for. I count myself so lucky to have had the assistance of Rehman. He is a brilliant editor and a real gentleman Kareenza (talk) 06:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

		The Real-Life Barnstar
		For your companionship during Wikimania Takes Lake Como. –Daniel Case (talk) 19:45, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Mouth of Deduru Oya
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 7 January 2016

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Kandalama Reservoir
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 7 January 2016

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Ambewela Aitken Spence Wind Farm
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 7 January 2016

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Victoria Dam and Reservoir, Sri Lanka
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 7 January 2016

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Cizre
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 1 January 2016

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Batman Dam
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 1 January 2016

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Oracle Corporation headquarters
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 1 January 2016

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Randenigala Dam
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 14 December 2015

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Devon Falls
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 14 December 2015

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Hydroelectric power plants in Sri Lanka
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates. — 1 March 2015

Sri Lanka power
Thank you for quality lists and articles on Sri Lanka rivers and power plants, such as List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka and including projects such as Broadlands Dam, for projects maintenance and redirects, and for good memory, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Good Humor!
		Hello Rehman. You have signed my guestbook! Thank you very much.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 04:27, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

On 2 February 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

		The Excellent Userpage Award
		Congratulations on a very informative and beautifully presented user page! Johnfos (talk) 00:14, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

On 30 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of largest power stations in the world, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that three of the four largest power stations in the world are in South America? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For your tireless contributions to improve power stations-releted templates and articles, I award to you this barnstar. Beagel (talk) 14:54, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Template Barnstar
		For your innovations of Template:Infobox power station, here is a barnstar of appreciation.--NortyNort (Holla) 01:36, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

		The Secret Subpage Finder Barnstar
		This user has found Hi878's secret hidden sub page! Will you be the next one to find it? Try it here!

		The Resilient Barnstar
		I'm sorry your RfA failed, but well done for taking the criticism offered on the chin. I genuinely hope to see you back at RfA in a few months when you think those issues have been resolved. I have a failed RfA of my own, so I cna tell you it's not necessarily a bad thing! All the best, HJ Mitchell \| fancy a chat? 15:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Rehman's guestbook

Click here to sign!

i love pasta dont sign me just dropped to say hi
Hello! Here is my guestbook, which you can sign if you would like! NikolaiHo^☎️ 03:50, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
Dropped by to say hi! It felt nice to meet you in person. Netha (talk) 12:08, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
Nice work on the Sri Lanka dams. Ϣere SpielChequers 11:55, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
Pending ^{Tell me I screwed up!} 21:55, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Keep up the good work! -- œ ^™ 20:01, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi there.... Sign mine? KuwarOnline ^Talk 16:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Mediran wuzzz here... ! Haha... glad to sign here and nice to meet you! umm.. would you mind to sign my guestbook? Thanks, Mediran (t • c) 04:15, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey, Rehman, I really like your userpage! Greengreengreen red 18:55, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Nice page. Rehman nice to meet you also. Wanna give some time to mine??!!!--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 07:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Glad to sign your guestbook. Feel free to sign my guestbook [Guestbook] Thanks R♣Muthusamy^Talk 12:29, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Algamicagrat (talk) 21:37, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello. sign mine? --Perseus8235 18:05, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello philip robinson here. Ilkeston1990 22:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Thanks for singing my guestbook. Returning the favor. ;) ΣПDiПG–STΛЯT 06:24, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
Care to reciprocate? And thanks for the comment on my editor review! Ks0stm ^(T•C•G) 06:37, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Thx for signing mine! Smiley4541 (Click to Talk) 00:44, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Knowing guy Said: Hi,thanx!! I'm new here and completely illiterate in wikiing! :D 14:22, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
NortyNort (Holla) wuz here!! 02:31, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
Here's my real signature, and an offer to sign mine! Finalius (Ecru?!) 13:13, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi this is mine. Yasercs89 (talk) 11:06, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
Task complete. You're welcome! Huggums^{537_voted! (sign🖋️|📞talk)} 16:31, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
Done! Hello there! — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 20:12, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Hewo! Worldish2024 (talk) 01:12, 28 November 2024 (UTC)Bella.

Rehman's uploads

The majority of my uploads can be classed into the below categories. Between 2019-12-01 and 2019-12-31, these files were viewed 3.5 million times, through 1,089 articles on 98 wikis. The stats exclude external usages (i.e. news articles, travel pages, etc). Source: Glamorgan.

Aerial photographs - More in this category...

2012-09-30 - Ambewela Wind Farm
2019-10-24 - Cannons of HSBC Building, Hong Kong.
2016-08-04 - Palar Dam in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India.
2016-06-19 - Çamlıgöze Dam, Turkey.
2019-10-23 - Lamma Power Station, Hong Kong
2011-10-02 - Oracle Corporation, San Francisco, United States.
2019-04-01 - Silopor facility, Trafaria, Portugal.
2016-06-19 - Ticino, near Milan-Malpensa Airport, Italy.
2016-06-19 - Turbigo Power Station, Turbigo, Italy.
2018-07-25 - Shorelines.
2018-07-25 - Roads near Cape Town, South Africa.
2019-04-01 - Wind farm in Panketal, Germany.
2012-07-04 - Mosul Dam, Mosul, Iraq.
2016-06-19 - Erzincan Airport, Turkey.

Aircraft - More in this category...

Organisms - More in this category...

Sky and space - More in this category...

January 2020 lunar eclipse
Sunset at Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.
Sunset in Milan, Italy.
A double rainbow in Ampara, Sri Lanka.
Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019.
Cloud formation. Washington, D.C., United States.
Conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter.

Watercraft - More in this category...

Submarine in Lisbon, Protugal.
Wan Quig Sha, Colombo.
Star Pisces, Hong Kong.
SLCG Suraksha, Colombo.
MSC Rafaela, Hong Kong.
Hercules Highway, Colombo.
47 Nasr

Events - More in this category...

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Non-photographic - More in this category...

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