Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Piyadasa Ranasinghe

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The result was keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Piyadasa Ranasinghe

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Party apparatchik, never voted into or held public office and therefore fails WP:NPOL. Bibliography not referenced in article, dubious whether sources are RS in any case. Books search throws up an academic, not this gentleman. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:12, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:12, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:12, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:12, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I reviewed this and thought it would be a borderline GNG pass rather than NPOL which it certainly doesn’t pass. Mccapra (talk) 15:55, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:41, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Analysis of this type of biography is difficult because of language and cultural divides. The application of NPOL to this person would be incorrect - he was not a politician in the sense of somebody that participates in the political process of the state. He was a revolutionary in a leadership role of a communist party dedicated to overthrowing the political process of the state. In either case, WP:GNG compliance seems established by significant coverage in Silumina, an apparent Sinhalese weekly news outlet, and Lankadeepa, another Sinhalese news outlet. There is no reason to reject these as non-RS. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 23:51, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:40, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, largely per Eggishorn. He doesn't pass WP:NPOL, but the substantial coverage in two major Sinhalese press outlets is, in this case, sufficient to pass the GNG. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:00, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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