Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thambipillai Thanalakshmi

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Swarm ^X 05:40, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thambipillai Thanalakshmi[edit]

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Tagged for notability for over 5 years. Boleyn (talk) 12:30, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There are two books cited her name and the incident.HudsonBreeze (talk) 13:15, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:38, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Even with the Amnesty Report and the mention in two books, there is not enough for WP:BIO. Mcewan (talk) 14:59, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Can this be redirected to an appropriate article in the series of articles about Sri Lankan civil war ? Kanatonian (talk) 15:13, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 01:42, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - per this two books cited her name and the incident mentions in two books is without a doubt notable.--BabbaQ (talk) 10:59, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As per BabbaQ and HudsonBreeze .In the Sri Lankan civil war over 100000 people died and the fact that two books cited her name and the incident make clearly notable for a Sri Lankan individual without even considering the local Tamil and Sinhala sources.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 14:49, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for multiple reasons. WP:BLP1E, we don't have articles on low profile people involved in one event except in unusual circumstance. WP:VICTIM, same with victims of crimes. WP:BIO, a mention of a name is not in depth coverage. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:42, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TBr and ley ^{(what's up)} 18:33, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The keep arguments have not addressed concerns about WP:BLP1E nor the fact that mentions in a book are simply mentions, and not the same as books or large publications where she is the focus of the article. Furthermore, it seems there have been no lasting or historic consequences to this crime per WP:CRIME. Mkdw ^talk 07:01, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per duff and Mkdw, who make persuasive points. Jus da fax 07:09, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As per BabbaQ 174.91.154.167 (talk) 19:24, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
KeepShe is a native of Karampon and the rape incident was widely published in local Tamil newspapers.Kaytsfan (talk) 14:51, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and mention at Sri Lanka and state terrorism#Torture and rape. It would help if you could link some local newspaper sources because I'm currently not seeing much international coverage. The two aforementioned books, [1] and [2], are closely paraphrased and mention her in the passing. One is sourced from this Amnesty International source [3] and I wouldn't be surprised if the other was as well. It just doesn't seem to meet WP:BLP1E. Funny ^Pika! 02:05, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Though she is in fact mentioned in these books, she is mentioned in passing and in my opinion not substantively enough to exempt BLP1E. It is likely but not sure that both books cite this incident (or person) from the Amnesty International source. That possibility aside though, it is worth a mention in the article mentioned by FunnyPika above. NativeForeigner ^Talk 23:58, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.