Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anusha Gunasekera

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. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:26, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Anusha Gunasekera[edit]

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Politicians are not given an automatic free pass over WP:BIO just because they exist — their ability to qualify for Wikipedia articles is determined by criteria at WP:POLITICIAN. The subject has served as Municipal Councillor and never elected to a state or national level legislature thus fails to meet WP:POLITICIAN. Search doesn't produce any coverage and substantial information in the independent RS about the person either so fails GNG as well. Saqib (talk) 08:13, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep This is a very notable article about a famous politician in sri lanka who has held office in the local government which meets the notability guidelines for WP:POLITICIAN and being a member of the municipal council is one of the greatest posts in the government of SRI LANKA. 2nd Innings (talk) 12:17, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sock vote struck.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it meets the guidelines as it has sources and it is notable. an important article to sri lankans BOLLYWOOD IS MY LIFE (talk) 12:22, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sock vote struck.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep this has a great notability since he is related to provincial government administration and he is special as he is the first member of the new municipal council and this notable article has many reliable sources 175.157.139.148 (talk) 12:53, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See the shenanigans of this IP user. --Saqib (talk) 18:10, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:26, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:26, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:26, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete An opposition leader of a local authority and failed provincial candidate do not have inherent notability under WP:NPOL. Not enough coverage to satisfy WP:BASIC.--Obi2canibe (talk) 13:21, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:NPOLITICIAN, essentially he is a local councilor not a provincial or national politician. He is not a notable lawyer - fails WP:ANYBIO. Dan arndt (talk) 01:07, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The article does not claim that he's ever held any office that constitutes an automatic WP:NPOL pass as an "inherently" notable role — that attaches to state and national legislatures, not municipal councils — but the article is not referenced anywhere near well enough to get him over WP:GNG in lieu. Further, it's written far too much like a campaign brochure, but even an NPOL-passing national legislator still doesn't get to have their article written in that kind of tone. Bearcat (talk) 16:57, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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