Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bandula Jayasinghe

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 11:38, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Bandula Jayasinghe

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I am afraid, this biography does not meet both WP:NBASIC and WP:SONGWRITER criteria. Existing references at best is WP:PASSING. I will add a full source assessment table. Chanaka L (talk) 05:22, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

I Uploaded New References to the article, Most of his references are offline and I found some Newspaper articles related to him. InfoSeeker.sl (talk) 20:43, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

I added the second assessment table. I am afraid, the issue of WP:SIGCOV persists. I did a Google search before the nomination, and it did not yield any worthwhile results, So I am not surprised you are finding it difficult to come up with SIGCOV sources. Chanaka L (talk) 04:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

I Found Some Newspaper Articles Related to him but those articles couldn't find on the internet. Most of them are Old Newspaper articles and that time few Sri Lankan newspapers published articles on the internet, is there any way to Upload those articles to Wikipedia? InfoSeeker.sl (talk) 08:53, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

You can use them as citations if they are WP:RELIABLE SOURCES. Chanaka L (talk) 09:21, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank You... InfoSeeker.sl (talk) 11:10, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

BTW, How do you personally come to hold the copyrights of photographs of the subject? The award ceremony and especially the 1964 Malwana Waluawa photo? Are you in any way connected to the subject? Chanaka L (talk) 09:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

No, I participated in that event last year, and I was curious about his works, especially the song 'Issara Bandi Pema,' which is my favorite. So, I tried to Google him, and I didn't see any Wikipedia page about him. During that event, I obtained a photo from the award ceremony, and I'm trying to create some articles on Wikipedia. I chose him as the subject for my first article. Last month, I went to the Department of National Archives to find old newspaper articles about him and some other old artists in Sri Lanka. During that time, I met a man who knows about the music industry and Jayasinghe very well. He provided me with information about Jayasinghe's personal life and assisted me in finding the old articles. I discovered four articles about Jayasinghe. Additionally, the Malwana Walawwa photo is a damaged photograph that is 60 years old, and I restored it. InfoSeeker.sl (talk) 11:08, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Most of his details were obtained from the Sri Lankan Lyrics Association Artist Book and through YouTube InfoSeeker.sl (talk) 11:15, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Source assessment table: prepared by User:Chanakal
Source	Independent?	Reliable?	Significant coverage?	Count source toward GNG?
https://archives1.dailynews.lk/2020/08/12/tc/225503/lyrics-move			WP:PASSING	✘ No
https://songhub.lk/artist/bandula-jayasinghe			Just a song collection	✘ No
https://www.lankadeepa.lk/latest_news/%E0%B6%89%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%BB-%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B3%E0%B7%92-%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%B8-%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BD-%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%B3%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92/1-481693		~ WP:INTERVIEW	WP:PASSING	✘ No
https://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/04/16/fea01.asp			article is not about the artist	✘ No
https://island.lk/the-bandaranaikes-and-the-bevens-of-horagolla/			article is not about the artist	✘ No
https://www.sinhalasongbook.com/?lyrics=bandula-jayasinghe			no content, a cords db	✘ No
https://gossiplankaralla.com/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B7%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%B1-%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F-%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1/		a gossip site	a photo stream of a provincial award ceremony	✘ No
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.

23 January

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Chanaka L (talk) 05:22, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Chanaka L (talk) 05:22, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:36, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
• Delete per nom fails WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 13:31, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
• Delete per nomination and source analyses. I moved the article to draft a week ago, but it was moved back same day with little improvement, and removal of templates. Wikishovel (talk) 08:16, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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.