Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dananjaya Hettiarachchi

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The result was delete. Sandstein 10:40, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dananjaya Hettiarachchi[edit]

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A motivational speaker. The sources are all based on press releases surrounding a single event, winning a competition on which we have no article. WP:BLP1E and WP:ANYBIO fail. Guy (Help!) 18:23, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

However, I do think that the Toastmasters International#Public speaking championship could support an article. Competitors worldwide get INDEPTH coverage every year just for winning a local competiton and attending, and the champion always gets regional, national, and often international coverage, albeit the name of the competitions often shortened to phrases like: world speaking contest.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:37, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:37, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:37, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete concur with nom, lacks significant coverage in multiple independent reliable secondary sources - fails WP: ANYBIO. Dan arndt (talk) 09:10, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 04:17, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

keep my WP:BEFORE search brought up a good number of bluechip sources spread over several years, including the article from The Hindu that I added to the article, note that this is not a local source since subject is form Sri Lanka, not India, but it is not paywalled and contains bio material from which this article can be expanded.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:15, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: nn as either "keynote speaker, trainer [or] HRD specialis". The 2014 Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking award is not significant and well known, and there's nothing better. Just a promotional directory listing. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:51, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per K.e.coffman. I was the southwestern U.S. spades champion in college. Doesn't make me notable, either.—Chowbok ☠ 02:36, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It would, of course, depend on how much press coverage your bridge games got. Which would, in part, perhaps depend on whether you were the first American to win a game of spades. You might not have noted that Hettiarachchi was the first Asian to win this contest, or known what a big deal these contests are in east and south Asia. Honestly, I had no idea until I stumbled into this and ran some searches. E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:34, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

World Champion of Public Speaking.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:06, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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