Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Govigama people

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The result was no consensus. Note that this close does not preclude a merger to Govigama#Prominent members of the Govigama community. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:44, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of Govigama people[edit]

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Unsourced list of Sri Lankan Politicians, claimed to belong to a caste system of a bygone era. None have claimed or have been verified as Govigama. Blackknight12 (talk) 06:08, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 08:12, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Asia-related deletion discussions. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 08:12, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:00, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The list at Govigama#Prominent members of the Govigama community has citations for every entry. This list duplicates that but omits the citations and adds about ten more entries. postdlf (talk) 14:58, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not every citation there was a reliable source, I have removed those that weren't. This list has none at all. Govigama is similar to a Social class and so is not specific to certain people but whole families, and many families with in the country, such as the Social structure of the United Kingdom or the United States. And while people in the United States and other places are not defined by their "rich", "middle class", or "poor" status, people do not define themselves by their caste in Sri Lanka. Not in the late 20th and 21st centuries at least.--Blackknight12 (talk) 04:41, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ⨹ 05:16, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I believe what is needed here is a cleanup. --Lee (talk) 11:08, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: This 4 year old article provides useful information to the readers who are interested in socio-politics of Sri Lanka. --ShehanW ^talk 05:40, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michig (talk) 07:21, 8 December 2014 (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.