Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of St.Peter's College alumni

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. At this point in time, none of the entries on this list have a Wikipedia article. While some may infer that some entries here are notable, no evidence has been provided—we are therefore operating opinion. Given the absence of any demonstrably notable persons, this article, as it stands, is a directory of alumni. Articles such as these should be written after there is evidence of notable alumni, and when a list of such alumni grows unmanageably long on the main article. ÷seresin 05:58, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of St.Peter's College alumni[edit]

The article is little more than a long list of alumni of a Sri Lankan school. If the alumni are notable, there is no evidence to confirm this. This runs afoul of WP:NOTDIR. Pastor Theo (talk) 00:51, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Merge it into the school's main article, if it has one. Then, remove any alumni that cannot be cited anywhere on the internet by third party sources, as being notable.--The Legendary Sky Attacker 00:58, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and don't bother merging, none of these people seems notable. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 01:12, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I would have thought that a bishop, a university vice chancellor, a university chancellor, an appeal court judge, a commander of an army, a commander of a navy, an air vice marshall and the chairman of a national savings bank at least seem notable? Or wasn't your attention span long enough to read that far? Phil Bridger (talk) 22:41, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 02:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 02:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, list is full of people whose claim to notability is having jobs. Joey the Mango (talk) 05:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom Nick-D (talk) 10:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOTDIR. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:09, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It would appear that most of the people here would be entitled to WP articles, and that we do not have them is cultural bias. We can use articles like this to help remove it by filling in the blanks. Remove any that cannot be confirmed after a proper check of printed as well as internet sources. the idea that we would rely on internet sources only is contrary to WP:RS. DGG (talk) 16:49, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Important Note if you'll notice I am the one who is editing the St Peter's College, Colombo and this page...Why don't you'll check the page history and confirm your self that I was the one who shifted one major topic under the schools page..due to the fact that there is a long list of Old Boys...Since the school's web site is no longer functioning...I can't provide any 3rd party references...And I am adding these information (Names) from the AGM reports of SPC OBU. Please be kind enough to reconsider before deleting this page.. Godfrey Walawage (talk) 00:35, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is a fixed list of old boys from St Peter's College, Colombo and not all members names are added...This is a list of honors recipients that is awarded by the school. Therefore removing any names will cause the content to change and it is not fair to add some of the reputed names and remove others. But all were awarded as notable Old Boys of St. Peter's College. Godfrey Walawage (talk) 00:36, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is not the standard. The standard here is considerably more stringent, their recognition as notable by people outside the college. This is demonstrated by either having Wikipedia articles, or being obviously qualified for one. Many of the people are, and the articles should be written -- the two Commanders of the Army for example are notable. The several Captains in the Army listed, though, are not at all likely to be notable. The various people listed as Professors need to have their careers checked to see if the satisfy WP:PROF--some will, some probably won't. Similarly the physicians, and the business executives. If you insist on the above very weak local standard, the article cannot hold; it needs drastic editing. Andthe references for those articles will need to prove the positions. DGG (talk) 02:06, 16 June 2009 (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.