Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lt Colonel Appaiah

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 no consensus. MBisanz ^talk 02:38, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lt Colonel Appaiah[edit]

One of several articles created by same editor about minor Tamil Tiger figures. Flunks WP:BIO because not the subject of significant independent coverage from reliable sources; mentions in passing do not add up to notability no matter how often the adjective "notable" is used. So unnotable that his name is unknown. Nothing here that isn't redundant with Tamil Eelam. THF (talk) 22:45, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This article has links from Tamil Tigers wikipedia page and shouldn't be deleted. Person mentioned in this article was a senior Tamil Tiger person. Please do not delete until agreed by Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation members. -Iross1000 (talk) 23:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Refer Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sri Lanka. -Iross1000 (talk) 23:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. —Nick-D (talk) 05:34, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
the foundation stone issue could be relevant if more context is provided Jasy jatere (talk) 17:44, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Create a Foundation stones of LTTE article then. These unsourced one line biographies don't merit their own articles. THF (talk) 18:17, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Article doesn't say anything about his having done anything important. The "foundation stones" thing doesn't establish notability: if you look at the article, you'll see that his name is only mentioned twice, and he's in a list of 17 people, so it's not like he was the backbone of the LTTE. And in the Tamil Eelam article (the organization he was supposedly a major founder of) his name isn't even mentioned. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 09:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On the side, a general comment about this whole set of AfDs: from what I have seen so far, some of the individuals are notable and some aren't. It's clear that the editors who created the article think they are all notable. But it would have helped the process a lot if you could have provided sources and information from the beginning asserting that notability (ie, what they have done in their capacity as officers), rather than expecting us to just know what makes a Tamil Tiger notable. A lot of these arguments could have been averted. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 09:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:59, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or maybe merge into some Tamil article. One line article about a Tamil soldier, doesn't seem all that notable (at least not to have his own article). TJ Spyke 00:05, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Sourced, notable, even important. --Mr Accountable (talk) 00:57, 22 January 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.