Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ban on Sri Lankans in Chennai


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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 00:01, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Ban on Sri Lankans in Chennai

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This story was simply not true. Sri Lankan tourist were not banned from Chennai. The police simply asked hoteliers to inform the police about foreign guests so that can ensure their safety. See http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2338309.ece and http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/no-ban-sri-lankan-tourists-say-police-505

The Sri Lankan media got the facts wrong in another nationalist hysteria. Just like they did in reporting the US air force jets had violated Sri Lankan airspace. All nonsense and not worthy of an article.  obi2canibe talk contr 19:33, 14 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete This incident is nothing to do with the Tamil Diaspora. Just to tarnish the Tamil Diaspora's name only this article is created. There might be some incidents, but that is nothing to do with the Ban on Sri Lankans in Chennai and not been qualified for an article.Hillcountries (talk) 16:30, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions.  —     ~ AdvertAdam   talk  07:05, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  —     ~ AdvertAdam   talk  07:13, 15 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep This is an event that was reported in the regional media, not just Sri Lankan as these articles prove No hotel rooms for Lankan pilgrims; Chennai police diktat? Chennai police to hotels: Ban Lankans. And how many times have there been controversy surrounding police action in India ? Cossde (talk) 17:04, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This is the owner's vote.     ~ AdvertAdam   talk  17:40, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete, as this was based on WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. No such thing has been clearly published, unless more sources are provided.      ~ AdvertAdam   talk  17:40, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is a not a newspaper, which is how the article is written like. Intoronto1125 Talk Contributions   21:19, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep, this article covers an important current issue in the region. Hence it should not be deleted. --Shehanw (talk) 06:20, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Hence, bring a source of your support, as the current phrasing is SYNTH.     ~ AdvertAdam   talk  10:32, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. The relevant guideline is WP:EVENT, and I can't see how this passes any part of it. The coverage is fairly minimal and (for the most part) regional in nature, and there's no sign that there have been any lasting effects - all the coverage comes from the period straight after the first report of the "ban". Alzarian16 (talk) 17:38, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
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