Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Champika Liyanaarachchi


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The result was   keep, nomination withdrawn. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:47, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Champika Liyanaarachchi

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Non-notable. Cited source mentions her in passing (as the target of a threat), most of information in article isn't supported. Creator was indef blocked by myself for disruptive editing - including possible copyvios. Tan  &#124;   39  15:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I was distracted by a local political event and didn't check the creator's contributions. The BBC quote was the first I found to settle the spelling question. Given the position there might be more sources, but I haven't searched yet.--Tikiwont (talk) 16:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep – Sorry to disagree here but Ms. Liyanaarachchi is the editor of the “;;;The largest selling independent English daily in Sri Lanka, The Daily Mirror's independent editorial stand and its reliable and balanced presentation”, as quoted by LexisNexis, and shown here . Likewise,  Ms. Liyanaarachchi is sought after and quoted by her peers on several issues as shown here: ,,, ,  and .  Additionaly, Champika Liyanaarachchi, I believe, has generated enough independent – 3rd party – reliable and verifiable coverage to at least meet the standards under Creative professionals‘ as shown here, .  Hope I explained my position clear enough to understand my rational.  Thanks. ShoesssS Talk 16:53, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Has spoken at Press Freedom conference, and her bio there says she's been recognized by Zonta International. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21474&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:59, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

keep, notable. The lady seems indeed to be the editor of said newspaper. The newspaper is one of the major newspapers in Sri Lanka, as such it is notable. I do not now, what "editor" means in the Sri Lankan context, but if it means the same as in the West, she can probably claim notability derived from the newspaper she is the editor of. Also consider WP:BIAS when judging the notability of persons from small countries. Jasy jatere (talk) 17:01, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep based on sources found. Edward321 (talk) 01:45, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd like to withdraw this AfD nomination, but am on a mobile source and it is difficult. If the next passing admin would close as "keep", I'd appreciate it. Tan   &#124;   39  03:55, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


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