Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ishara Weeraratna


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 19:36, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Ishara Weeraratna

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The article relies on sponsored coverage and press releases. The article in Latestly is an advertorial which is republished in Yahoo Life. Similarly, the dailynews.lk article and allasiaweb.com article are effectively from the same press release. The WBOC article is tagged as "sponsored". The remaining sources are either not about him (launch of a charity) or from very low quality sites. Fails GNG and NBIO. M4DU7 (talk) 13:49, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for notifying me. I didn't notice the sponsored tag, when I was gathering sources, I did a google search, and tried to cite articles about him published within Sri Lanka. Let me know if there is any alternative to deleting the page. Otherwise, I will make sure to spot Press releases and sponsored posts as I am still getting familiar with them, and often can't tell the difference. SX3001 (talk) 13:58, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. M4DU7 (talk) 13:49, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. M4DU7 (talk) 13:49, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. M4DU7 (talk) 13:49, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Most sources are primary, unreliable or interviews, none of which can be used to prove notability. I agree with nominator that it doesn't satisfy WP:GNG. Isabelle 🔔 16:00, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Primary and obvious paid sources. Kuru   (talk)  13:13, 8 November 2021 (UTC)


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