Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jan Jananayagam


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) '''-- Cheers, Riley   Huntley ''' 02:22, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Jan Jananayagam

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Non-notable political candidate. She stood for election in the 2009 European Parliament election, and did well for an independent candidate, but failed to win a seat. The only coverage of her in reliable sources I can find relates to that election; she has not achieved lasting notability, so I don't think she meets our standards for inclusion. Robofish (talk) 23:52, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. -- Cheers,  Riley   Huntley  05:46, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep, I think this ("Jan Jananayagam gained more votes [...] than all the other independents in the UK put together.") sums up the notability issue. Other press mentions in notable publications: Asian Tribune, The Independent, Financial Times, Interview with AlJazeera, Asian Age ("Another influential Tamil, Janani Jananayagam from London too tweeted her protest"), Lankasri News ("Ms. Jan Jananayagam, an independent candidate contesting the European Parliament elections in London, secured over 50,000 votes, an unprecedented result, and a record for an independent candidate in an EU election."). --Soman (talk) 09:01, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is definitely notable enough, and possible future political endeavors would only increase the subject's notability. I have seen multitudes of articles that do not follow WP: BLP as sufficiently as this one, but have never been contested. --Lord Bromblemore (talk) 21:39, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - Although Jan Jananayagam is best known for her European Parliament run, she is actually a leading activist amongst the Tamil diaspora. She is one of the main spokespersons for Tamils Against Genocide and in this capacity has been mentioned in the media often, both prior to and after the European election: Island 1, Island 2, Island 3, Island 4, Independent 1, Independent 2, Daily News, Channel 4 News, BBC Turkish, Al Jazeera 1, Al Jazeera 2, Al Jazeera 3, Sunday Leader. She has also been mentioned numerous times on TamilNet, Tamil Guradian and Colombo Telegraph.-- obi2canibe talk contr 12:39, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
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