Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janaka Wijayanayake


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  21:28, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Janaka Wijayanayake

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Fails WP:NSCHOLAR - is only a senior lecturer and there is no indication that he satisfies any of the criteria under WP:NACADEMIC. According to Google Scholar he has a very low rate of citations. The majority of sources are from the University that is his employer - which is what you would expect from any senior lecturer. Dan arndt (talk) 01:42, 23 November 2017 (UTC) Dan arndt (talk) 01:42, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Dan arndt (talk) 01:50, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Dan arndt (talk) 01:50, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete does not pass notability guidelines for academics.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:16, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, the citability is quite low, and there is nothing else to indicate passing WP:PROF. Nsk92 (talk) 21:24, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Citation counts in his Google Scholar profile are too low for WP:PROF and there is no other evidence of notability. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:39, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. In British nomenclature of academic positions, "Senior Lecturer" is a permanent, full-time position, with job security and benefits; and is not a temporary 'Visiting Lecturer', or (in American terminology) a non-tenured faculty member below the status of Assistant Professor. How "low" is low, when counting citations? One commentator above says his stats are "very low", another say "quite low", another says "too low for WP:Prof#C1. But there is also WP:Notability_(academics), which warns against putting all your trust in Google Scholar. I would also point out that many of his papers are co-authored, and there are no dates on his academic or job achievements in the article. That said, the Subject's credentials are thin at best. --Vicedomino (talk) 07:30, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Editor is correct to point out that citation data should be used with care by those not familiar with the system. There is no pass here of WP:Prof.


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