Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jay Kalansooriya


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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 09:09, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Jay Kalansooriya

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Fails WP:ANYBIO, lacks 'significant coverage' (instead it is merely a series of mentions in passing) in multiple independent reliable secondary sources. Daily FT, which is the individual's employer, promotes him as being 'the 9th most influential columnist in Sri Lanka' - which borders on being self promotional (a newspaper saying one of its own journalist is really good?). One of the other sources doesn't even include a reference to the individual but another non-notable journalist. Dan arndt (talk) 01:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Dan arndt (talk) 01:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Dan arndt (talk) 01:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Dan arndt (talk) 01:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Reply to Dan arndt: There are 2 sources so far about the survey (out of 3), and it wasn't done by Daily FT. It was done by SLIM, and this is clearly stated on both of the sources. I just need some time to gather all of the sources. Both Daily FT and Daily mirror reports this, as well as some other papers.

Also, the article reference is there to only support the fact the Mr. Jayasinghe is a member of UNFPA. It's in the article.

I apologize or any inconvenience, and thank you for editing and/or pointing out the flaws. Please give me some time to complete the article.

Thx. Buenosdiass (talk) 05:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment - as previously stated all we have is a series of mentions. It appears to be solely reliant on a statement by a non notable organisation that he is the '9th' most influential columnist in the country, with the three references simply saying the same thing - nothing clarifying how the institute came to that conclusion. This is simply not enough to justify notability. There is no other coverage or supporting information as what specific impacts his column/opinions have had. There is not evidence linking Klansooriya to Jayasinghe, so the reference to Jayasinghe doesn't make much sense. Dan arndt (talk) 00:12, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Reply: I don't understand what you meant by "non-notable". Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing isn't a non-notable organization. Neither are all the newspapers that reported this. Just because these institutions don't have Wikipedia pages and international press coverage, doesn't mean that their authority is any less. Also, I can't list how SLIM's article about how they 'came to that conclusion' because it's primary source. I just need some time to find a secondary source about it. Buenosdiass (talk) 02:25, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment - I have provided a response on your talk page. Dan arndt (talk) 04:44, 28 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete: No significant coverage from any reliable sources that I can find, just the passing mentions currently linked in the article. Fails WP:GNG and no evidence of passing any other SNG. — MarkH21talk 04:12, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete not enough significant coverage from reliable sources to establish WP:GNG. Best, GPL93 (talk) 01:13, 31 January 2020 (UTC)


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