Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Latha Walpola


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 02:48, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Latha Walpola

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This article is a WP:BLP that (a) appears to be a rewrite of a blogger.com article (https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1593024302490092476/posts/default) and (b) cites four inline sources, one of which (Asian Tribune) appears highly unreliable with respect to NPOV, and two others of which are hard to assess. Sinhalese-speaking editors might be able to opine on the availability of better sources. Fiachra10003 (talk) 18:46, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, the article was created by Dinura Pradeep Balasooriya, indefinitely blocked by Tokyogirl79 on 25 January 2015, not that that has any bearing on the article's conformity with WP:BLP Fiachra10003 (talk) 18:49, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:25, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:25, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep although relatively poorly written (in serious need of copy-editing) the subject of the article is notable & satisfies a number of the criteria under WP:MUSIC. Given the era in which she performed it is hard to track reliable online sources but there are a number that reinforce her notability., , .  Dan arndt (talk) 00:34, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep The sources available in Google Books confirm that the subject is a prominent singer in Sri Lanka, e.g. Profiling Sri Lankan Cinema, "...playback singers like Dharmadasa Walpola, Latha Walpola, ...gained island wide popularity.". Andrew D. (talk) 13:04, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 01:52, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep I understand the delete rationale but when looking into it further, it does appear there is available coverage in reliable sources, despite the origins of the article and its content. To point out, WP:AFDISNOTCLEANUP and, as others have stated, considering the country and time period, there is enough coverage to make a claim of notability. Certainly not a slam-dunk like a Grammy winner, but enough to have a place here on the English Wikipedia. Mkdw talk 20:40, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.