Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lihini Weerasuriya


 * 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 delete. Salvio giuliano 20:47, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Lihini Weerasuriya

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Fails WP:GNG Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 18:12, 25 February 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 18:11, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Tennis and Sri Lanka. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 18:12, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople and Women.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:18, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment, in accordance with WP:NTENNIS, significant coverage is likely to exist for tennis figures if they have won at least one title in any of the ITF Women's $50,000–$100,000+ tournaments, or any of the WTA 125 tournaments. According to the WTA records Weerasuriya won the ITF Key Biscayne event in 1992 and the ITF Freeport Bahamas event in 1995. At the time both these events were $10,000 events. It should be noted that Weerasuriya is the highest ranked women tennis player from Sri Lanka in the modern era. Dan arndt (talk) 02:40, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Comment, I agree Weerasuriya is also Sri Lanka's best tennis player in the modern era. WTA Tour played main table Played main table in 1994 Oklahoma Tournament.Tournament draws played main table in several wta tournaments in the 90s.(talk) 18:08, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * A tough one. Per Project guidelines notability is likely to exist for representing your nation in Fed Cup. Whether the gng actually exists is a tough call. She only won minor-minor league events as a pro.... not even minor league challenger level, but minor-minor league ITF 10,000 events. So she has done nothing notable in professional tennis. This probably squeaks by as Keep only because she was the highest ranked Sri Lankan player in the history of Sri Lanka (male or female). That had to have garnered press in Sri Lanka which I don't read or write. Do their newspapers/magazines get archived in any database? Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:46, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Fyunck(click), per the guidelines GNG is only likely to exist if a SIGCOV IRS source has been identified. Otherwise sport-specific guideline criteria can't apply. JoelleJay (talk) 16:17, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Per guidelines, not per policy. Local guidelines and individual consensus guidelines happen all the time at Wikipedia. That doesn't mean it can go sourceless. We always need those sources. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:08, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This isn't a local guideline, as you know this was according to global consensus on a en.wp guideline, which always overrules project-level criteria. JoelleJay (talk) 19:55, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Actually, I have seen MOS consensus over-ridden 100s of times in my many years here. All it takes is more people editing an article that disagrees with something like MOS. It usually requires a very popular article for that to happen. Something like Serena Williams or Global Warming lets say. But I'm not sure what you are arguing against. Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:30, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. I attempted to search for her in Tamil (using the Tamil transliteration of "Weerasuriya" that other Weerasuriyas use) and found nothing. GNG is required and it is not met here. JoelleJay (talk) 17:01, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * That would be the wrong language. Sinhala is the predominant language in the country Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:02, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah thanks, didn't find anything for ලිහිණි or විජේසූරිය either. JoelleJay (talk) 21:03, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I agree with the reasoning of other users on here, but also feel this page would do much better to be improved rather than being deleted wholesale.Historyday01 (talk) 04:40, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Historyday01, are you aware that all sports articles are required to a) meet GNG and b) have at least one SIGCOV source cited in the article? JoelleJay (talk) 05:36, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * All articles should meet GNG, not just sports. But there can be things to consider other than GNG and if enough editors agree then MOS's guidelines get pushed aside as it has always been here. Underrepresentation of women in articles can be a strong incentive for editors to buck MOS. If a male gets an article for being the best male soccer player to not have an article on the best woman soccer player will get rightfully hammered if you try to delete it... no matter the sources. There has to be flexibility. Wikiproject:Women in Sports will flock to the rescue of the article. That's not the case here... this person is borderline and I don't really care which way it goes. But nothing is etched in stone as long as more wikipedians come to an article to vote a particular way. Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:41, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * While I understand where you are coming from, I suppose, I find your attitude about how "Wikiproject:Women in Sports will flock to the rescue of the article" and that "underrepresentation of women in articles can be a strong incentive for editors to buck MOS" to be disturbing. They are views which undermine your whole comment here. As such, those views put your whole argument, in defense of the deletion of this page, into question, suggesting other possible motives for supporting deletion. Historyday01 (talk) 14:02, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The subject is not "borderline": she has exclusively sparse database sources that don't even contain the barest biographical information. This is a slam-dunk delete. JoelleJay (talk) 17:56, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I stand by what I said, that improving an article is BETTER than deletion. Historyday01 (talk) 13:58, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * You know that arguments that are not based on guidelines will be disregarded, right? And what sources would we even use to improve the article? JoelleJay (talk) 17:52, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete The subject fails WP:GNG due to lack of significant coverage. I would also support a redirect to Sri Lanka Billie Jean King Cup team. Alvaldi (talk) 19:24, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - while I agree with the sentiment that improving an article is better than deleting it, I can't find any sources with which to improve this article. I also can't see any WP:ATD except maybe a redirect to Sri Lanka Billie Jean King Cup team as above. Playing in 1994 IGA Classic – Singles means that she does technically meet WP:NTENNIS, the GNG failure is so comprehensive that that must take priority I'm afraid. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:58, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note I asked the Sri Lankan Tennis Association if they can help find any press or magazine articles on her since there has never been anyone higher ranked in their country's history. We'll see if they have anything to share. Fyunck(click) (talk) 22:38, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


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