Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lishan Perera (2nd nomination)


 * 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. Tone 10:24, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Lishan Perera
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Delete - No works published for over a decade, and he's no longer an active writer as far as I can tell. More importantly, it's written like a puff piece.Paul 1953 (talk) 00:23, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Administrative Note I have reformatted the above discussion to use the standard AFD Template. This discussion was also not listed in a daily deletion log. Please consider the time of this message as the start time for the discussion. Dan arndt (talk) 01:51, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
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 * Notability isn't temporary. If he was ever notable, then he's notable forever.  I mean, I can think of many people who're immensely notable despite not publishing works for over a decade and no longer being active writers.  I agree that the current content of this article is simply atrocious.—S Marshall T/C 12:20, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. William Shakespeare hasn't published anything new for four centuries, and he is no longer an active writer so far as I can tell. That is no argument. Narky Blert (talk) 03:39, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - most of the references provided are deadlinks so its hard to determine whether the subject satisfies WP:NAUTHOR or not. Dan arndt (talk) 04:04, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete There is only one source apparent that would satisfy WP:GNG. No other indication that he ever or now demonstrates notability. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 07:20, 7 November 2019 (UTC) edited to add: The previous AfD closed as "keep" referred to multiple reviews in RS, but no such reviews were linked in the AfD, the article, or are apparent in current searches. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 07:22, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete being a super young published author is not a claim of notability. There is no evidence of actual reviews of his work. He does not even come close to passing notability guidelines for writers.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:52, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment I have added one review of his first novel, and another article - which, however, is mostly an interview. I've also added an archive url for the World Book Fair source - it's just a sentence or two. And I also found a university website news item about him as a student of mechanical engineering, attending a conference in the US. So far, there is not really enough for him to meet either WP:NAUTHOR or WP:GNG - or even WP:BASIC. The UCL source is not independent, the Daily News article is mostly his words, which leaves one review and one article about him. More could be said about his books, if the article is kept - but it may well not be unless we can find more sources. RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:25, 11 November 2019 (UTC)


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