Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nandana Lokuwithana


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The result was delete. —Cryptic 14:39, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Nandana Lokuwithana

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There isn't sufficient coverage of Lokuwithana to meet WP:BASIC. I've found some mentions in articles about his businesses and other routine coverage. The Daily News interview isn't independent of the subject. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:26, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:26, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:26, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep the article is improving rapidly and identifies with notability guideline for biographies — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominiqueabal (talk • contribs) 05:37, 10 August 2016 (UTC)  — Dominiqueabal (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete non-notable businessman.John Pack Lambert (talk) 07:46, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep as per the internet search results, this person seems to involved in political and financial controversy and also notable in Sri Lankas overseas business achievement, therefore suggest to keep but need to improve more with content rather than deleting Maximpoudje (talk) 10:04, 10 August 2016 (UTC) — Maximpoudje (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Comment -- there appears to be some connection to the Panama papers per this link Colombo Press; I'm not familiar with the publication so cannot say whether this is RS or not. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:13, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 11:03, 16 August 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * keep I added more citations and due to past week changes the article is more balanced with his links to controversies and therefore request to remove the label. Rogerrabelo (talk) 02:55, 19 August 2016 (UTC) — Rogerrabelo (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * While the article has changed since this discussion started, the sourcing still does not demonstrate sufficient in-depth, independent coverage to satisfy WP:BASIC. Most of the sources are about Lokuwithana's companies and/or routine business transactions. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 15:34, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 16:16, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as clearly all of the Keep votes have an invested connection to the subject somehow, and none of them are making a convincing case how and where he's exactly convincing for his own notability and substance. Looking at this has found nothing suggesting better at all. SwisterTwister   talk  20:06, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Being a Sri Lankan and owning a hotel from International hotel chain is a big notable milestone in Sri Lankan Business history and He had been covered from both Sri Lankan and UAE (Middle East Media) for this achievment and not only that, He is linked to big local and international controversy in finance. As the only Sri Lankan name recorded in panama papers he was again notable(negative) in another manner during the last period due to this controversy. if you simply run a google search many different search result with both negative and positive basis will prove my suggestion. therefore I suggest to keep the article while balancing it as per the comment by K.e.coffman Sophonore (talk) 01:37, 28 August 2016 (UTC) — Sophonore (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete on second thoughts, as I cannot find any better / more extensive sources than what I listed above. The subject fails GNG per available sources. The interest of various SPAs in this article is also a concern. K.e.coffman (talk) 02:22, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 16:20, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep more than sufficient coverage of Lokuwithana HERE, HERE , HERE , HERE , HERE , HERE, HERE , HERE , HERE and HERE to Meets the WP:BASIC. User:Dominiqueabal —Preceding undated comment added 19:16, 3 September 2016 (UTC)  — Dominiqueabal (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Duplicate !vote struck. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 22:04, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Source analysis:
 * D1 - This is an announcement about a hotel opening, and Lokuwithana is being quoted, so it is not independent.
 * D2 - routine business coverage
 * D3 - This is reporting an investment, and Lokuwithana is being quoted, so it is not independent. It also does not have in-depth coverage of Lokuwithana.
 * D4 - This does not have in-depth coverage of Lokuwithana.
 * D5 - WP:QUESTIONABLE, single editor
 * D6 - gossip.hirufm.lk, not reliable
 * D7 - This does not have in-depth coverage of Lokuwithana.
 * D9 - This does not have in-depth coverage of Lokuwithana.
 * D10 - passing mention
 * Does not meet WP:BASIC. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 22:06, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep as above keep votes.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 20:45, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep with all the comments and talks, I presumed that JJMC89 has taken this discussion in to a personal level, as clearly mentioned in WP:BASIC If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability. I can only agree with JJMC89  if all the given sources are in the favor of Nandana Lokuwithana, but there are different types of sources (bias , against and neutral )  which covers his career movements.  As an example  D1 is analysed as This is an announcement about a hotel opening, and Lokuwithana is being quoted, so it is not independent. by JJMC89 but the same news is covered in  different angle in HERE and  HERE Which help us to have collective open idea about the subject, it is also mentioned and linked in Nandana Lokuwithana page, yet ironically and personally JJMC89 keep state that the subject does not meet WP:BASIC. The subject has been mentioned in special local business achievements and  as well as has his name in many political and financial controversies. Therefore letting this article to be developed to a certain level will help to give some light to major business and political events related to Sri Lanka.Rogerrabelo (talk) 06:17, 4 September 2016 (UTC) — Rogerrabelo (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Duplicate !vote struck. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 08:50, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The first of those two 'HERE' links doesn't have significant coverage of Lokuwithana, and the second doesn't work. I have not taken this discussion personally. Presenting an analysis of sources that others bring forward is common at AfD. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 03:35, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Both second and third HERE links do work. And your comment about the second link is contradictory (they can’t be both ‘no significant coverage’ and ‘doesn’t work’) - Dominiqueabal, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment If you google, ‘Nandana Lokuwithana’ you get hundreds of article that actually mention something about him. Some are just news announcements (i.e. is providing information about an activity or event), some are fore him and some against him. What I listed is a random few. The source analysis by JJMC89 is questionable. I’d also like to hear her interpretation of WP:BASIC? I wonder why JJMC89 has taken this personally? (User:Dominiqueabal), 5 September 2016 (UTC) — Dominiqueabal (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Google hits do not imply notability. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 03:35, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * But I was not talking about raw hit counts. The content inside those articles justify his notability (almost all the results of a google search on ‘Nandana Lukuwithana’ will be about the same person i.e. the person whom this discussion is about). He seems to have links with both current and former regimes of Sri Lanka. Lots seem to be happening under the carpet. So this topic has lot of potential to be dynamic and happening and the article is align with the  WP:BASIC. - Dominiqueabal,  6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. as promotional. Consideran article about his company.  DGG ( talk ) 06:39, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
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