Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sanath Weerakoon


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:28, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Sanath Weerakoon

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Notability concerns. The article states that the highest position the subject reach was to be a regional secretary to the Ministry of Plantation Industries in Sri Lanka ➨ ❝ ЯEDVERS ❞ takes life at five times the average speed 12:04, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. According to Government Agent (Sri Lanka), his former position is held by only 25 people at a time, which seems notable. The article includes several external references and contains some coherent, useful information. It could, however, use a rewrite. Luinfana (talk) 13:57, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. In addition to Luinfana's comments, Subject was the Secretary to the Ministry of Plantation which the Minister is the Present and then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ratnasiri Wickremanayake. Ministry of Plantation, Sri Lanka could be contacted for clarification via http://www.plantationindustries.gov.lk/contact.htm. Also worth noting is that subject holds the record for most number of years (10) in office as the Government Agent in any District(state) in Sri Lanka and that he is related to the current President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.4.20 (talk) 02:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Subject is notable in Sri Lanka and has been a public figure. As the Government Agent, his duties include been the Returning Officer which the subject has successfully condcuted General Elections and Presidential Elections and is noted to have remained unbiased. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JaniceWalterz (talk • contribs) 08:29, 14 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  16:09, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Government Agent would appear to be an important enough position to be considered to confer notability per WP:POLITICIAN. Phil Bridger (talk) 12:22, 14 December 2008 (UTC)


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