Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shashikala Kumarasinghe


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The result was keep. The Bushranger One ping only 02:07, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Shashikala Kumarasinghe

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Non-notable athlete. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 03:39, 30 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Dan arndt (talk) 09:07, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Dan arndt (talk) 09:07, 30 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment I am not familiar with archery. A quick search of yielded this that mentions "Sashikala’s achievements in archery are many. After completing her Advanced Level studies Shashikala had set her sights at archery in 2005 and qualified to be in the Sri Lanka team for the 2006 Archery Championships in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She won her first medal, a silver at the Archery Championships in 2007 and set up a National Record in the 70 meter event in 2008 and went on to win Gold at the National Championships in 2009. She was a member of the team which won a bronze at the South Asian Games in 2006 and at the 2008 bronze winning team in Kalicut, India also at the South Asian Championships." I am not sure if these are up to Wiki's standards or not. Thsmi002 (talk) 13:39, 30 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Well the individual did not compete in the olympics, so there is no sign of notability. Also, I have to say it is high time we reconsider automatic pass for all olympians, especially in the early days of the modern olympics.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - Pretty complicated, but here goes: Anyone that competes at the Olympics is notable. Anyone from a world or continental/pan-national event of good repute in any of the sports that people have put on NSPORT is notable. Archery is absent from the NSPORT list, probably because there aren’t enough people interested in archery on wikipedia. I my opinion based on the spirit of NSPORT, anyone who competes in the Asian Games, is likely to be notable, and I am not seeing any evidence she is not. She is clearly a pan-national level athlete, and her home country is not English speaking - making finding sources harder. Even taking all this into account there are sources with substantial amounts of information on her, and a search shows she is notable, so that meets WP:GNG. Clearly worth keeping, and I note we are not helping the readers by deleting this kind of biography, its not even vaguely promotional, it is totally the type of article which an encyclopedia should have. So that’s 3 good reasons to keep. Dysklyver  15:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep notable per the explanation above. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:04, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep I also agree with this explanation of the subject's notability WP:GNGThsmi002 (talk) 19:57, 5 November 2017 (UTC)


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