Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shirantha Goonatilake


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The result was speedy keep per WP:SK. (non-admin closure) Anupmehra  - Let's talk!  16:58, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Shirantha Goonatilake

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WP:ONEEVENT - this person's only claim to fame is that he was killed in an air incident. Also fails notability guidelines under WP:MILPEOPLE as he was only a air commodore and the awards he received were not the highest/second highest. The incident itself might pass notability (45 deaths) and warrant an article in which case this individual's biographical info could be included in that article.  obi2canibe talk contr 18:14, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Withdrawn by nominator - sorry, missed the bit about air officers at WP:MILPEOPLE.-- obi2canibe talk contr 20:39, 17 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. His rank of air commodore satisfies MILPEOPLE criterion #3, and there's also the distinction of being the "most senior [Sri Lankan] Air Force officer to be killed in action", not in an accident. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:54, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep as an air commodore, which is equivalent to a general officer and thus clearly passes WP:MILPEOPLE (not sure why the nominator thinks it doesn't). -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:02, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - we almost always keep verifiable flag officers. Bearian (talk) 18:19, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
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