Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Anthony William Perera Samarasinghe

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: speedy keep. (non-admin closure) ~ Winged Blades Godric  04:03, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Anthony William Perera Samarasinghe


WP:NOTAMEMORIAL since there is nothing really remarkable about this recently deceased businessman. There are other sites for publishing a family written obit. Legacypac (talk) 19:06, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep There is a source here; it wouldn't be enough to survive mainspace, but for a draft I'm happy to go easy and give the creator time and breathing space to improve the article. It is, after all, one of the main points of drafts. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  22:26, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

The creator posted this on the userpage that this draft started under:

I am contesting the delete by 'Legacypac' re. Anthony William Perera (A.W.P.) Samarasinghe

My article is an article. It is not selling some product or anything else. The person is dead. There are books, videos, articles, etc. about him. Some of it i have to upload once my article is good enough to be accepted. Last person that went through my segment, he/she told me to add 'Citations'. I added citations where ever that person told me to add citations. That was the only thing wrong they felt. Now you are saying ...once i added citations everywhere they said.....that i am trying to sell something. I tried to improve some parts so that it looks more like an article. This process is very hard. I would rather hire someone to do it, but will plough through. I hope it is not deleted....if there are other things wrong, for me to improve. AS i said...i need to upload some newspaper articles and other things (proof). User:Daughter100


 * Hi. Sorry to have upset you. Creating new articles on wikipedia is tough. I've made about 50 in 100,000 edits across 10 years. Mostly I work to delete policy failing content and send policy compliant drafts to maknspace. I always advise new users to start with expanding existing topics to get a feel for what is acceptable or not.


 * Are you related to AWP? What kind of material do you plan to upload exactly? We need WP:42 type sources to show WP:N. Legacypac (talk) 19:45, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Pinging her here. Legacypac (talk) 22:44, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Unlike other pending deletions that are causing "drama" because some editors don't like deletion of drafts, my own opinion here is that it is the nominator who is causing drama.  Whether the subject is notable is WP:NMFD, not a criterion.  There is nothing obviously wrong with this draft.  It isn't a candidate for speedy deletion, and isn't being tendentiously resubmitted.  Robert McClenon (talk) 02:39, 6 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Withdraw since we have a new editor that is trying engage and the suggestion there might be some notability I'll withdraw this one. Legacypac (talk) 02:42, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.