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The result was delete. —
Cryptic 14:39, 6 September 2016 (UTC)reply
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. —
JJMC89 (
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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 (
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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 (
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 11:03, 16 August 2016 (UTC)reply
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.
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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. —
JJMC89 (
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 16:16, 23 August 2016 (UTC)reply
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.
SwisterTwistertalk 20:06, 26 August 2016 (UTC)reply
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.coffmanSophonore (
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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 (
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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.
Keep as above keep votes.--
Tomwsulcer (
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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:BASICIf 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 personallyJJMC89 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.
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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. —
JJMC89 (
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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? (
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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 (
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