Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lahiru Weerasekara

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The result was delete. – filelakeshoe (t / c)  13:29, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lahiru Weerasekara

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Fails to satisfy the requirements of WP:PERSON, in that the position of convener of the Inter University Students' Federation is not inheritably notable. The references provided all relate to one event, his arrest at a student protest (refer WP:ONEEVENT) and hardly constitutes significant in-depth coverage of the individual as required by WP:GNG. Dan arndt (talk) 04:55, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. Dan arndt (talk) 04:59, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Dan arndt (talk) 04:59, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - As per nom.--Obi2canibe (talk) 14:52, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete if he was really as key to student protests as the article claims, there would be more sources.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:27, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - A temporary figure. Seemed to be non notable--L Manju (talk) 07:47, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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