Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Senarath Liyana Arachchi

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The result was no consensus. WP:NPASR Mark Arsten (talk) 03:30, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Senarath Liyana Arachchi

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Procedural. Not notable. CSD A7 declined by IP. GregJackP Boomer! 01:15, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:32, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep per WP:GNG. He seems like a notable astrologer in Sri Lanka. The Sunday Times calls him "a well known astrologer"[1] He appears often on TV shows. [2][3][4][5][6][7] That plus the significant award Deshabandu suggests someone above the typical astrologer. Notable, within the context of "Sri Lanka" and "astrologer" (which is not fringe). -- Green Cardamom (talk) 03:51, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 02:22, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 16:22, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I've no idea what "Notable, within the context of "Sri Lanka" and "astrologer" (which is not fringe)" means, but I think it is self evident that astrology is a fringe belief. For a claimed notable person there is a very noticeable absence of sources: [8][9][10][11]. Now on the claim of a deshabandu award for his astrology and palmistry is claimed. Firstly, no such award exists as it appears to have been spelt wrong (in the absence of some grammatical rule I am unaware of) as it is referred to as " desabandu" in both of the sources used in the article deshabandu [12][13]. Now what you will notice is that Senarath Liyana Arachchi is not actually listed at [14] (they may have had an issue with spelling and it could be there somewhere, I notice they spelt Arthur C. Clarke wrong). The weight this award carries is not evident and I see no evidence that its the third highest award in Sri Lanka (being the highest award would be a better claim to notability anyway ...). IRWolfie- (talk) 20:24, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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