Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thambirasa Kuhasanthan

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

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thambirasa Kuhasanthan

One of several articles by the same author about a minor Tamil Tiger; the articles are devoid of biographical detail; cursory passing mentions of pseudo-position are not the "significant" coverage required for notability meriting separate article. THF (talk) 21:54, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Notable high level commander of a very prominent militant organization, the Tamil Tigers. Also, this nomination is a horrible escapade in ignorance driven deletionism.Pectore^talk 22:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This article has links from Tamil Tigers wikipedia page and shouldn't be deleted. Person mentioned in this article was a senior Tamil Tiger person. Please do not delete until agreed by Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation members. -Iross1000 (talk) 23:08, 17 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. —Pectore^talk 23:09, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

might be notable: from sundaytimes: "they ambushed and killed Thambirasa Kuhasanthan alias "Lt Col Nizam," LTTE's Military Intelligence Wing leader and the man responsible for all "suicide killer" attacks in the city." Not sure whether leaders of military intelligence wings are generally notable. If so. keep. Being the mastermind of suicide attacks might also confer notability. Jasy jatere (talk) 17:15, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and expand Looks like the person is notable, but you'll need to dig up more refs supporting it. Voting keep for now in the hopes that someone will do the leg work, find the refs, and improve the article to the point where it actually does assert the notability that probably can be asserted. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 09:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On the side, a general comment about this whole set of AfDs: from what I have seen so far, some of the individuals are notable and some aren't. It's clear that the editors who created the article think they are all notable. But it would have helped the process a lot if you could have provided sources and information from the beginning asserting that notability (ie, what they have done in their capacity as officers), rather than expecting us to just know what makes a Tamil Tiger notable. A lot of these arguments could have been averted. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 09:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The Sunday Times article seems to establish general notability for this subject claiming his was "responsible for all "suicide killer" attacks in the city". --J.Mundo (talk) 02:41, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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