Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B. D. Rampala

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 19:43, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

B. D. Rampala

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per WP:NN. The first source is a dead link, and the other sources do not establish any further notability. Stubbleboy 15:39, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:21, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:21, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep per WP:GNG, see many, many gbooks hits. Haus^Talk 01:26, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep First native Chief Mechanical Engineer of a country's national railway system? That's enough for notability for a start. Then there are his improvements to the Sri Lankan railways, and his recognition by British engineers (who at that time still had a strong "colonial" attitude). --Redrose64 (talk) 10:26, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The man was general manager of a national railway system. How on earth can he not be notable? -- Necrothesp (talk) 17:05, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There are already articles for some of the colonial general managers of Sri Lanka Railways. Rampala was the first to be native, and most prominent one. He also received significant recognition from British engineers. His notability is certain. -- Tropicalsundae (talk) 18:03, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- Clearly notable. As he graduated in 1934, internet sources on him are likely to be scanty. If still alive, he must be in his late 90s. Peterkingiron (talk) 12:08, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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