Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janak Wanigatunge

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The result was delete. Joyous! | Talk 02:40, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Janak Wanigatunge

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Note notable, no references in the article about him or is searches. Appears to have been made by a paid contributor. Hardyplants (talk) 01:37, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Hardyplants (talk) 01:37, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. M.Ashraf333 (talk) 02:15, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NBASIC, nothing at all in reliable sources. M.Ashraf333 (talk) 02:19, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment is an Air vice-marshal an automatically notable position? WP:SOLDIER considered that an individual who "held a rank considered to be a flag, general or air officer, or their historical equivalents", though this now reverts to WP:BIO. There are plenty of reliable sources confirming his rank as Air vice-marshall but not a lot of 'significant coverage', mainly just mentions in passing. BTW User:DilJco is not a paid contributor, he almost solely created articles about alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo, many of them non-notable. Presumably he was a student/former student of the school. Dan arndt (talk) 03:17, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dan arndt: It indeed used to be the case that flag, general and air officers and their equivalents were considered to be automatically notable. Sadly, however, this has now been deprecated. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:53, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military and Aviation. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:43, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:BASIC. Mztourist (talk) 08:59, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per nom. Fails WP:BASIC. Kierzek (talk) 01:02, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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