Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kumudu Munasinghe

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The result was delete. Jenks24 (talk) 17:51, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kumudu Munasinghe

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Is a non-notable academic - fails WP:PROF. Has been tagged for notability since June 2014, without any further reliable sources cited. Dan arndt (talk) 03:26, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete no news stories about him linked in article and he isn't notable enough RbAxM33320 (talk) 07:38, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak Keep~~ Delete. He doesn't meet either WP:GNG or WP:PROF with the current references, which contain no substantial content about the subject. A google news search provided no additional evidence. However, a google scholar search returned that his work has been cited 434 times overall (since 2007), and 359 since 2010. I am not conversant enough to know if that is good or bad, but it appears that it might mean that he meets Criteria #1 of WP:PROF. If I'm wrong about the number of cites (in other words, 359 is a low number), than I would argue for delete. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:32, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Onel5969 the important number is the H-index, which for Munasinghe is only twelve, which is fairly low - what you'd normally expect from an associate professor. I would normally expect at least 40 for someone notable as an academic. Dan arndt (talk) 14:51, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Response Thanks Dan arndt - Wasn't sure so I figured someone would answer that question for me. Will bear that in mind as a guideline in the future. Based on that, I've changed my assessment above. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:26, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per rationales by Dan arndt and per WP:GNG -- Chamith (talk) 18:30, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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