Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samal De Silva

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The result was delete. $Salvio$ 16:33, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Samal De Silva

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Unelected political figure. Article does not meet WP:GNG, WP:BASIC or WP:POLITICIAN. Most eferences in article are not independent and do not address the subject directly and in-depth. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any independent sources addressing the subject directly and in depth. // Timothy :: talk 03:31, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. // Timothy :: talk 03:31, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. // Timothy :: talk 03:31, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, with a caveat. Virtually all the references seem to be WP:REFBOMBs unrelated to the subject, and I can't find a single source about this person. Caveat: I don't speak Tamil, and don't know how to transliterate "Samal de Silva" into Tamil, so I could be missing something. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 16:22, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, fails WP:NPOLITICIAN / WP:ANYBIO, most of the references are about K. A. Subramaniam, and those that mention de Silva are merely mentions in passing. BTW his name in Tamil is சமல் டி சில்வா. Dan arndt (talk) 06:20, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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