Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anushka Wirasinha (2nd nomination)

Anushka Wirasinha

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A first version of this article was posted in 2008 and deleted on notability grounds in June 2010 after an AfD triggered, unusually, by a message to OTRS. That produced an indignant reaction from two SPAs who tried to over-write the AfD, which was therefore privacy-blanked and protected. The AfD as it was when closed can be seen here. This new version of the article, with considerably more references, has been prepared in user space, and the author asked my advice about moving it to the main space. As Shimeru (talk · contribs), the admin who closed the AfD, is not currently active, I have decided that the best thing to do is to post it and relist it here at once for the community to decide.

A number of images at the end have been deleted for licensing problems, but could probably be restored if the article is kept: their titles make reasonably clear what they were.

I express no opinion. I will notify all those concerned with the first version or with the AfD. JohnCD (talk) 22:23, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sri Lanka-related deletion discussions. —JohnCD (talk) 22:27, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Whilst there are several references mentioning her directly, I can't find anything to show WP:AUTHOR is met. The sources are also of questionable reliability, for example this (and other is hardly neutrally written and says it was in the bestsellers at indiatimes.com but a site specific google search nor google news bring up any evidence of this being true. Similarly reference 4 "Financial Times. More Tech books from Prolific Writer. 2002." appears to be made up as far as I can tell as again I cannot find any articles on ft.com or in an archive search with ProQuest that are about her. Because of these doubts with the reliability of sources in the article, I am not convinced the general notability guideline is met either. SmartSE (talk) 00:28, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just because it is not on ft.com doesn't mean it is not credible. Please look at all the links including newspaper articles written by reputable sri lanka journalists, university websites where the books are textbooks and required books for BTech. There are numerous references to prolific writer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 02:30, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete looks like WP:AUTOBIO. and as per WP:NOTRESUME. LibStar (talk) 00:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment To show my devotion to the cause of practically hopeless articles, I cleaned it up substantially. Technically, she almost meets one of the WP:PROF requirements--her textbook on Flash is actually one of the required textbooks at a number of university level IT programs--see the refs for that section. WP:PROF, however, is currently worded "if the person has authored several books that are widely used as textbooks (or as a basis for a course) at multiple institutions of higher education." I would be prepared to view this flexibly & accept a single really important book, but I doubt this is one. The difficulty in finding links to Indian/Sri Lanka/Pakistan newspaper articles doesn't show they don't exist, but at this point I'll let someone else try to find the links. DGG ( talk ) 02:20, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Question. I'm having a hard time verifying things online, anyone think they'll be able to do some library research? Please see my question on On Your Marks Net Set Go! at Talk:Anushka Wirasinha. -- Jeandré, 2010-11-22t04:35z
- "Int'l publishing giant accepts Anushka Wirasinha's books". Online edition of Sunday Observer (Press release). 2002-03-24.
  Uncle G (talk) 07:49, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More about Prentice Hall of India can be found at http://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/publisher.asp?publisherid=6000 Established as the first Indo-American collaborative publishing company (with Prentice-Hall Inc.) PHJ has more than 2000 university level books in its current list.

Finance India page http://www.financeindia.org/fi.htm

Author is listed in Finance India: http://www.financeindia.org/Annotated_20.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muthuwella (talk • contribs) 01:58, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Sheer self-promotion. Andy Dingley (talk) 02:27, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

People who are just saying "self-promotion" are too lazy to look at the links. Her books are listed as required text books in universities. Is that self promotion? Her books are endorsed textbooks to be used in Sri Lanka schools. Is that self promotion? National papers have articles written about her by reputable journalists and the US Copyright office contains over 70 books by her. Finance India has her texts mentioned. Is that self promotion? Prentice Hall of India that is a branch of Prentice Hall has published 3 of her books. Is that self Promotion. Please see ALL links and research on this author before just lazily typing "self promotion".