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Politics

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Agreed that all national politicians are inherently notable. References need to be provided to verify they are/were an elected official & they attended the school.

Academia

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Agreed that chancellors and vice-chancellors are inherently notable. References as per above.

I have included the names of some academics below, whom can be included per Notability criteria and WP:ACADEMIC. LahiruG talk 08:30, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm struggling to see which criteria of WP:NACADEMIC any of the academics listed below comply with. Noting that the position of Dean does not grant automatic notability. I presume that there is a reference for David Kalupahana than confirms he attended the school? Dan arndt (talk) 08:50, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Dean of a major faculty (engineering, medical, science etc.) is an highly esteemed position in an university in Sri Lanka and many other places around the world, unlike the positions such as department heads or sectional heads. Therefore I believe deans satisfies number 05 criteria of WP:ACADEMIC. I have added a reference that confirms David Kalupahana attnded Mahinda College in his WP page. Today I will also add some more names and some references for discussion. LahiruG talk 07:23, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NACADEMIC specifically states : "Lesser administrative posts (provost, dean, department chair, etc.) are generally not sufficient to qualify under Criterion 6 alone." I think that the guidelines are pretty clear that simply being a Dean doesn't constitute automatic notability. You really need to provide some additional justification to establish notability. Dan arndt (talk) 07:41, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Though it states that "lesser administrative posts (provost, dean, department chair, etc.) are generally not sufficient to qualify under Criterion 6 alone", it also states that "although exceptions are possible on a case-by-case basis (e.g., being a Provost of a major university may sometimes qualify)". In that sense deans of leading faculties can be included considering a case-by-case basis . LahiruG talk 08:06, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
If that's all that you are going to rely on - it's highly unlikely it will survive an AfD. A provost is the equivalent of a deputy vice-chancellor not a head or dean of a department. I think you are better off spending your time and resources on more substantial proposals. Dan arndt (talk) 08:22, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • M. B. Ariayapala – Professor Emeritus, Former President, University of Colombo (1972 – 77), Served as Dean of the Faculties of Humanities and Arts, Former President - Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Former President - All Ceylon Buddhist Congress [[1]][2] checkY
  • Dharma de Silva - Professor, Wichita State University, USA. - Founding Dean, Faculty of Management Studies at University of Sri Lanka & Visiting Professor at the Postgraduate Institute of Management in Sri Lanka,Founder Chair World Trade Council, Wichita, Kansas, USA
  • Ranjith N. Pathirana – Senior Professor and Former Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna
  • Siripala Hettige - Senior Professor & Former Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo
  • P. A. Jayantha – Professor in Mathematics, Former Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna
  • Jayadeva Tilakasiri, Professor of Sanskrit, Department of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya (1968 - 1982)]
  • Vini Vitharana - Professor of Sinhalese language, scholar of Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit and English and author [1][2]
  • J. K. P. Ariyaratne - Professor of Chemistry, author, a highly regarded scientist who has written extensively and published several scientific articles on the synergy of Buddhism and Science. [1]

Religion

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Prelates and heads of religious bodies are notable. No issues however Asoka Weeraratna should be moved under this subheading.

Military

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Senior officers in the military (ie generals, admirals etc) are notable

Sports

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Representatives of national team (cricket, athletics etc) are notable

His name can be included under WP:BLP1E. (A Guinness world record holder for a rare feat in cricket)
@LahiruG: I've just worked up an article for Sahabandu and all the references I've found indicate he is an alumni of Rahula College not Mahinda. The refrence cited relating to Mahinda is a hard copy book which I don't have access to - is it possible for you to locate a reference that confirms his attendance at Mahinda otherwise I will have to delete it from this list. Dan arndt (talk) 06:23, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Dan arndt: I have added the reference in newly created page and updated with the new link. In this book's page no 36 it is clearly stated that Kosala Sahabandu went on to represent Sri Lanka in athletics and won a gold medal at the 1974 Asian games for 400m x 4 relay. LahiruG talk 05:28, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Judiciary

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Supreme Court judges are notable but again need to be properly referenced to verify their appointment & they attended the school.

  • L. M. Jayaratna struggle to find any references verifying he was a Supreme Court judge however he is notable as the Governor of the Southern Province.

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@LahiruG: I'll start work on this one next. Dan arndt (talk) 09:35, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Both Kumarasinghe and Wijesekera are notable as PCs. 1 2 - A Presidents Counsel is not automatically notable - needs to be additional supporting information to justify notability.

Civil servants

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There is generally nothing notable about being a senior civil servant. If they were the Director or Head of a major government agency there might be a case to put forward but they would have to have done something noteworthy in their tenure in that position.

Diplomats

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Being an ambassador doesn't incur automatic notability.

Medicine

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  • Dr. Bandula Wijay (Wijayarathna) - Inventor of Angioplasty Balloon Catheters & Cardiac Stents
  • Professor Saman Warnakulasuriya, OBE - Professor & Head of Oral Medicine, King's College London, U.K. (Famous researcher in oral cancer)
  • Professor D. Y. D. Samarawickrama - Senior Tutor (Dentistry) and Head of Conservative Dentistry at the Barts & The London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of London, Former Director of the Dental Auxiliary School, London, a Former President of the British Association of Teachers of Conservative Dentistry and a former President of The Barts and The London Alumni Association (BATLAA)
  • Sri Lanka Sikhamani Dr. Asoka Chandrasoma Wijesurendra - Eminent Surgeon
  • Anil Jasinghe - Director, National Hospital, Colombo

Corporate executives

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Others

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Comments

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@LahiruG: It seems rather than addressing the genuine concerns Dan arndt and I have expressed you seem intent on exacerbating the situation by adding more entries which violate WP:V, WP:LISTBIO and WP:ALUMNI (1, 2, 3). It looks like you are trying to revert this by attrition. I'm afraid you are just wasting your time. If you continue to disregard key policies this will have to be opened up to scrutiny by the Wikipedia community and I'm certain that they will agree Dan arndt and me.--Obi2canibe (talk) 19:45, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Obi2canibe: This is only a sandbox page created by Dan arndt in his user space as an platform to decide the names which should be included in the main list. He has notified me about this page in my talk page and I have accepted to participate after this discussion we had earlier. It seems like that you don't understand the purpose of this page when looking at the allegations you have made in the above comment. As i have said earlier in the previous discussion, your involvement here is completely based on ur eagerness to blame / attack me rather than observing or protecting the key polices of WP, due to the personal disputes you had with me when editing Sri Lankan civil war related articles sometime ago. No one in the WP community needs to scrutinize my efforts as I have not yet started to add references to undisputed entrees. You are the user whose disregard to key policies has to be opened up to the scrutiny of the Wikipedia community soon. I have given one recent example for that in my previous discussion (diff). --LahiruG talk 10:10, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@LahiruG: [Ignoring personal/off-topic comments] I have not seen evidence that you are willing to deal with the issues which precipitated you violating WP:3RR. Instead you add more entries that violate WP:V, WP:LISTBIO, WP:Source list, WP:ANYBIO and WP:ALUMNI. I'm sure you are aware that Wikipedia has policies but you don't seem to want to follow them.--Obi2canibe (talk) 20:22, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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