- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 07:10, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
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There is no single reference in the article, there is no proof that the listed people are notable. This name of the article was at first List of Sri Lankan generals and brigadiers (see page history) and this name was derived from the List of British generals and brigadiers which has plenty of references. Hamwal ( talk) 07:08, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people, Military, and Sri Lanka. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 07:41, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Keep and reference, slowly. I do not understand why editors consider deleting material that provides a basis for further research. What needs to happen with this article is (1) that references need to be imported from the linked articles, especially for the most senior officers; and (2) possibly the large list of major-generals and brigadiers which do not have articles needs to be trimmed. There will be lots of material at associated army and SL war articles which can be imported to provide the necessary references. Buckshot06 (talk) 08:00, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
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Comment: I think the first name of the article 'List of Sri Lankan generals and brigadiers' was better than the current name; references must be added to this article like
List of British generals and brigadiers article has so many references.
Hamwal (
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08:27, 29 June 2024 (UTC) - Keep fulfills WP:NLIST and the inclusion criterion is well-defined per WP:SALAT. AfD is not cleanup, this list just needs some references. Broc ( talk) 09:19, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
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Buckshot06:, @
Broc:, Please consider to change the article's name to 'List of Sri Lankan generals and brigadiers' which is now active as a redirect to the article, 'List of Sri Lankan generals and brigadiers' - this name is more suitable than the current name.
Hamwal (
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10:27, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- I would support this.
Broc (
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10:37, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- I would support this. The word "notable" should not be in the title. Everything in Wikipedia is supposed to be notable!! Buckshot06 (talk) 12:27, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- I would support this.
Broc (
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10:37, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Keep. This article is notable for research on the Sri Lanka Army and also the civil war of Sri Lanka. 37.111.200.67 ( talk) 07:20, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- @ Liz:, I am the nominator of the deletion of the article is saying that the article must be kept and I am withdrawing the deletion nomination. Hamwal ( talk) 04:10, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hamwal, it is fine for you to withdraw your nomination but we don't delete AFDs except for techinical reasons like if there is more than one AFD started for the same article. This is due to be closed soon. Liz Read! Talk! 04:49, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
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