User:LahiruG/sandbox

Politics

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

• 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] Y

• M. T. M. Jiffry - First dean of the Medical faculty, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Senior Professor of Physiology, Vice Chairman of the University Grants Commission, Member of Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission [1][2]

• Lionel Edirisinghe - inaugural vice chancellor of the University of the Visual & Performing Arts, scholar of Musicology [1][2] Y

• 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

• S. D. Pathirana - Senior Professor, Former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya

• P. L. Ariyananda - Senior Professor, Former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna

• D. Arampatta – Senior Professor, Former Dean Faculty of Education, University of Colombo

• Ranjith N. Pathirana – Senior Professor and Former Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna

• Kulathilaka Kumarasinghe - Senior Professor & Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya

• Siripala Hettige - Senior Professor & Former Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

• David Kalupahana - Buddhist scholar & Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii. Y

• P. K. S. Mahanama - Senior Professor & Former Dean, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa

• Kithsiri Liyanage - Former Dean of the Engineering Faculty, University of Ruhuna

• 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]

• Athula B. Attygalle - Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA, Author and Inventor [1]

• W. P. Dayawansa - Professor of Mathematics & Statistics, Texas Tech University, Texas, USA, Author and award winning researcher.[2][3]

Religion

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

Military

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

• Major General Lasantha Wickremasuriya Division Commander, SLA, Killinochchiya.
• Brigadier Mahinda Mudalige - 23 Division General Officer Commanding, Sri Lanka Army.
• Brigadier H. G. I. Vidyananda AATO Lsc
• Admiral Deshamanya D. Basil Gunasekara - Former Navy Commander of Sri Lanka Y
• Rear Admiral Ivan Kariyawasam, USP - Former Director General, Naval Engineering, Sri Lanka Navy
• Commodore Ananda Guruge, Deputy Director General Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Deputy Naval Commander, Eastern Naval Base
• SDIG Bodhi Liyanage - First Commandant of the Special Task Force, Sri Lanka Police
• DIG P. L. Munidasa - Former Deputy Inspector General / Director of Police Training School

Sports

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

• W. B. Bennett is borderline but I think that it is probably better that it's included at Mahinda College#Sports

His name can be included under WP:BLP1E. (A Guinness world record holder for a rare feat in cricket)

• Somasiri Ambawatte is not notable however should be included at Mahinda College#Sports
• Kosala Sahabandu is notable as he was a gold medalist at an Asian Games Y

@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)

@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)

Judiciary

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

• L. M. Jayaratne 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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• Palitha Kumarasinghe whilst QCs are generally notable- there is anything out there that adds to his notability
• Ananda Wijesekera similar to Kumarasinghe.

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

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.

• M. T. M. Jiffry - nothing notable that I can see
• Lal Kumara Gamage - nothing notable that I can see

Diplomats

Being an ambassador doesn't incur automatic notability.

• D. P. Wijenarayana - is notable as a mayor not a diplomat Y
• Rupa Karunathilake - is notable as a politician not a diplomat Y
• Saman Weerasinghe - apart from being an ambassador can't find anything notable

Medicine

• 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

• Sena Yaddehige Chairman of [4] Richard Pieris and [5] Asian Alliance 12
• I. W. Senanayake – Former Chairman, [6] Sampath Bank/ IWS Holdings 1
• Chandra Lal de Alwis - Former president, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Chairman, Senkadagala Finance PLC, Chairman, Chemanex PLC, Director, Laugfs. 1
• Jayantha Prem Karunaratne - Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of the [7] Imperial Tea Exporters (Pvt) Limited1

Others

• Henry Mahendrapala Amarasuriya - Freedom activist, Founder of Sinhala Jatiya Newspaper

Comments

@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)

@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)

@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)