User talk:Gihan Jayaweera/Archive 11

Sri Lankan film and actor articles[edit]

Hi Gihan! I have an interest in Sri Lanka because I was engaged to a Sri Lankan girl and learnt a bit of Sinhala. Kohomada muchan! To respond to your comments in your reply at the Wikipedia Teahouse, Wikipedia is not a place to promote a subject (see the questions and answers on the Teahouse about business and personal articles, in particular the responses about a subject being notable), but a place for those who are already interested in a subject to find reliable, cited information about it. You and I are special, interesting people, but that alone doesn't merit us an article on Wikipedia. The same with Sri Lankan films.

Just because a film has been made or is in production doesn't automatically merit it an article on Wikipedia. What makes it noteworthy to an international audience, i.e. outside of Sri Lanka? If a particular film was critically acclaimed, or was a spectacular failure, that is a good reason for an article. There should be sufficient general interest. I've had a few articles deleted myself, so I know how frustrating it can be when you think a subject is worthy of an article but others disagree.

I notice you also have an account on Sinhala Wikipedia, but you've never made any edits there. I don't know how the guidelines are different across different versions of Wikipedia, but I imagine Sri Lankan films would have more interest there. It's a shame Sinhala Wikipedia is so small. For every article there, there are 400 articles on English Wikipedia.

I commend your passion. Wikipedia needs more people with your passion. However, I see no evidence so far that most of the articles you started warrant inclusion on Wikipedia. I've also seen some of your articles where other people have put a banner on it questioning its notability, so I'm not the only who's noticed. I'd like to work with you to increase the quality of your contributions. --Danielklein (talk) 07:06, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of James Bond (2005 film)[edit]

The article James Bond (2005 film) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence since March 2017 that this is a notable film

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Proposed deletion of Bindu (2009 film)[edit]

The article Bindu (2009 film) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Notability has not been established since March 2017

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Danielklein (talk) 05:07, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for March 3[edit]

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50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week[edit]

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ITN recognition for Alexander Fernando[edit]

On 29 April 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Alexander Fernando, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 22:21, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]