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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 23:27, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thushara Cooray (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:NCRIC and WP:GNG. Merely just having a few coverage in news articles for appearing in his 100th Test as a scorer doesn't demonstrate significant coverage per WP:1E. Robo^Cric Let's chat 07:24, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Cricket, and Sri Lanka. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:59, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: according to google news search this is the only news site mentioning him; so fails WP:SIGCOV of WP:GNG. Vestrian24Bio 09:18, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete – The subject does not have enough news coverage.Mysecretgarden (talk) 19:20, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment There is other coverage, from other years, found in a Google search, including this [1] in the Deccan Herald and this [2] in the Sri Lankan Sunday Times, both of which describe how he says "rahu kalam" (inauspicious time) when announcing dismissals, and that he has become known by that term to journalists. The second of those sources says that he received 2 awards at the inaugural Sri Lanka Cricket Scorers Association Awards in 2016, for most popular scorer and for his services as a scorer for nearly three decades, involving over 300 international matches. There are also articles saying that he has been manager of the Sri Lankan under 15 cricket team (eg this [3], and others which are paywalled). There is probably more coverage in other languages (eg Sinhalese in his home country, and other languages in countries he has visited as manager or scorer.) RebeccaGreen (talk) 11:04, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 10:48, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, the "other coverage" still amounts to only "passing mentions" and not substantive enough for GNG or SIGCOV. This article should be deleted then as failing to be notable. Iljhgtn (talk) 15:36, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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