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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:15, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Apart from his blog and a few articles he once wrote for a newspaper in Sri Lanka I can't find any sources on this person. From WP:V: If no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it. Hut 8.5 12:19, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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- Delete. Appears to have no published work. Fails WP:Prof. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:06, 23 September 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Delete. An astronomer
from a minor countrythat has not received any significant distinctions: not sufficiently notable. Nergaal (talk) 02:31, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't see that the country being minor has anything to do with the matter. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:37, 23 September 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Keep. Important at least for his theoretical/mathematical skills. Member of RAS. --xJaM (talk) 07:55, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Do you actually have any references supporting the claim that this person is a member of the RAS? Hut 8.5 08:18, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- A search finds no evidence of it. -- Radagast3 (talk) 08:47, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I have no reference. In fact perhaps in this way you can doubt about everything. Do you have any reference that RAS itself exists? Why searching in this way. Such prominent organisation I guess should have a solid list of its past and present members, doesn't it. Even adequate Slovenian organisation, the DMFA, has it. --xJaM (talk) 06:54, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- That search link was restricted to the RAS website, where you would expect to find his name, but it doesn't seem to be there. That may be because all members of the RAS, even undergraduate students, are called "Fellows", so that it isn't really a notable distinction. -- Radagast3 (talk) 08:30, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- As far as Wikipedia is concerned, if there are no references for something it can't be included in the article. There are indeed abundant references for the fact that the RAS exists. Hut 8.5 09:36, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I have no reference. In fact perhaps in this way you can doubt about everything. Do you have any reference that RAS itself exists? Why searching in this way. Such prominent organisation I guess should have a solid list of its past and present members, doesn't it. Even adequate Slovenian organisation, the DMFA, has it. --xJaM (talk) 06:54, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- A search finds no evidence of it. -- Radagast3 (talk) 08:47, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Do you actually have any references supporting the claim that this person is a member of the RAS? Hut 8.5 08:18, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. No evidence of notability,
very fewno GS cites, dubious unsourced claims, fails WP:PROF. -- Radagast3 (talk) 08:47, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- There are in fact zero hits and zero cites on GS. Is there evidence to show that this person actually exists? Xxanthippe (talk) 07:16, 24 September 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- My mistake, I misread some GS cites that had two separate names "Ranjit" and "Edward". Apart from what seems to be a blog and a LinkedIn profile, there does indeed seem to be no evidence for the existence of the subject. -- Radagast3 (talk) 08:22, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- There are in fact zero hits and zero cites on GS. Is there evidence to show that this person actually exists? Xxanthippe (talk) 07:16, 24 September 2010 (UTC).[reply]
- Delete, made-up claims. Abductive (reasoning) 19:12, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. The FRAS is meaningless as it merely indicates that he has paid for a membership, and there is nothing else to support a pass of WP:PROF. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:48, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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