Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D. N. Samarasekera
per  #5: {{tq|The person has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research, ''or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon''.}} Prestigious chairs at American universities tend to be named; equivalent chairs at universities elsewhere in the world tend not to be. This is why the second clause exists; otherwise this whole section would be biased in favour of American academics. It's amazing how many editors (as all three above) conveniently ignore this clause and fixate only on the "named chair" one. He holds ''the'' Chair of Surgery (not just a personal chair) and is also a senior professor, which probably meets the "distinguished professor" criterion too (again, this latter tends to be an American thing).https://www.res.cmb.ac.lk/surgery/dn.samarasekera
— User:Necrothesp, 12:12, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Notability)