Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Icho Ryu Aikijujutsu
This article has been proded/deproded, tagged for cleanup/detagged and then blanked by the original author. So I'm sending it to AFD to get a wider community consensus about its suitability for Wikipedia. For now, I'll abstain from "voting". I am the one who orginally proded it, but I'm unsure now. Deli nk 17:50, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- Delete. A web search shows quite a few hits for this, but they all say things like "Icho Ryu is our style" (my emphasis); in other words, not exactly independent sources. Doesn't seem particularly notable outside a very narrow group, and the tone certainly suggests vanity. Kafziel Talk 17:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- Delete Localized school. Not-notable. Peter Rehse 18:06, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- Weak Keep - it does seem to be legit and info can be found on the founder, and it does seem to be known atleast locally.[1]~[2]~[3]~[4] There also seems to be atleast one dojo affiliated with this.[5] Definately the article needs to be sourced... --Mista-X 12:22, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
- It's not a matter of verifiability, but of notability. If most local politicians aren't notable per WP:BIO, why would a local aikido instructor be notable? Kafziel Talk 12:35, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Delete please. I'm Bernie Lau's chief instructor for Icho Ryu, and it's definitely not a notable thing outside a small group, even if we do keep most of the dojo off the map of the internet. 5 member dojo in USA only, and one in South America. But the text is taken from the keystone dojo website and I know for a fact it was not with permission.
- Do you have a url to the original website? I can't seem to find the page this was copied from. Once we can confirm it's a copyright violation we can take it off immediately. Kafziel Talk 00:43, 24 October 2006 (UTC)