Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Testa

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to List_of_martial_arts#African_martial_arts. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:38, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Testa

This obscure art has almost no coverage. The article lists one off line source that would qualify as a WP:RS, but nothing else. The art fails the notability guidelines for the WP:WikiProject Martial arts found in WP:MANOTE. Minimal mentions in non-reliable sources. Searches are complicated by the fact that the word testa is a common Italian word and Eritrea was once an Italian protectorate. Niteshift36 (talk) 15:59, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. KuyaBriBri^Talk 16:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
delete 1 source in a magazine is not enough hard to do a g-test as 'testa' has other uses--Nate 14 81 16:44, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List_of_martial_arts#African_martial_arts where it appears (and de-link there); only one source and no evidence of notability. Note that the article is available in scanned-in form here [1] and that a search on e.g. "testa" Eritrea (the quotes keep it from returning hits for test instead) finds some discussion on martial arts forums. JJL (talk) 17:06, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw discussion of it on forums, but that isn't the coverage needed to establish notability is it? I searched both +"testa" +"eritrea" and +"testa" and "eritrean". That's how I ended up finding the discussions on forums. Niteshift36 (talk) 17:12, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I concur that it isn't notable, but redirects are cheap and it is listed at the other list page. JJL (talk) 17:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect I don't see notability for more than a mention on broader topic. ChildofMidnight (talk) 21:09, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect. To quote the article: "There is no known historical documentation pertaining to Testa, only techniques taught from generation to generation." If this statement is accurate, it would seem that no one will be able to establish notability sufficiently to meet Wikipedia's requirements (short of going out and doing significant amounts of research). Janggeom (talk) 10:36, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.