Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toshishiro Obata

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The result was delete. L Faraone 15:48, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Toshishiro Obata

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At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shinkendo, three different editors questioned the notability of this person, the inventor of [Shinkendo. When attempting to rewrite this article recently, I was able to find only one source with any coverage at all of his life and achievements (I don't speak or read Japanese). I too question his notability. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:38, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Peter Rehse (talk) 22:42, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Just not enough to support notability in any of the areas.Peter Rehse (talk) 11:39, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Article doesn't show significant independent coverage and doesn't meet notability for martial artists. Also no indication of notability as an author.Jakejr (talk) 18:46, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails both the general notability guidelines, and WP:BLPNOTE. I am not sure whether martial arts falls under sports, as Wikipedia:Notability (sports) appears to address only mixed martial artists. I am not sure what guideline editor Jakejr is referring to above for martial artists, but I concurr in his/her conclusion that there is no significant coverage, and that Shinkendo cannot be a basis for his notability. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shinkendo, which concluded that there was no significant independent coverage of that martial art. --Bejnar (talk) 22:09, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That would be WP:MANOTE.Peter Rehse (talk) 22:12, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I see WP:MANOTE is an essay rather than a guideline, but still works. --Bejnar (talk) 17:44, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per nom and above editors, who do a good job of summarizing the issues with this article. Searches provided nothing which went to notability. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:21, 13 September 2015 (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.