Talk:List of Arnis systems and practitioners

Notability guidelines - What/who can or cannot be added to the list?
As many FMA systems are not well-documented outside of their respective regions or areas, there is often very little information on them from what are considered reliable sources under Wikipedia guidelines on who is considered a notable person or what is a notable system. Please click the links in the previous paragraph to read the guidelines.

As most books or articles on FMA are also self-published, this is a tricky subject to navigate in because under Wikipedia rules, normally these might not be considered as "unreliable sources" as they might not be objective. As such, I propose that even self-published books be accepted, as there is a shortage of material on FMA. I hope we can all have a dialogue about this so we can determine which systems "make the cut" on the list. -Object404 (talk) 07:19, 25 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I would not worry too much about self published books. They may be strictly unreliable but they are a source for information.  If the only source is an uber-flashy website we may have a problem.  Any style should have either its own article or a reference - that is pretty much the standard for all lists of this type.Peter Rehse (talk) 09:16, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks sir! -Object404 (talk) 14:54, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorting Systems/Forms/Styles vs Schools and Practitioners
Hi. The present list, as well as the organization of FMA articles on Wikipedia overall, is confusing. I propose several things: Just my thoughts. I'm currently busy with Precolonial History articles but may get to work on this as a means of relaxing. But if someone wants to get started on it, that'd be great. - Alternativity (talk) 09:22, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) . Immediate - the sorting of this list into separate sections: one section for Systems/Forms/Styles, and a different section for Schools and Practitioners. Both lists should be sorted according to founding date. This will make the list less confusing.
 * 2) . After creating sections - that this page be split into a list of Arnis Systems/Forms/Styles, and a separate list of Arnis Schools and Practitioner. Both lists should be sorted according to founding date, and possibly a heirarchy based on key influences
 * 3) . After the initial cleanup - the creation of an FMA Navbox so that finding articles won't be so confusing.