Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ed Maley


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) &mdash; Music1201  talk  17:17, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Ed Maley

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Subject only received passing mentions in sources. He has nothing to show for his own notability as it only notices a 9th Dan rank and teaching other supposedly notable individuals. Notability is not inherited and rank alone is not enough to constitute an article. ALongStay (talk) 18:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:13, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:13, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

keep black belt magazine, medalist in national championship, taught over 60,000 students, multiple independent articles that are not passing mentions. 2607:FB90:2403:7081:1840:1FB8:4D40:4C54 (talk) 07:22, 19 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Note - This IP is user CrazyAces evading his block.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 18:50, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 * There's little doubt that this is a CA puppet, either sock or meat.


 * Keep I don't give much weight to all of the local coverage, but the Black Belt magazine articles are significant coverage to me.Mdtemp (talk) 17:20, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: The coverage in Black Belt is sufficiently significant. Removed some non-RS's. Niteshift36 (talk) 22:53, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable martial artist with only passing mention.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:12, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep I believe the multiple articles in Black Belt magazine are sufficient to meet WP:GNG. Papaursa (talk) 00:13, 24 July 2016 (UTC)


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