Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Delaney


 * 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 keep - consensus is clear. -- Anonymous Dissident  Talk 08:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Jeff Delaney

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Non-notable individual. Only claim is chair of self founded Arnis organisation, no sources Nate1481(t/c) 11:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of martial arts-related deletions.  -- Nate1481(t/c) 11:34, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep Modern Arnis is a notable art--the most popular FMA in the world due to it inclusion in high school P.E. programs in the Phil.--and he was selected as one of the two co-successors by its founding GM (see Talk page of the article). Many ghits for "Jeff Delaney" arnis. Frequent advertiser in Black Belt mag. and I.K.F., so his picture is constantly in there. Org. he heads was founded by Remy Presas in his claim: It split in two and both of the new heads claim that theirs is the "right" one. The News page at his web site [www.professorpresas.com] shows annual international seminars across N. America. JJL (talk) 17:05, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep Like him or not, Jeff Delaney is the head of one of the larger Modern Arnis organizations, produces a number of instructional videos for the art, and does a significant amount of promotion through advertisement and seminars of the art, with at least 1 noted on his site and elsewhere.--Bob Hubbard (talk) 20:46, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't like of dislike him as I have no idea who he is & the article doesn't provide evidence for the claim to notability. --Nate1481(t/c) 09:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * What information would meet your requirements? Press releases, magazine interviews, videos, etc?--Bob Hubbard (talk) 20:19, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Verifiability and Reliable sourcesgive a good idea of the standard of sources required. --Nate1481(t/c) 11:04, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * October 2001 issue of Black Belt Magazine. - Article by Jeff Delaney / Unknown Date - Interview with Jeff Delaney by Willie Wilson

http://www.karatefive.com/delaneyview.html - Not sure if these qualify. Black Belt magazine has published at least 1 article by him. They also regularly list his events.--Bob Hubbard (talk) 02:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Needs secondary sources to support claims of notability. Bradford44 (talk) 02:00, 24 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep Noted and mentioned on competing website as one of the seven "Masters of Tapi-Tapi" (http://www.modernarnis.net/about/master.shtml). Qoute from the same site: "Master Delaney was appointed Co-Successor in for the International Modern Arnis Federation (IMAF) in October 2000, to assist Dr. Randi Schea, Successor, and also to assist with the Masters of Tapi Tapi, to assure the success and prosperity of the Vision and Art of Modern Arnis as per the wishes of Professor Remy Presas."Palusut (talk) 02:47, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Good info, are there any secondary mentions of him? That is sufficint to start with but a secondary would be better --Nate1481(t/c) 09:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Source: http://www.fmadigest.com/Issues/special-editions/2007/Special-Edition_DAV.pdf --Carol Kaur 01:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Professor Remy Presas, the founder of Modern Arnis, regarded Mr. Jeff Delaney in high enough esteem to have him witness the gradings of 1st through 5th degree black belts, including a large German ceremony in 1999 where 30 1st through 5th degree black belts tested for rank and Professor praised the high level of Modern Arnis found in the DAV (a competing organization to Mr. Delaney's IMAF). This event was recently mentioned in FMA Digest's 2007 Special Edition.


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