Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Whitman


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:51, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

John Whitman

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I came across this while working on some requests for book articles and noticed that this author/instructor lacks sources to show notability. I did a search and found where he's quoted in various articles, but he's never actually the focus of any of them. I tried seeing if any of his books received reviews, but was unable to find any in-depth reviews from a reliable source. He might be an authority on various forms of martial arts, but that doesn't necessarily make him notable. I'm bringing this to AfD rather than PROD or speedy it because there might be sources out there I missed and I want to give it a "fighting chance". I'm honestly not sure if he competed in anything and would pass WP:ATHLETE because what I could find was so limited. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 09:13, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 09:17, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 09:17, 23 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete Seems like a notable instructor and name in the American Krav Magna community, but searching has come up with very little in the way of reliable sourcing. --Green Cardamom (talk) 20:44, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete There's a lot of ghits, but I'm having trouble finding significant independent coverage of him. I didn't find evidence to show he meets the notability standards for martial artists (WP:MANOTE) or authors WP:AUTHOR). Mdtemp (talk) 21:59, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
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