Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keenan Cornelius


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) LlamaAl (talk) 00:45, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Keenan Cornelius

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This appears to be WP:TOOSOON. He's a submission grappler with an impressive resume, but it's all as an underbelt and WP:MANOTE specifically says only black belt adult events can show notability. The sources consist of tournament results and that's just routine sports coverage (WP:NOTNEWSPAPER).Mdtemp (talk) 21:11, 21 February 2013 (UTC)


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 * Keep - In a effort toward transparency, I should admit I am the author of this article. I believe the subject's main assertion of notability is his winning of the "grand slam" in BJJ, a feat never before accomplished in IBJJF history. While the nominator makes a valid point in that black belt level wins would help establish more notability than his purple and brown belt wins, this is not what his notability is primarily grounded upon. Buddy23Lee (talk) 21:49, 21 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep Not a black belt but 17 gold medals? Not bad.Master Sun Tzu (talk) 01:06, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
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 * Weak Keep I agree with the nominator's comments--the subject doesn't meet WP:MANOTE or WP:GNG, despite his IBJJF record. However, my search of the websites of the ADCC and its regional subgroups shows that he has officially qualified for the 2013 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship.  Since that is an open competition, I think you can make a case for notability.  Sometime in the future his notability may be clear cut, but for right now I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. Papaursa (talk) 05:35, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
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