Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken-Shin-Kan


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 00:21, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Ken-Shin-Kan

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Another non notable martial art without reliable sources Dwanyewest (talk) 04:18, 17 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions.  — Janggeom (talk) 14:52, 17 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. Currently, this article consists of two lines about the school and three sizeable paragraphs about its founder. If the article remains, it should be renamed as Seiichi Akamine. He appears to have been notable as a pioneering master of a major Karate style, responsible for introducing Goju-ryu Karate to South America. Janggeom (talk) 16:55, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename as I have suggested above. Following a search for sources, I believe the subject to be notable. I have revised the article and added references, but have not proceeded with a renaming, since that would be premature. So far, I have only searched for information using the name "Seiichi Akamine," but it has come to my attention that the subject was also known as "Shikan Akamine" and "Yoshitaka Akamine." It is possible that searches using those names might locate more references, but I have not had time to do so today. Most of the references now in the article are primary sources, so I do not necessarily claim that notability has been demonstrated reliably. Nonetheless, the subject seems notable in my opinion. Janggeom (talk) 13:11, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep and rename per user above. The person seems to clearly fit the criteria for notability as the first to introduce Gōjū-ryū Karate to South America and the most influential of it there. -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by AerobicFox (talk • contribs) 23:34, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you haee any reliable sources for that claim? I'm having trouble finding independent sources that show he's notable. Astudent0 (talk) 17:43, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
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