Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marshal D. Carper


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 16:47, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Marshal D. Carper

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Delete The article was nominated for speedy deletion under CSD A7 (No indication of importance or significance), but I have declined the speedy deletion because I think there is just enough claim of importance to justify putting it to a discussion. However, I see no evidence of satisfying the notability guidelines. His performance as a sportsman does not come anywhere near satisfying WP:ATHLETE, and there is no evidence that his writing has received the sort of independent coverage to establish notability either. The sources cited are mostly not independent of the subject, and about the best there is is a link to Amazon which shows three books, one of which said to be written by Carper, and two of which give him as a co-author. I can find no evidence that there has been any significant coverage about him (as opposed to by him) anywhere. A Google search for "Marshal D. Carper" produces first a couple of pages on his own web site, then Wikipedia, then sites selling his book and web pages with content written by him, and so on... JamesBWatson (talk) 09:04, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 21:48, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 21:48, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete He's clearly non-notable as a martial artist since he meets none of the criteria in WP:MANOTE or WP:MMANOT. I was also unable to find any sources that show he meets WP:Author.  The article's claim of 600 articles was another claim I was unable to independently verify.  He does have a book out, but that's not sufficient for notability and I found nothing to show that the book is notable. Papaursa (talk) 22:08, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I found nothing to indicate he passes any of the notability criteria. Astudent0 (talk) 15:10, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.