Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Bowles (karate)


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The result was redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to Shuri-ryū. Courcelles (talk) 13:14, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Robert Bowles (karate)

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Does not appear to meet notability guidelines. Unable to find any nontrivial independent coverage, or any substantiation of various claims in the Competitions section. — Moriwen (talk) 15:11, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople and Martial arts.  — Moriwen (talk) 15:11, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak redirect to Shuri-ryū I'm finding a lot of sources that don't quite establish notability. He has a lot of passing(ish?) coverage in this maybe-reliable magazine, and a lot of local coverage, and that's it. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 15:33, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Comment - He seems to have gotten some coverage in newspapers - https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/search/?query=%22Robert%20Bowles%22%20karate.KatoKungLee (talk) 00:09, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment My search did not find the significant independent coverage I believe is required to meet WP:GNG. Most of the coverage I found is related to the International Shuri-ryū Association that he founded.  It doesn't appear to me that he qualifies for a standalone article, but he is mentioned in the Shuri-ryū article, so a redirect there seems reasonable.  Admittedly, even that article is weakly sourced but that's possibly a discussion for another AfD. Papaursa (talk) 11:33, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete, per nominator. DarkHorseMayhem (talk) 23:33, 5 May 2023 (UTC)


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