Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shōtō Tanemura


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:21, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Shōtō Tanemura

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This article lacks any independent sources to support extraordinary claims such as being the soke of over 20 different martial arts and having been awarded a Menkyo Kaiden at the age of 21 (only 6 years after he started studying traditional martial arts). Papaursa (talk) 17:49, 10 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions.  —Papaursa (talk) 17:49, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete To be fair, the article does say he started unspecified sport martial arts at the age of 9, but becoming a grandmaster at 21? Independent verification is a must for these claims.  Heading lots of organizations that you run from your home does not show notability. Anyone can create their own martial arts organization and make themselves soke of it. Astudent0 (talk) 13:29, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:57, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Seems like anyone who's an expert in so many martial arts would have been documented, but I can't find any independent sources to support notability. 131.118.229.17 (talk) 15:42, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
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