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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) — Music1201 ^talk 17:17, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ed Maley[edit]

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Subject only received passing mentions in sources. He has nothing to show for his own notability as it only notices a 9th Dan rank and teaching other supposedly notable individuals. Notability is not inherited and rank alone is not enough to constitute an article. ALongStay (talk) 18:48, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:13, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:13, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Note - This IP is user CrazyAces evading his block.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 18:50, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There's little doubt that this is a CA puppet, either sock or meat.

• Keep I don't give much weight to all of the local coverage, but the Black Belt magazine articles are significant coverage to me.Mdtemp (talk) 17:20, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: The coverage in Black Belt is sufficiently significant. Removed some non-RS's. Niteshift36 (talk) 22:53, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete non-notable martial artist with only passing mention.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:12, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I believe the multiple articles in Black Belt magazine are sufficient to meet WP:GNG. Papaursa (talk) 00:13, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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.