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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 17:43, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hanami Gi-Challenge[edit]

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Martial arts tournament for underbelts that has been held once.The highest level competing were purple belts and the only coverage was routine sports reporting. No significant independent coverage to show it meets GNG or WP:NEVENT. Mdtemp (talk) 19:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep The Nominator has marked the above mentioned article for deletion in terms of Wikipedia's Deletion Policy, citing directive 8(EIGHT) (NOTABILITY) as the reason for nomination. Directive 8(EIGHT) states as follows:

- "Articles whose subjects fail to meet the relevant notability guideline." WP:NEVENT

We cordially refer to notability test to determine whether a given topic warrant its own article. The topic of an article should be notable, or "worthy of notice"; that is, "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded".Encarta dictionary definition

Secondly we refer to Wikipedia's Inclusion criteria of notable events, specifically to Geographical Scope. WP:EVENTCRIT

- "Geographical scope - Notable events usually have significant impact over a wide region, domain, or widespread societal group."

In as much as its true that the Nominator's argument is based upon the level of the participants at the event, we refer the Nominator to the fact that the Sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is fairly young in Africa, in particular Southern Africa. The participants came from across Southern Africa to participate, resulting in the tournament being International. The impact that the tournament, since its inauguration in 2014, has bolstered the popularity of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the region and the continent. On Youtube the tournament has been hailed as the 'standard' in which tournament of its kind should be hosted in Southern Africa. And as much as its true that media within the immediate region reported on the tournament, notability was influenced by the event being international. With the 2015 Challenge looming the event will soon demonstrate long-term impact within in the region of the world. It is of our opinion that the a significant widespread societal group supported the event making the event notable enough for an article. It is thus our humble submission that the article not be deleted, in that the article covers an event that has had a notable impact on a significant widespread societal group within a particular geographical region of the world. Aratus (talk) 09:47, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete As per nominator. Non-notable regional event.Peter Rehse (talk) 10:29, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As stated by others, this appears to be a minor BJJ event. No indication this has the "enduring historical significance" or "significant lasting effect" required by WP:NEVENT. Papaursa (talk) 19:35, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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