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The result was delete. Tone 13:54, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ik Jo Kang (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • AfD statistics)

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Non-notable martial artist with a dojo. His daughter is the subject of an article here, but I can find no significant coverage of the man himself. Mentioned in passing in a 1977 issue of Black Belt magazine here, listed without elaboration on the website of something calling itself The Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame here (unclear whether he's an inductee), and that's it.  Glenfarclas  (talk) 23:48, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: notability not established with third-party reliable sources. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs email 00:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete unless notability can be established by reliable sources. Hairhorn (talk) 18:06, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I have found a few references, but nothing that supports notability. As far as I can see, the subject fails to meet any of the five WPMA guidelines on notability for martial artists, and meets the guideline supporting deletion. Janggeom (talk) 15:03, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per above, esp. what Janggeom said. PDCook (talk) 02:42, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Don't Delete I have trained with him, he is a magnificent man, yet unknown, he is the man who brought Tae Kwon Do tournaments to America. He brought the most used martial art in the world, to America, I wonder why it is the most used. He is a GRANDMASTER, approved by the WTF. It is hard to find sources for him, that is all, he still is notable, but I did not add a lot of content because people don't make anything to source him by. He was also on the Board of South Korean - American Relations.

• You said it yourself: "yet unknown." Once he becomes known, he can have his own WP article. PDCook (talk) 14:09, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Well I am trying to make him known... This may sound like marketing, but I do not intend it that way and really think that people should recognize martial artists who are not movie stars. I also did originally put the bullet point at the bottom, I am not sure how it got in the middle.Dharokowns (talk) 23:06, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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