The result was DELETE. The consensus here is a clear delete, but I am not entirely convinced this is a non-notable subject. This decision is therefore without prejudice to future recreation with clearer referencing and I am willing to userfy the article for anyone who wishes to work on it. It would make it a lot easier to assess whether or not all those links to foreign language sources are reliable or not if the source publication was properly formatted and a translation of a key sentence or two provided for the facts being verified. I would also suggest including only WP:RS sources to avoid criticism of due to unreliable sources. SpinningSpark 12:41, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No indications of notability. Although Kaisen appears to be a prolific writer, indications of his writings or his life having been the topic of any independent coverage cannot be found. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:25, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if he is what the article claims he is (a specific teacher of soto zen buddhism in Europe, ie. in more than one country in Europe), I think it is clear indication of remarkability concerning the "actual buddhism in the west" topic. But with the wiki based notability could be a problem, he is probably below the horizont. He is one of the hundreds of second generation europian teachers who had non-european masters (Deshimaru for his case). Whether he will be remembered by history is due to the "liquid modernity" question we cannot solve right now. :) If the potential relevant independent sources for notability are not in english, but in czech or polish for example (Kaisen lives in France, but he does mission to the several countries of eastern europe), it is relevant for "english wiki page" ? --Tomaham (talk) 21:59, 22 February 2013 (UTC) — Tomaham (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
And these references?
France:
http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/spip.php?article2395
http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/spip.php?article20371
http://buddhachannel.tv/portail/spip.php?article20591
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=7,8474,0,0,1,0
http://www.sudouest.fr/2010/11/16/le-bouddhisme-zen-au-pic-lumineux-240329-1731.php
http://sweepingzen.com/794/
http://enews.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/1777
http://www.omyogapages.com/yoganews/news_item.php?newsitem=836
Poland:
http://www.buddyzm.edu.pl/cybersangha/page.php?id=309
http://www.dharma.pl/component/content/article/17-k/26-mistrz-kaisen---trylogia-mistrzow-zen
http://cojestgrane.pl/miasto/krakow/wydarzenie/afy/tytul/pyl-swiata
http://warszawa.dlastudenta.pl/lokale/?act=show_impreza&idi=10698
http://krakow.studentnews.pl/s/8/53030-Krakow-imprezy-koncerty-informacje/273977-Mistrz-Kaisen-w-Krakowie.htm?c1=11535&c2=11813
Czech republic:
From Czech TV:
http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1185258379-cesty-viry/206562215500009-rosi-kaisen/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5uwMnpDs0M&feature=share&list=UUrr9nrp59T2PwBjGQ9Xthzg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbp8HP0XQas&feature=share&list=UUrr9nrp59T2PwBjGQ9Xthzg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1iI_hFXlJM&feature=share&list=UUrr9nrp59T2PwBjGQ9Xthzg
ISBN 978-80-7436-006-0 (one book concerning the present (2010) buddhistic groups in czech republic, which make it evident fairly well) http://www.dharmagaia.cz/kniha/800-jan-honzik-jednota-v-rozmanitosti-buddhismus-v-ceske-republice PDF: http://www.dharmagaia.cz/knihy/jednota-v-rozmanitos/Jednota-v-rozmanitosti-minibook.pdf
http://neviditelnypes.lidovky.cz/spolecnost-mistr-kaisen-08n-/p_spolecnost.asp?c=A060929_115728_p_spolecnost_wag http://www.metropolislive.cz/detail/6015/0/ http://www.htf.cuni.cz/HTF-80-version1-13Buddhismus.pdf http://www.htf.cuni.cz/HTF-154-version1-NZCR18Buddhismus2012.pdf http://is.muni.cz/th/74822/ff_b/BAKA.txt www.sacra.cz/Scany/2010_1.pdf http://www.christnet.cz/magazin/zprava.asp?zprava=11821 http://dspace.k.utb.cz/bitstream/handle/10563/7844/adam%C3%ADk_2009_dp.pdf?sequence=1 http://www.dingir.cz/archiv/Dingir406.pdf http://www.portal.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=3479 http://www.ivysehrad.cz/data/products/down_1880.pdf http://www.havelka.info/p_zen.html http://www.fdb.cz/film/hra-mysli/67344 http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazen http://www.carreau.cz/dokumenty/Zen%20buddhismus.docx http://www.kinoartbrno.cz/film/prach-sveta
http://www.sotozen.cz/uploads/clanek2009.pdf http://www.sotozen.cz/uploads/mp3/rozhovor.mp3 http://www.sotozen.cz/uploads/ostrava1.gif http://www.sotozen.cz/uploads/ostrava2.gif http://www.sotozen.cz/uploads/ostrava3.gif http://www.sotozen.cz/uploads/zenovy_mistr_v_praze.htm http://www.sotozen.cz/uploads/lidovky.gif http://www.sotozen.cz/texty/rozhovory-a-clanky/seznam-clanku/
Slovakia:
http://www.topky.sk/cl/5/127158/
http://www.ludmila.sk/zazen.php
http://www.obroda.sk/clanok/26027/eSiak-Majstra-Kaisena/
http://aktualne.atlas.sk/kaisen-ak-sa-chcete-stat-osvietenym-budhom-tak-sa-nim-aj-stanete/dnes/zaujimavosti/
http://www.sme.sk/c/2144129/kultura.html
http://gregi.net/clanky/majster-kaisen-v-bratislave/
http://zazen.sk/index.php?id=361 http://zazen.sk/fileadmin/chefs/images/ucenie/Kaisen-Vitalita_1-2007.pdf
Russia:
(мастер сандо кайсен)
http://www.sunhome.ru/interview/exclusive_interview/kaisen
http://www.sunhome.ru/religion/11295
http://ariom.ru/wiki/Kajjsen
http://www.chaskor.ru/article/dzen_-_praktika_antirazvitiya_20398
http://zen-russia.livejournal.com/18477.html
http://www.tamqui.com/buddhaworld/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%85%D0%B5
http://buddhismofrussia.ru/news/113/
http://lurkmore.to/%D0%94%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD
http://www.nofollow.ru/detail131715.htm
Ukrain: http://www.artukraine.com.ua/articles/458.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zendojo (talk • contribs) 14:06, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6080092/French-game-of-boules-hailed-by-Buddhist-master.html http://www.lesboules.hk/petanque/fun-facts/petanque-meditation-tool http://www.franceculture.fr/oeuvre-l%E2%80%99art-de-la-petanque-enseignements-d%E2%80%99un-maitre-zen-de-kaisen.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.208.1.197 (talk) 18:15, 26 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]