Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dennis May

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The result was delete. Mkativerata (talk) 04:13, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis May

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This appears to be an autobiography without independent sources since all sources seem to be either from him or the organization he heads. Claims of being national champion are unsupported. Papaursa (talk) 03:00, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. —Papaursa (talk) 03:00, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:MANOTE. An autobiographical vanity page that Dennis created almost exactly three years ago and hasn't been on Wikipedia since. Erpert ^{Who is this guy? | Wanna talk about it?} 08:21, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I consider the subject to be notable in real life, and believe the claims to be truthful, but I also recognise that it could be difficult to find reliable sources (particularly electronic ones) to support this article. I could probably locate some printed sources if I had the time and inclination to go through my library, but at this point I think that deletion is consistent with Wikipedia's policies. Janggeom (talk) 13:51, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We've had this discussion before about the difficulty in sourcing martial arts articles. If, at some later date, you can provide reliable sources then I hope you'll recreate the article. Papaursa (talk) 23:48, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed we have. Hopefully, someone in New Zealand will get to this first, otherwise it could be a long time, as there are other things I am aiming to get done first. Janggeom (talk) 08:50, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I got a decent number of ghits for him, but I didn't see sources that I believe pass WP:RS. I found no independent verification of his national titles. Astudent0 (talk) 19:14, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete Self-promoting and non-notable. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 03:09, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - Does not pass WP:Verifiability. Kugao (talk) 18:35, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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