Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ehsanullah Shafiq

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:18, 16 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ehsanullah Shafiq

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This is a biography whose only source is a link to his martial arts school. I found no independently supported claims of notability. A comment under a youtube video says that he died last month, so this may have been written as a memorial. Papaursa (talk) 21:11, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Papaursa (talk) 21:11, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I haven't found any relevant and significant coverage with Google News or Google Books. As I've mentioned at other debates, it is certainly possible that any reliable sources may not be English, considering that the subject is from the Middle East. However, martial artists rarely receive any significant coverage. Also considering that the article claims he was acting for a British film, I searched with Google UK but also found nothing. SwisterTwister talk 23:52, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete The lack of any independent sources is the important thing. If the claims in the article could be supported, then he might be notable. I'm not sure how important those tournaments were or what divisions he won. The claim he entered 98 major events and was 93-6 needs evidence and makes me think the tournaments were small since that's just over 1 fight per tournament. Mdtemp (talk) 15:33, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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