Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Kahana

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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. Good consensus building, guys. (non-admin closure) Antrocent (♫♬) 13:13, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Kahana

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Doesn't seem to meet any notability criteria since he doesn't appear notable as an entertainer, military man, or martial artist. I also don't think he meets WP:GNG since the only 2 independent sources were written by the same author and my search didn't turn up the significant independent coverage I think GNG requires. I'll admit I don't have strong feelings about this and will withdraw this if other editors can produce the sources needed for GNG. Jakejr (talk) 00:12, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerlyHMSSolent|lambast 01:18, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerlyHMSSolent|lambast 01:19, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Peter Rehse (talk) 06:44, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep Its weak because I agree that a few more references are necessary but the two references by the same author are still to large well known Newspapers and are far more than a passing mention. Peter Rehse (talk) 08:50, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per sources in article and this one I added. Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed.. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 17:39, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The fact that the same person wrote 2 similar articles for 2 separate papers bothers me because I don't know that he's not a paid PR guy. As far as the stunt performer book goes, there's hundreds and hundreds of performers listed so I'm still not convinced of notability. Jakejr (talk) 01:02, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This additional LA Times piece by a different reporter, Doug Smith, is quite in depth: Shooting Pains : Students at Kim Kahana's Stunt School Learn That Failure Means Fractures for Those Taking Falls on Film. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 22:36, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Withdraw nomination There's now enough sources. Jakejr (talk) 09:57, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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