Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kushindo

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete - Liberatore(T) 16:14, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kushindo

This has been around for a while but loks to me like a hoax. There are a few ghits for the name as a surname, but vanishingly few for the supposed martial art, especially once mirrors and forks are excluded. Just zis Guy you know? 11:18, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

• (Speedy) redirect. Koshindo has the same text (and was created by the same user), and gets ~300 ghits. (Although Taejonggyo may be the proper home - see here). -- MarcoTolo 21:02, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. There are a few non-trivial martial art related ghits for Kushindo, Koshindo, or Ku Shin Do, but they're all as badly written and unverifiable as this article. I can say with certainty that it's not an ancient art as claimed, if it's at all related to Aikido. The name fits the format of modern martial arts (budo). There is a Kusindo in Japan (same pronunciation, different romanization) which appears to be an art dealer (as in visual arts), and there seem to be many uses of Koshindo (a village name, a name for a number of Shinto shrines, company names, etc).

  Korean Taejonggyo is likely unrelated, as it's based on a reconstruction of pre-Buddhist Korean thought (Korea's first contact with Japan in historic times would be the transmission of Buddhism to Yamato from China via Korea). The name Koshindo for Korean shamanism would seem to be either coincidence or possibly a remnant of the Japanese occupation (Taejonggyo could have been seen as a threat and thus renamed to appear a part of Japanese mythology). But that's neither here nor there. — AKADriver ☎ 22:16, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect per MarcoTolo. ˑˑˑ日本穣 ^{Talk to Nihonjoε} 19:01, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- ˑˑˑ日本穣 ^{Talk to Nihonjoε} 19:01, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Most likely pure BS, not a real martial art. I have read most readily available sources about Ueshiba and this is certainly not mentioned. jni 11:45, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. BS. not a real martial art.--Dangerous-Boy 17:51, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to Koshindo if it's kept, otherwise delete. Runcorn 16:32, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.