Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/San Soo

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 was Keep with cleanup (I'll add a tag to the article). Keeper | 76 17:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] San Soo

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Advertorial tone, minimal (some primary) sourcing, questionable notability. Was prodded (not by me) but contested. If kept will need a POV clean up Nate1481( ^t/_c) 10:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of martial arts-related deletion discussions. -- Nate1481( ^t/_c) 10:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Jimmy Woo's art is surely notable even if the article on it is in bad shape. JJL (talk) 12:49, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

• Weak keep the article is badly mangled by POV and OR, but can be cleaned up RogueNinja_talk 17:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. I prodded it originally (along with several others, including the similarly sourced Li style Tai Chi Chuan), as it seems to be another in a series of primary source driven MA articles. More secondary sources being added to the article would change my opinion. Also, if the article survives, we should mention "san soo" is a dialect pronunciation of sanshou which more generally just means "freestyle". --Bradeos Graphon (talk) 18:46, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JERRY ^talk _contribs 00:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

• Keep JJL and RogueNinja said it all. Lady Galaxy 00:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Needs work, but notability can be verified by internet alone with a Google search of several thousand relevant results. Altairisfar_talk 02:05, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
  • comment you may want to read WP:Google test. 40k results for "San Soo" Kung fu (just "San soo" got me korean restaurants in the list...) Average, "Shotokan karate" = 802,000, Malla-yuddha = 3,820; but has better sources, I'd base it on the quality of sources not the g-hits. --Nate1481( ^t/_c) 16:52, 1 February 2008 (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.