Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yaw-Yan

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The result was keep. Sources added to establish notability.--PeaceNT (talk) 03:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yaw-Yan

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Not Notable, unsourced statements for 9 months, now removed, not claim of notability & one source about a club opening, in addition still has a some what advertorial tone even after basic clean-up. Nate1481( t/c) 16:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of martial arts-related deletion discussions. -- Nate1481( t/c) 16:58, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep common form of Filipino kickboxing, notable in FMA for its mountain kick. Ref.: Yaw Yan, The Philippine Dance of Death ("Inside Kung-fu" Magazine, November 1982, Vol. 9, No. 11). From a TV show ("Gameplan"): [1]. Canadian school: [2]. Public demo.: [3] (look under 12:45PM). Stickwork: [4]. Blog: [5]. Plenty of videos on YouTube too. JJL (talk) 17:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Could you add those refs in? --Nate1481( t/c) 09:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep I was the one who added the club opening ref. I searched for references online yesterday and only came up with this and other articles. The other articles suggested that the sport is used in mixed-martial arts tournament and that these practitioners actually won. Even if they are relaible sources (newspapers) I just didn't feel that they will add anything significant to the article other than "Yaw-yan is used in various mixed-martial tournaments in the Philippines [1][2][3]." It is also featured on TV, problem is I don't know how to cite tv programs or remember episodes. The usual lack of online sources for Phil. subjects also pose a problem (I think sources in the net goes only as far as early 2000's)--Lenticel (talk) 00:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
    • I'd say sourcing it's use in MMA is needed, any source is better than a the current lack. --Nate1481( t/c) 09:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment. Okay, I've added the refs that I feel appropriate (as these tournaments are shown on TV). As I said earlier it only asserts that Yaw-yan is notable and practiced in the Phils.--Lenticel (talk) 00:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)


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