User talk:Jtucker007

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Steve Sexton is a well known Hapkido Master in California and I would appreciate it if you would not delete it. Please contact me if you would like to discuss this further.

Hi, he might be a well known hapkido master in California, but that still doesn't put him on the same list as Choi Yong Sul, Ji Han Jae or Myung Jae Nam, does it?? And if he is, why not just write a separate article about him? For mentioned people have.

I don't object to adding a list of influential people in the US, but not on the same list as the people mentioned above. However, I am quite sure that once we make a list like that, everybody and his mother wants to be on that list. Kbarends 18:50, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree Master Sexton is not as influential as Ji Han Jae. However, he is one of only a few Americans who was promoted by Ji Han Jae to sixth degree black belt. Not everyone and their mother can claim they were promoted by Ji Han Jae to a master level. I may write a separate article about him. I appreciate your comments.

Some people would say that it is easy to buy a sixth dan from Ji Han Jae. Not that I am implying that Steve bought his degree, but unfortunately these days degree doesn't say much. Kbarends 18:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I also know that many Koreans may have been 1st, 2nd or 3rd degree in Korea and when they come of the plane into America or another country they are sixth or higher degrees. After martial artists reach a certain point such as 4th degree anything higher is merely for show or given to those Hapkido artists who contribute to Hapkido. A Master Fariborz Azhakah who was a student of Sexton's has opened many studios in California and caught the attention of Ji Han Jae. Ji Han Jae promoted him to 6th degree, but Ji Han Jae realized he could not promote Fariborz without promoting his instructor. You can see Fariborz Azhakah studio at http://www.teamkaratecenters.com/new/default.asp. Steve has a very good video out and you can check it out at http://www.hapkido-info.net/html/home_com.html or at Amazon.com.

Where have you trained in Hapkido?

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[edit] Steve Sexton Section

I've started you off. Now it is up to you to run with it! : )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Sexton

Try to address the copyright issue with the picture quickly or it will get yanked pretty quick. Also you should add stuff to References and External Links to get the article moving and not risk deletion. Take a look at the guidelines for writing articles if you get a chance.

Best --Mateo2006 01:53, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Mateo, I really appreciate you starting the Steve Sexton article. I am new to Wikipedia editing and was unsure how to begin an article. Regardless of our points of view I appreciate that we enjoy Hapkido and can discuss it. --Jtucker007 05:40, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey Jtucker 007,

I'm sorry if the way Klaas and I have been coming off has seemed to imply that Sexton is not important. What we are saying is just that the main page of an article on the art is not the place for his bio. That's why I started the page on him. You are going to have to take the ball from here, though.

Look at the link above on image copywrite policy. They are really quite strict. You have to go back to where you uploaded the image and show a) that you own the image b) that you have expressed permission to use the image c) that it lies in the realm of fair use in the public domain. I'm thinking that it will have to be b) if that is true. Then you'll have to note that where the picture is stored or it will get deleted shortly.

Right now the article itself is called a STUB and needs to be fleshed out. Especially the References section. Try to find a reference which gives information on Sexton. Print is considered better than an internet site. You have more time before the article will get deleted but unless it gets fleshed out it will too.

Articles here are not supposed to be from first person research which makes writing about people we know a bit difficult if we don't have some print sources to refer to. Use a magazine article featuring Sexton as reference.

What I do to figure out how to do things in Wiki is go to articles and pictures on Wiki that have been done successfully, press edit (but don't edit!) and just copy the codes and use them where they apply to my work. Good luck.

Best, Matt --Mateo2006 11:31, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

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