Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Leonard Larson

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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 Delete, failure to assert notability. Teke 04:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mark Leonard Larson

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Non-notable aikido teacher. The bio is not that unusual. He's the instructor at a non-notable clubPeter Rehse 12:56, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment Generally the situation with aikido teachers ranks above 7th Dan in the Aikikai are considered notable in itself. Those listed with 6th Dan have something else adding to their notability and that would have to be exceptional for 5th Dans. There are an awful lot of 5th Dans around.Peter Rehse 08:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)


  • Comment This page was created in error with Sensei Larson's middle name. Any of Sensei Larson's published works do not include his middle name. Therefore a second page was created using his first and last name, which you had deleted. In this case it would be more pertinent for you to have removed the page including his middle name in the title and then you could have done some research using just his first and last name and Aikido. You would have found much of value. This page was linked to Morihiro Saito Sensei's page because Larson Sensei had trained with Saito Sensei for an extended period as well as traveled the world with Saito Sensei.

Please delete the page titled Mark Leonard Larson so that I may create a new page with just Sensei Larson’s First and Last name. And you are correct, there a lot of fifth dan’s around, but there is only one Mark Larson Sensei and any research done would further substantiate the cause for this article.

Respectfully MNAikidoka 17:52, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

    • If it needs to be moved, we can move it. The question is, if he's only 5th Dan, what makes him sufficiently notable for an article? Georgewilliamherbert 23:05, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment There are several Mark Larsons that come up with google - use of the middle name is better for Wikipdia and with the correct use of redirects the search will work just fine. Please leave the Mark Larson page as a redirect instead of a duplicate article at least until this AFD debate is completed.Peter Rehse 06:44, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

A search for "Mark Larson" Aikido on google gives 307 hits which is not that many. The same exercise using my name by way of example falls just short of 12,000. Spending 10 years studying under an Aikido master in Japan is also not that unique.Peter Rehse 08:14, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete agreed that this is a non-notable. Feydakin 11:03, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. The whole article reads like an exercise in name dropping. Apparently his notability derives from who he has known and travelled with, while doing Aikido shows. Basically a member of a travelling circus? --T-dot (Talk | contribs) 14:58, 15 May 2007 (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.