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The result was delete. — Aitias // discussion 21:39, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hikuta (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable martial arts technique. No indication of wide repute nor any sources arguing for same. Prod tag removed with the comment, 'Gsearch found 1,800 hits for "hikuta self defense"', to which I say:

a) search numbers are not a substitute for actual sources or arguments

b) The actual number is 210 [1]

--CalendarWatcher (talk) 19:41, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment- Looks like its already up for a speedy delete (G4), I can't find anything to argue with that. Umbralcorax (talk) 20:04, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Add blurb to the Jack Savage page. §FreeRangeFrog 21:22, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - I removed the PROD, mostly because the sole reason was "Non-notable martial arts technique. No indication of wide repute nor any sources arguing for same". If a PROD appears poorly argued and perhaps hastily done, I may remove it with the same ease as it came. "No indication of wide repute nor any sources arguing for same" is indeed a poor reason, because it does not indicate what kind of effort you have gone through to check that - it only says that the article (and not necessarily the topic) lacks indication of notability and sources. I would never have removed the PROD, had you said it was 2nd nomination. I'm sorry to waste people's time on the AfD circuit. Power.corrupts (talk) 22:18, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. I removed the Speedy as the content of this article was different to the content of the deleted articles so it seems appropriate to let this AfD run its course. There is material out on the web about Hikuta. Though nothing rock solid. A review of a book on the subject is done on a dubious website - [2]. I wouldn't say this is an obvious quick delete, though the sources need examining and may not stand up to scrutiny. If someone is interesting in saving this they have a few days to produce some decent sources. SilkTork *^YES! 01:25, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:00, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as nn; note, the link to Jack Savage actually goes to a baseball player's page. JJL (talk) 00:36, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I don't think there's any evidence that hikuta even exists. It looks like a joke to me. (Note also that we just got a hikuta question on the Ref Desk -- the timing seems suspect to me.) -- Captain Disdain (talk) 12:26, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. What Captain Disdain said. --ColinFine (talk) 23:42, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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