Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Shito-ryu techniques

: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. Discussion to merge should take place at the article's talk page. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:00, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

=[[List of Shito-ryu techniques]]=

:{{la|List of Shito-ryu techniques}} ([{{fullurl:List of Shito-ryu techniques|wpReason={{urlencode: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Shito-ryu techniques}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

Contested prod. Article is a long unsourced list (and I can't imagine/find any definitive sources that would exist). Also, Wikipedia is not a directory. TN X Man 00:37, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Keep Only 4 days old. Unsourced is not unsourceable [http://www.shitoryu.org/skills/stances/heisoku.htm]. Short descriptions of the techniques, what they are for, history etc. could be added to make a productive article. --Joopercoopers (talk) 00:47, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Weak keep consistent with the treatment of other arts, e.g. List of Kodokan Judo techniques, though this is not an Olympic sport. Easily sourced via books on Shito-ryu, such as that by Fumio Demura. JJL (talk) 01:14, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. —JJL (talk) 01:15, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Merge with List of shotokan techniques, List of kyokushin techniques, and other karate technique lists if I missed any. There are hundreds of Karate styles, and the techniques used in them are nearly identical. I think that this content should be grouped in Karate kata, Karate stances, and in some sort of Karate techniques for the striking/blocking elements, which are currently scattered across so many nearly orphaned articles such as Age-uke, Enpi (elbow strike), Tsuki, etc etc. --Cubbi (talk) 01:21, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 03:37, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Merge per Cubbi. The main style articles (shotokan, shito ryu, etc.) could mention any notable techniques of the style. The technique themselves would be better described in Karate stances, Karate techniques, etc. jmcw (talk) 07:02, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

:*Comment merging seems a reasonable and in fact preferable solution to me, if someone is willing to undertake the work to do so. It seems like there's a lot to merge, and it isn't quite as simple as it first appears--e.g., Shotokan and Uechi don't share nearly as many techniques as do Shotokan and Enshin. JJL (talk) 13:15, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Merge per above. There isn't enough that is that different to support a stand alone article. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:12, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Keep. I disagree with the AfD rationale, other editors do not see it as an impossible task to find sources. The WP:NOTDIRECTORY ratiionale is completely misplaced. The techniquie is notable. Sure needs work to make it accessible to other people, but that is not a valid reason for deletion. Power.corrupts (talk) 22:54, 24 June 2009 (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.