Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Roseberry
I was avoiding this but some of the comments are drawing me in.  The relevant guidelines are  and .  I suppose  could be considered but I have no idea why we have two editors bringing up .  The subject does not meet either  or .  He neither competed at the highest level (for Judo that would be the World Championships or the Olympics) nor did he found a significant style of karate.  At most it is a cluster of schools.  High rank, titles and memberships in soke councils (or similar self-congratulating organizations) have, and for good reason, never been considered as a base for notability.  This brings us to  and I don't think, when you actually look at the sources listed is being met.  The best one was the Lincoln article but in reality that is nothing more than a local interest piece (in my opinion) and is pretty borderline.  The freeserver page is in no way a RS and I don't see how it is even part of the discussion
— User:PRehse, 12:18, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:MANOTE||WP:GNG||WP:ATHLETE||WP:ARTIST||WP:MANOTE||WP:ATHLETE||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)