Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Kinney (Kinney Karate)
I agree with renaming the article and that the article has been improved, but I'm still having problems seeing notability.  The claims seem to fall under --that he trained under a notable martial artist and has trained hundreds of champions.  Another problem is verifying sources--finding 40 and 50 year old articles from local papers is a problem.  I searched the Black Belt magazine website and his name wasn't found.  The TKA website doesn't list him as a master or blackbelt, which I found strange if he was the chief instructor for 12 years, nor is his school listed.  I also couldn't find him or his school at the World Tang Soo Do Association website nor was he listed as a member at www.whfsc.com (an additional source he listed).  His school's website did have a blurry photo of an 8th dan and a PhD, both granted by the Eastern USA International Martial Arts Association (whose website says its Hall of Fame has over 15,000 members), but rank alone is not a notability criteria.  I simply don't see verifiable evidence to show he meets the martial arts notability criteria
— User:Papaursa, 23:12, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NOTINHERITED (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)