Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NAPMA
Yet another malformed AfD that is apparently not even listed at the Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#Current_discussions|AfD page. Some editors seem to be aggressively misinterpreting the notion "AfD is not for article improvement" and declining to do even a simple web search to verify |notability. I assume the goal is to wear down those who do check these things on Google--a deletion-war of attrition--accompanied by copious complaints that  only applies to the "other guy". A cursory search on Google turns up article in Newsweek (http://www.newsweek.com/id/85866), the Poughkeepsie Journal  (http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/projects/on_the_job/bu102302s2.shtml), and Business News (http://www.tsk.com/imgs/media_pr/print/13.pdf, http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-72457232.html), The Record (Bergen County)|The Record (http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-168947741.html), quoting NAPMA on martial arts business and national statistics, and in the Charleston Gazette highlighting a local instructor who was featured on NAPMA's magazine's cover (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-13941732.html); gubernatorial and similar proclamations in Arkansas (http://governor.arkansas.gov/proclamations/1007/national_martial_arts_day.pdf), Florida (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-91654517.html), Alaska (http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1369151841.html), and New Mexico (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?j109:I09023:j109NATIONAL.html), and a related story in Sun-Times Media Group|The Herald News of Joliet, IL (http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-106322C81EEBE29A.html); a court case (http://ca10.washburnlaw.edu/cases/2005/04/03-6238.htm); press releases by major companies like Coca-Cola (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-92452825.html); and in general enough to establish notability. Wikipedia needs to find a way to enforce that AfD nominators do at least a cursory check before nominating an article rather than attempting to force others to do this task for them by the expedient of the AfD
— User:JJL, 04:19, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:SOFIXIT (Wikipedia:Notability)