Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shotokan Karate Union
I think what needs to be determined is whether the organization itself has received the signifcant coverage in multiple reliable sources required by  and not whether it has notable members. My understanding of DEPTH is that being mentioned in tournament results, lists of other similar organizations, or passing mentions in other sources is considered to be "trivial" coverage, not significant. Moreover, organizations do not inherit their Wikipedia notability from their members any more than a member inherits their Wikipedia notability from an organization they belong to. In each case, notability must be generally be established independently of the other, right? I have been watching this article since it was a draft. I have been trying to help clean it up as best as I can and find additional supporting sources. I was surprised when it was approved via AfC (after being previously declined twice before for lack of notability) simply because the main problem of no sources, in my opinion, which established its notability had not been fixed. If the article can be saved, I'm all for it. But, I was afraid it was going to eventually end up here and it has. Are there any specific  criteria which relate to the notability of organizations such as this? Not to get around "" or , but perhaps something which can provide guidance as to what types of sources are considered reliable for martial arts related-articles
— User:Marchjuly, 21:56, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:ORG||WP:ORGDEPTH||WP:WPMA||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)