Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Cohen (judoka)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 05:15, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Aaron Cohen (judoka)

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Irrelevant martial artist. All references listed are either passing mentions or lists that briefly speak of Cohen. Nothing in-depth to explain his notability can be found. ALongStay (talk) 20:32, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Question I'm agnostic on his article, but a key question is the notability of his medals at the Pan American Judo Championships. Is this a notable event that would meet WP:NSPORTS? Alansohn (talk) 23:19, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not in my opinion. The Championships are not the same as the Pan-American Games where gaining a medal would contribute to notability.Peter Rehse (talk) 09:42, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Still thinking about this but he certainly has had a long career at almost the highest level-don't think I would choose the word Irrelevant.Peter Rehse (talk) 09:49, 24 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Admittedly the coverage is weak--judo gets virtually no coverage in the U.S., even during the Olympics. However, a 5 time U.S. champion (plus 4 time runner-up) along with winning 4 medals at the continental (actually inter-continental with North and South America) championships seems like significant accomplishments. Definitely meets WP:MANOTE (yes, I know that's an essay) but his accomplishments seem superior to the requirements of other sports listed at WP:NSPORT. Papaursa (talk) 23:05, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

He was in the top 3 five, not four, times at the PanAm championships.Mdtemp (talk) 14:34, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep As per above but I would prefer to see better coverage.Peter Rehse (talk) 10:17, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep The accomplishments are there but the coverage is weak. It's the repeated success that makes him notable to me.Mdtemp (talk) 14:34, 28 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as he passes WP:MANOTE with a number of achievementsAtlantic306 (talk) 13:21, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Has several notable achievements, and has competed in the World Judo Championships, the highest judo-specific event in the world. Smartyllama (talk) 20:10, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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