Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Ko

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 09:27, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Ko[edit]

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Notability isn't inherited, being the instructor of someone famous does not, in and of itself, make someone famous. A merge proposal has been in place to merge this article with the article on Kersten for almost a year, but there's really nothing worth merging over. Sven Manguard Wha? 21:22, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTINHERITED. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 22:15, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Felix Kersten. He doesn't really have any independent notability, as his only claim to fame was his training of Kersten, and has already been pointed out, notability is WP:NOTINHERITED. However, there are quite a number of sources discussing his training of Kersten, such as the following: [[1]] [[2]] [[3]]

I suggest the information about Dr. Ko and these sources be merged into Felix Kersten's article to supplement the information that's already there. Rorshacma (talk) 23:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

merge as suggested by Rorshacma, unless there is fuller information available. DGG ( talk ) 01:50, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, I would not be opposed to a merge. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:09, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Buddhism-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:46, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:46, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:46, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would be leaning toward Delete. I'm dubious about a merge/redirect unless we have a full name for this person. Everyplace just seems to call him "Dr. Ko." And I agree with nominator that there is nothing in this article (with its minimal, unverified biographical detail) that is worth merging, so if Redirect is chosen, I would make it a simple redirect, without adding anything more to the Kersten article that is already there. --MelanieN (talk) 20:19, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, →B music ian 03:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Reads like an urban legend. Unscintillating (talk) 21:45, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reference: "Touching the Outer, Reaching the Inner. An unpublished book by Gary J. Lockhart (1942–2001)". There is one last mystery to this story. Who was the mysterious Dr. Ko, who was sent to reach one man, to influence the destiny of millions of people? For a time I thought that I had unraveled the mystery, but a better translation showed me that I was wrong. I had hoped that he had left his secrets, but perhaps they could only be passed down from master to student. Delete as per above comments. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 01:36, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.