Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/How To Escape the Headlock

How To Escape the Headlock
everything that can be said about this subject has been, and it's still a stub. A nice set of images, however. If we can find a good place to merge this, then that would be good, but i don't think that this quite qualifies to be called a "textbook". --Whiteknight (talk)(projects) 22:06, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep I think a set of How-To guides forms a very good base of "stub material" for future books. If someone ever starts a Martial Arts book, this will fit in perfectly. With that said, I think we should keep most How-To guides as they are, and merge them as appropriate. --Dragontamer 22:22, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * People seem to think that I am whole-sale against all How-To books. This is not the case. In general, I think most of the How-To books are in great condition, and promote the wikibooks cause. This "book", i dont think has enough merit to stand on it's own, and waiting for somebody else to magically create a "Martial Arts" or "Self-Defense" wikibook so that we can merge this is foolish. That said, I don't necessarily think that this material should be deleted outright, because it certainly is valuable, assuming that it finds an appropriate home, and soon. Frankly I'm surprised that we don't currently have a book on martial arts or self-defense, because we have all sorts of books on all sorts of other rubbish already. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 17:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I'd have no problem with this sort of material forming part of a Guide to Self-Defence. If this is going to happen, it can stay, if not, it should be deleted, Jguk 22:56, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak keep Not a fantastic article, but not bad either. Could be merged into some sort of self defense wikibook, but we have no such book at this time. Kellen T 13:07, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Keepmaybe merge if an appropriate book comes along, but definately kjeep for now.Dolive35 13:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Instead of deleting such topics, they should be expanded and a separate self defense category provided with more articles with practical techniques as the headlock defense. The defense shown is actually tani otoshe, which is easy to do if someone just knows of it.


 * Weak keep: I wonder if an owner of "Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions" could contribute a copy to WikiBooks. (SEWilco 02:58, 30 May 2006 (UTC))