!' Further to my previous question, I have dug through the Google cache to see what I wrote. Both articles you flagged for deletion contained references to an authoritative source, namely Aikido Journal and the Encylopedia of Aikido by Stanley Pranin.  

 ::Please help me understand why they were deleted? I believe the articles had i) reasonable references, ii) a strong historical relationship to existing Wikipedia pages and iii) a straight forward claim of notability. FYI, Tsutomu Chida is an 8th dan teacher of Aikido and one of the top few students of Gozo Shioda, and his group the Aikido Renshinkai is equivalent in lineage to the Yoshokai, which is referenced in existing pages like this one. In the Aikido world, these aren't mere backyard operators. A Google search alone will show noteworthiness ... but I thought an entry in a subject matter specific encyclopedia would suffice (i.e. The Encyclopedia of Aikido). 

 :: who actually did the deletion , which makes me wonder did anyone scroll down to the bottom? 
 ::Thanks for helping me understand, because I am quite puzzled! Cheers.''