Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akshay Zimare

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was speedy delete as a hoax (WP:CSD#G3). Yep, I know that "hoax" is generally not a valid reason to speedy delete, but the reason for that is the danger of false positives (i.e. misidentifying something as a hoax, when it is actually true but obscure.) In this case, we have given the article so much attention, and the hoax allegations are no longer substantiated merely by "We haven't heard about it, and we cannot find references", but an active proof that the article is a lie along the lines "all the references are wrong, and every piece of the article is taken from another article". Since the reason for not speedy deleting hoaxes is no longer valid for this particular article, and since the presence of hoaxes and misinformation is actively harmful, I have no compunctions against removing the article as vandalism right now. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Akshay Zimare

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Author has removed speedy tag three times, but overnight developed the article to the point where an AfD is probably prudent. Subject is just not notable - a current college student who did pretty good in one or two tournaments. This is basically a vanity page. Tan | 39 14:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. WP:BIO - See note 8, it fails. Google reveals just one result. (Quotes not allowed? D'oh, I thought I'd found my first one). WilliamH (talk) 17:49, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete Per WilliamH. WP:BIO specifically states that participating in chess tournaments (with the exception of the most prestigious events) is not sufficient to establish notability. GaryColemanFan (talk) 22:15, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete, opening paragraph states he is a chess player pursuing a computer engineering degree. Not notable. KleenupKrew (talk) 13:40, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 17:51, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete Probably a self-promotional piece by the editor himself[1]. Nothing notable. Not read about him in amy major newspaper. Also note that editor refuses to communicate and blanks his own talk page repeatedly. --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 09:36, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete - Article seems to be a vanity piece. Only claim to notability is a single chess match. Tnxman307 (talk) 15:19, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete - Not enough to warrant an article. Eahiv (talk) 04:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete - Current version of articles seems to be mainly a copy of Viswanathan Anand. No players card at FIDE suggests the information here is fictional. SunCreator (talk) 22:23, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete - It seems any semblance of an article got lost in the editor's eagerness to show the game. This guy may well be on his way to meriting an article, but not yet. There are plenty of 2300+ ELO players who have beaten an IM; probably enough to fill an encyclopedia. Brittle heaven (talk) 22:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete for reasons given by Brittle heaven. A grandmaster is notable; an IM might be notable; some untitled 2340 who won a game against an IM is not. If there are concerns about the veracity of the article, that's all the more reason to delete. Krakatoa (talk) 03:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

• Delete per Brittle heaven. The Elo he got is not notable, and beating a chess International Master is not notable either. Fame is a harder mistress to get! SyG (talk) 05:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. The FIDE rating card and Chessgames.com link are to Viswanathan Anand who is notable, but who is not Akshay Zimare. If the person verifiably were a GM or a national chess champion (either standard has been sufficient to gain a mention in paper encyclopedias) I would probably say "keep", but a 2300 FIDE Elo and just defeating an IM is not by itself notable, even though it indicates a strong player. With the article being unreferenced (or rather: wrongly referenced), and lacking content beyond a game and infobox, I will need to say delete. Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

And it is not even his own game! It is a game from Anand, and the diagram and annotations are copied from the article on Viswanathan Anand. The whole article seems like a bad joke. (Delete) Voorlandt (talk) 08:32, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the article was created by User:Enigmatic1986 who is probably Akshay Zimare himself given his other contributions, and who has a behaviour of vandal (e.g. he has just vandalised the page on Viswanathan Anand). I have reported this behaviour at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and now I think we should go for speedy delete. SyG (talk) 09:04, 9 May 2008 (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.