Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Davidson Falade

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The result of the debate was Speedied. android79 17:07, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Davidson Falade

Undergrad vanity, possibly speediable. Only claims to notability are as a columnist to a student newspaper, The Manitoban, and as a chess player "on the national level". I admire his enthusiasm for chess, a game I also love, but the Chess Federation of Canada indicates that he isn't a very strong player, as he has a 1720 rating. (A notably strong Candadian player would have a rating of 2300+.) Quale 07:21, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

• Delete nn. --rob 07:30, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. No notability established, chesswise or journalistwise. Personally I think a chess player in general needs to hold some sort of international title to be notable (except for some historic players, before such titles were introduced). International Grandmasters, Woman Grandmasters and national chess champions are OK. International Masters and FIDE masters are borderline. An Elo rating 1720 isn't remotely close. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:05, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per above. -Gheorghe Zamfir 08:11, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as nn-bio, and so tagged. Only remote possibility for assertion of notability is "plays chess on a national level and has aspirations to compete in the international circle", which, as discussed here, doesn't make him notable yet. Friday (talk) 14:26, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

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