User talk:Gereon K.

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[edit] Ralf Appel

Hi! Thanks for your message, and thanks a lot for creating excellent chess bios here on the english wikipedia. They are really appreciated, and I wish more people would be so proper. On your specific question. I am afraid there is really no consensus amongst the chess-wikipedians. The main relevant notability guideline can be found at Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Athletes and Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Any_Biography. So any GM or anyone competing in the chess olympiads seems ok, as well as any winner of the national championship or other major tournament. As for Ralf Appel, I don't know whether the German first division qualifies as a fully professional league; and I don't know whether winning the blitz championship is enough. However, according to the german wikipedia, he seems to be on the verge of becoming GM (In der Saison 2007/2008 erfüllte er dort die letzte erforderliche Großmeisternorm.). So all in all, in this specific case I would say yes. The article would definitely not be a straightforward candidate for deletion as there are a lot of chess bios now, with far less notability. Chess related questions can always be asked at the talk page Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Chess. It is a meeting place for all chess enthousiast on wikipedia and quite active. The main article page of this talk page is also quite useful Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chess, it contains a list of common templates, wanted articles, etc.. I hope this helps a little! Best regards, Voorlandt (talk) 22:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Don't worry too much about an article getting deleted. It is really only relevant in cases where hardly any notability is established (like the recent Catherine Lip, WFM). I would translate some of your articles on the German wikipedia myself, if only my german was better :) My english isn't perfect either (being Belgian), but there is a ton of people who can correct grammar/spelling, but only a handful who create chess bios. Btw, if you have time, could you translate some of de:Ildiko Madl into the english wikipedia? (I realise it is a lot to translate as a whole!) The article has been topping our most wanted list for at least three months, and I was disspaointed to see only a poor stub created! Happy editing! Voorlandt (talk) 15:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)