The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion.
As a Soft Deletion, this article could be restored if this absent chessplayer ever pops back up on the competitive chess radar. Liz Read! Talk! 01:23, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
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Subject does not have the WP:SIGCOV needed to meet the WP:GNG. The sources in the article are all databases, and a WP:BEFORE check only comes up with passing mentions such as [ [1]]. Let'srun ( talk) 18:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Notes. Not voting one way or the other at this stage, just noting that he represented a large country (Canada) at chess, and most of his activity was in the 1960s where sources are not so easy to find on the internet. He played in 3 Canadian Championships. His Elo rating on the first FIDE list in 1970 was 2260, and it seems he didn't play any rated games after that. MaxBrowne2 ( talk) 07:38, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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The Herald (Benison) (
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18:11, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion.
As a Soft Deletion, this article could be restored if this absent chessplayer ever pops back up on the competitive chess radar. Liz Read! Talk! 01:23, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!
Subject does not have the WP:SIGCOV needed to meet the WP:GNG. The sources in the article are all databases, and a WP:BEFORE check only comes up with passing mentions such as [ [1]]. Let'srun ( talk) 18:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Notes. Not voting one way or the other at this stage, just noting that he represented a large country (Canada) at chess, and most of his activity was in the 1960s where sources are not so easy to find on the internet. He played in 3 Canadian Championships. His Elo rating on the first FIDE list in 1970 was 2260, and it seems he didn't play any rated games after that. MaxBrowne2 ( talk) 07:38, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
The Herald (Benison) (
talk)
18:11, 24 April 2024 (UTC)