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The result was delete. (X! · talk)  · @163  ·  02:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dmitriy Berkovich[edit]

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Not notable. The article claims the person is a grandmaster (which would make him almost notable) but that is not supported by his FIDE card. In fact he seems to be only an International Master, which is not notable enough to be in Wikipedia SyG (talk) 07:22, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This article surely cant be kept on Wikipedia, I can see how it passes WP:N. Harlem675 07:33, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I would agree. The available evidence suggests he is not a grand master. Crafty (talk) 07:35, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - non-notable: I Prodded the article but was told that Grandmasters are considered notable, but if he isn't a Grandmaster then he doesn't appear to be notable by any definition. PamD (talk) 07:39, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. While we do have several articles on people who hold the International Master title (and I have written a few of them myself), the title alone has generally not been sufficient grounds to deem the person notable. In most cases International Masters, while obviously very strong players, are not at the kind of level where they can make a living out of it. (Indeed most Grandmasters are unable to be fully professional chess players, but they do represent the top echelon of chess mastery so I would nearly always think an article on a GM is worth rescuing.) If the player in addition to the IM title is a reasonably well known chess author, or holds a national championship or another similar achievement, the person is likely to be notable anyway. But in this case, the article has no content which shows evidence of that kind of achievement. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:29, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete yes, indeed--when I deprodded I thought he was a grandmaster. I should have tried to verify at the time. DGG (talk) 12:10, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per everyone above. PasswordUsername (talk) 14:46, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Sjakkalle. Krakatoa (talk) 21:34, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Not notable enough. --MrsHudson (talk) 01:49, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. Niteshift36 (talk) 05:14, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Not notable enough. Bubba73 (if u cn rd ths u cn go to my talk page), 07:20, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.