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| The result was '''keep'''. Closing this as a combination of SK and a dubious nomination. Kreiman is a GM (). passes WP:BIO for athletes, and there's plenty of 3rd party sourcing. <b>]</b> 00:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC) | The result was '''keep'''. Closing this as a combination of SK and a dubious nomination. Kreiman is a GM (). passes WP:BIO for athletes, and there's plenty of 3rd party sourcing. <b>]</b> 00:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
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| :{{la|Boris Kreiman}} (<span class="plainlinks">]}}&action=delete}} delete]</span>) – <includeonly>(])</includeonly><noinclude>(])</noinclude> | |||
| Boris Kreiman is unnotable with only some minor news coverage from a decade ago as a ] player. As an adult Kreiman hasn't achieved any major success/press/awards. According to his highest ] rank, he was 2577th in the world. It appears following he is no longer a chess player and currently is a webmaster for several commerical/. The current blog interest in him is based on . | |||
| He fails ]. ] (]) 20:19, 15 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Question''': It can be (and is) verified that he is a grandmaster. Does that meet any criteria as notable by itself? From the article ], ''Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain''. As for any coverage that is from the 1970s (or the 1170s), that is just as good as yesterday's news as ], they key is quality not age. <font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><strong>] <small>(]) (])</small></strong></font> 20:35, 15 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :*I see nothing in http://news.google.com/archivesearch that calls him a grandmaster. I saw a brief mention in an that says "with Boris Kreiman of Brooklyn, who is as yet '''untitled'''." ] (]) 22:19, 15 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::* seems to indicate he is a grand master. I was in the article before the AFD. <font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><strong>] <small>(]) (])</small></strong></font> 23:14, 15 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Keep''' per Dennis Brown. Having once been a grandmaster means that Kreiman is definitely notable. ] (]) 20:47, 15 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :That claim is unsourced. Furthermore, he has never won a championship as an adult, which would give him that title. ] (]) 22:19, 15 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::Actually, we have that information here at wikipedia. It was in the wikilink you just deleted in the article. I also restored the other sources you deleted. <font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><strong>] <small>(]) (])</small></strong></font> 23:12, 15 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Keep''' passed ] and ]. ''']] ]''' 23:38, 15 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Keep''' per Dennis Brown. ] (]) 23:54, 15 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * '''Speedy keep''' We got a source calling him a Grand Master. That is enough for ]. It is not important what the nominator thinks is sourced or not, if the ] states it, it is enough for ]. I would close this myself as speedy keep, seeing that there is unlikely to be anyone arguing what was said here but I leave this for an admin that is more experienced at AfD. Regards ''']]''' 00:01, 16 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
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The result was keep. Closing this as a combination of SK and a dubious nomination. Kreiman is a GM (). passes WP:BIO for athletes, and there's plenty of 3rd party sourcing. Black Kite 00:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC)