Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greg Nowak (The Octopus)


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 03:26, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Greg Nowak (The Octopus)

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This is a biography of a chess player of purely local fame. The subject's accomplishments have resulted in a little coverage in local Montana newspapers, but don't seem to have drawn the attention of the chess world or public at large. Quale (talk) 09:05, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete His USCF rating history since 1992 is here. No FIDE rating. Indeed media coverage of him seems to be restricted to the local area. Cobblet (talk) 09:47, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Lots of local coverage, and a biographical article in Chess Life, just from the first two pages of Google searching. Seems to be enough to make this a keeper. Sources:, , , , , , Sasata (talk) 17:17, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Montana-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:18, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:18, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 12:27, 12 July 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep: meets WP:BASIC per coverage, some of a regional or national scope. Esquivalience t 16:06, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete; Agree with proposer that this is a case of local fame only. He is known for his chess mastery/strength but it falls well below the standard required for national or international recognition. Brittle heaven (talk) 15:13, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 22:45, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not support (WP:GNG). W i k i 92 man  (Talk/Stalk) 10:55, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete - Weak because of the Chess Life article, but otherwise I only see minor papers/blogs, almost all of them specific to Missoula. They count, but it's not enough to satisfy WP:GNG. As a side note, some "interesting" trivia: Montana looks to be the only US State without a chessmaster (Nowak scraped 2200, but is 2105 now). &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 23:27, 25 July 2015 (UTC)


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