Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Inna Yanovska


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The result was   keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:11, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Inna Yanovska

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I do not think this chess player is notable. She does not have the Grandmaster title, and not even the Woman Grandmaster title. She has not won the national title in her country. She participated in the Chess Olympiad, but so do thousands of chess players every year. SyG (talk) 12:34, 15 September 2012 (UTC) SyG (talk) 12:34, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. An easy keep for representing Ukraine in the Women's 40th Chess Olympiad.  I think this alone is enough, but there are a few more things to keep in mind. Ukraine is a strong country in chess, including women's chess.  I have no idea why Syg asserts that Yanovska doesn't have the WGM title.  It's irrelevant anyway, as the International Master title is harder to achieve than the Woman Grandmaster title (unless you are a man of course), and far fewer women are IMs than WGMs.  Syg knows this very well, so his nomination argument is deliberately disingenuous.  Also I think that Yanovska probably does have the WGM title anyway, as my guess is that she recently changed her name either from or to Inna Gaponenko.  Gaponenko has had the WGM title since 1995 and  the harder to achieve IM title since 2002, and is currently ranked 62nd in the world among active female players.  I also forgot to mention that this page is helpful to Build The Web, as it is linked from 40th Chess Olympiad since she is a member of a medal winning team.  Quale (talk) 15:12, 15 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment Inna Yanovska is not listed by FIDE but Inna Gaponenko is. Their pictures look like they are the same person.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 00:28, 16 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Looking at the notability guidelines for people and sport, simpling playing in the Chess Olympiad would probably be enough to confer notability, but she did more than that, she won the bronze medal. PatGallacher (talk) 16:36, 15 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment You are right, this does appear to be the same person as Inna Gaponenko, see . I suspect she got married very recently.  So do we reduce it this to a redir and see which she regards as her primary name over the next few months? PatGallacher (talk) 16:46, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. Good catch. In fact Inna Yanovska-Gaponenko has nine Chess Olympiad appearances for Ukraine, every contest from 1994 through 2012 except for 2000.  She was a member of the Ukraine women's team that won bronze in 2008 and 2012 and gold in 2006.  She also won individual gold for fourth board in 2010. http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/hp1flbdo.html Quale (talk) 19:29, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:57, 15 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep based on the identification of the name change, with the titles and Olympiad results. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 00:30, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
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