Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicolas Yap


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   delete. Spartaz Humbug! 16:36, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Nicolas Yap

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—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rickypawnting (talk • contribs) 18:53, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

A very low-ranked chess player. I certainly can't find significant coverage in reliable sources, so he fails WP:BIO, and have been advised by WP:Chess that he's not notable as a chess player. Mkativerata (talk) 20:47, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - does not hold any FIDE title Fide profile(FIDE title=None) and unclear how else this person could be notable. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 21:11, 8 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - is in FIDE, but no FIDE title. Not notable enough.  Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 00:05, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:48, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable minor chess player; no significant coverage or achievements.  Glenfarclas   ( talk ) 02:18, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable. SyG (talk) 13:19, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per all above. (At least he's better than me at chess - then again, who isn't?) Peridon (talk) 21:56, 10 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - Perhaps just type name into Google "nicolas yap chess" for some accomplishments? How "notable" must the person be? 2298 was 2 points away from 2300, the minimum for FM.
 * Comment For those unfamiliar with the Elo ratings as used by FIDE, please see Elo_rating. This is not quite a ranking system, although the higher the number the better. The working out of the rating appears to make the statistical side of American Football look like accounting for the pocket money expenditure of a five year old. Peridon (talk) 22:46, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete looking at the FIDE ratings mentioned above, we have "17171 players have a rating between 2200 and 2399, and are usually associated with the Candidate Master or FIDE Master title. 1868 players have a rating between 2400 and 2499, most of whom have either the International Master or the International Grandmaster title." If we had a cut off of 2300, he wouldn't make it, and we'd still have most of 10,000 candidates for wiki entries.  Absolute minimum, let's require a FIDE title?  David V Houston (talk) 15:02, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
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