Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Markland


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The result was   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 17:51, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Peter Markland

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This person does not seem notable. SyG (talk) 11:18, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Having a bit of trouble locating sources which give in-depth coverage of Mr. Markland, but I have a hunch that has to do with his best performances being in the 1970s, and therefore the best sources on him are probably not online. He is untitled, and his current rating is 2390, below the standards where we usually keep chess bios, but in 1972 he had a rating of 2510, #63 in the World . The claims of Olympic participation in 1972 and 1974 are easy enough to verify, . Sjakkalle (Check!)  12:46, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. As Sjakkalle points out, a very strong player in his time - unfortunately his OTB career wasn't quite long enough to pick up norms/titles, although he was, for a brief period at least, playing to grandmaster standard. As well as his Olympiad performances, he played board 3 in the England ETC team of 1973, ahead of Whiteley, Botterill, Wade, Stean and Miles (all titled players past or future). Also finished top British player at Hastings 1970/71, equal with Wolfgang Uhlmann, ahead of Robert Byrne, Robert Wade and Ray Keene, defeating Vlastimil Hort in the process. Nowadays an ICCF Grandmaster, another considerable chess achievement. Brittle heaven (talk) 15:40, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Good enough at his peak. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 22:22, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Chess Olympiad appearances are sufficient for me.  ICCF Correspondence GM is also a claim of notability although no reference is cited. Quale (talk) 02:26, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:09, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per wrong judgement of nominator. Please see wp:Not notable. This person got enough significant coverage to meet the criteria. Spatulli (talk) 16:24, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
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