Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philip Corbin


 * 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   keep. JForget 14:23, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Philip Corbin

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Not notable. SyG (talk) 14:14, 16 May 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. My initial thought on reading the article (all two sentences of it) and the sources was that FIDE Masters such as the subject are generally not notable as chess players.  In fact, most chess International Masters (a higher level title) are not notable as chess players.  (A few FMs and IMs are notable as chess authors.)  Corbin is currently ranked 9th among chess players from Barbados, although he may have been ranked higher in the past.  A top ten national ranking might be sufficient in my view for an article if the country were larger and stronger in international chess, but with Barbados this might not be enough in itself.  The deciding fact for me is that Corbin has played for the Barbados national team in 11 Chess Olympiads (so far) from 1986 through 2008, playing first board on four occasions.  This is extensive representation of his country at the highest level of international team chess.  My opinion is that a single Olympiad appearance is sufficient for an article, even if a brief one.  (This view is certainly not universally held.) Quale (talk) 16:24, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:06, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

Keep. Eleven first board Olympiad appearances is good enough for me. Kansan (talk) 00:34, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
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