Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Brownscombe


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 06:06, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Tom Brownscombe

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I fail to grasp the notability of this person. The title of FIDE master is not enough to confer notability. Having won 70,000 dollars at poker is not notable. Having worked 3 years as scholastic director is not notable. SyG (talk) 07:44, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't know much about notability in Chess circles, but although a search of FIDE didn't reveal anything, there were some references at United States Chess Federation: Karpov Chess School Names New Director; Lindsborg Boasts New State Chess Champ; Brownscombe Achieves 2009 Kansas State Chess Champion Title. There was also a mention in the New York Times Checkmate in Classrooms? It's Your Move, a lesser mention (2 sentences) in a Time article. There are other newspaper articles which mention him (see Google News Search, but as they are pay-per-view or subscription, I can't see them. There are a couple of minor mentions at Google Books search as well as mentions at Google Web Search. Altogether, it doesn't strike me as significant coverage - most of them are obviously either from Press releases, or a couple of sentences where he was interviewed in his capacity as Scholastic Director - none of them are particularly indepth about him and those that are seem to be press releases. --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 08:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - lack of notability. Bubba73 (talk), 15:51, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
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