Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vanik Zakaryan


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The result was   keep. Icewedge (talk) 02:42, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Vanik Zakaryan

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Doesn't qualify for stub due sources are not relevant. There is 2 sources and one is personal site, and other one is just basic member page of which, there are milllions of pages like that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NovaSkola (talk • contribs)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Armenia-related deletion discussions.  cab (talk) 05:08, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  cab (talk) 05:08, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Chess has been notified of this debate. cab (talk) 05:15, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment News coverage of him is rather thin. All I could find in English or Russian was fairly short pieces like . However he is the president of the Armenian Chess Federation, a vice-president of the World Chess Federation, and a math professor, so he might qualify under WP:PROF or some other criteria. I'm not qualified to make that judgement so I'll just delsort this debate. cab (talk) 05:08, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete I do not see anything notable enough. In particular being president of the Armenian Chess Federation and vice-president of the World Chess Federation is not notable to me. SyG (talk) 07:02, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment "vice-president of the World Chess Federation" is "notable to me"... -- Jokes Free4Me (talk) 13:06, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, it is not to me. I may have misunderstood your question, what exactly would you like me to comment ? SyG (talk) 17:33, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I was just pointing out that this is quite subjective. And since you asked for a question, the implicit one i had is "why (not)?". -- Jokes Free4Me (talk) 13:30, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * All right, understood. I do not think this title is notable because there are crowds of vice-president in the FIDE system. See the current FIDE Committee, with 13 vice-presidents, honorary presidents, deputy president, etc. SyG (talk) 13:56, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep as notable. Andranikpasha (talk) 12:52, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep He was twice Armenian chess champion; I just added this info to the article. He is also notable as chess official, being Armenian Chess Federation President (1994-2004), FIDE Vice-president (1996) and the honorary vice-president (2000). --I Do Care (talk) 14:10, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per I Do Care. John Vandenberg (chat) 12:47, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment. It would be useful to know his strength as a player. Did he ever have an Elo rating? What sort of entry did the Armenian national championships attract? Grandmasters?--Pawnkingthree (talk) 20:33, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Strangely, FIDE does not list him here. Bubba73 (talk), 14:32, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Armenia has quite a few grandmasters, see list of chess grandmasters. Bubba73 (talk), 16:23, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. According to our own article on the Armenian Chess Championship the tournament attracted players of the strength of Tigran Petrosian. In my opinion a two-time winner of the event is easily notable.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:52, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep I agree. Perhaps he doesn't have a FIDE rating because he hasn't played internationally.  But being a two-time national champion when many of the competitors are GM is notable.  Bubba73 (talk), 19:26, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
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