Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alessandro Francesconi

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:28, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alessandro Francesconi

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Fails WP:GNG. The was PRODed and should have been pruned then, but here we are. Claims on the page fall into two categories: true but not noteworthy, and not supported by any source so unverifiable or possibly false. The only verifiably true claim is that the subject is a FIDE Arena Grandmaster. This may sound impressive but this conveys no status in international chess. The AGM title is a recent invention of FIDE to garner some money from online chess -- in other words, a cash grab. The chess game victory in the article is a blitz game over another non-notable chess player of moderate club strength at best. The claim that the subject represented Italy in the Chess Olympiad is almost certainly false since his national ranking among Italian players is 10888 and he has no over-the-board titles. This is shown clearly at the FIDE Profile link used to try to cite the Olympiads claim but which actually punctures it. The claim of a 2021 tournament victory points to an irrelevant page of chess book reviews from 2006. Similarly the claims of tournament successes in 2022 points to a page listing winners of the Czech championship. Obviously these references were copied from different articles and have no connection to the subject. The verifiable claims are not notable and the notable claims are not verifiable. Quale (talk) 22:41, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, per nom.. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 22:51, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not even notable enough to have an Italian Wiki page. Yesterday, all my dreams... (talk) 23:01, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete. 10888th best chess player in Italy is not a claim to notability. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 23:58, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople and Italy. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:18, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Agree with proposer's summary at top of page.Brittle heaven (talk) 02:47, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Clearly fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 11:07, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nominator summed it up perfectly. Anxioustoavoid (talk) 21:20, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This one is an easy call. For all the reasons above, Delete. Go4thProsper (talk) 01:40, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This person is hardly notable enough to warrant their own page. Maybe if he becomes better and gets a lot of RSes to bolster his notability, he can be included. We cannot let any good chess player have their own page. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 13:20, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no sign of notability. Once upon a daylight dreary (talk) 15:09, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.