Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giridhar Murali

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The result was speedy deleted as blatant hoax. Not listed in FIDE ratings at all, let alone as GM. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:56, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Giridhar Murali[edit]

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The person seams unnotable. Google returns some hits [1], but almost all are result lists, no significant coverage. The sources given in the article either just mention the subject in passing, or do not mention him at all. Vanjagenije (talk) 00:03, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:55, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:55, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This is a hoax. Could probably be speedied. He claims grandmaster, but the sources show that not only is he not a grandmaster, but he is actually quite a weak player by competitive standards (playing in an U1400 section means you aren't even allowed to have a FIDE rating, which is used for titles like "grandmaster"). --— Rhododendrites ^talk | 01:58, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Follow-up: I proposed CSD as blatant hoax. Not sure it'll stick though, as chess titles/ratings/claims may be too niche to be "blatant." --— Rhododendrites ^talk | 02:01, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- For anyone so inclined, here is his USCF profile. --— Rhododendrites ^talk | 02:03, 30 June 2014 (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.