User talk:Gaspflanagan

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Happy editing! LukeSurlt c 17:11, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Millennium 3D chess
Hello Gaspflanagan and welcome to Wikipedia. I saw your edit to Millennium 3D chess where you state that the game pre-dates 2001. Unfortunately I had to remove this statement as you did not provide a source for this that others could check. The Classified Encyclopaedia of Chess Variants (page 227) states that the game was created by W. D’Agostino in 2001. One of Wikipedia's core principles is verifiability. As we can verify the 2001 invention with this source, this is the date we need to state, unless an equally strong claim to a different date can be verified.

A number of three-dimensional chess variants exist, and I imagine it is quite possible that W. D’Agostino, in trying to make his game as close to regular chess as possible, may have inadvertently (almost or exactly) re-created an earlier game, and that is what you own (I think this is more plausible than outright theft). If this is the case this would be very interesting. Was your game called "Millenium 3D chess"? Do you know of anywhere on the internet that talks about the game you own?

Wikipedia can be confusing and bearaucratic, especially for new editors. I'm sorry your first edit has turned out to be complicated! I'd be happy to help you with getting things sorted in a way that fits with Wikipedia's rules.

Best regards --LukeSurlt c 17:28, 25 July 2020 (UTC)