Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chess Today


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result was  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 13:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Chess Today
I am affraid it does not pass WP:WEB Alex Bakharev 22:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:WEB, and the Alexa rank of 2,626,889 doesn't look promising either. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  23:32, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. per nom. —dima/s-ko/ 03:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

'the Alexa rank of 2,626,889' (??) Sorry - you speak about the website as I guess (where the content is NOT published, with exception of a few sample issues) while it is email newspaper, with many of the world elite chess-players (world's numer two Vishy Anand, to name just one here) being among its subscribers. The website is mainly a place where people can make their subscriptions and read some basic info once or twice in a lifetime - so why there should be any hot traffic?! I do not see a logic here, apologies! Sorry but I will try to repeat: Chess Today readers do not visit website to find news or anything. They read content which they receive by email and which can not be found on the web by definition, with the exception of some sample issues. This in some way explains why there was no article on CT in Wikipedia until now, it is web-based but most of content is not on the web (as it is the case with some traditional newspapers).

Gkb123 writes: I don't think the article should be deleted. Chess Today is a Chess Newspaper that is highly respected in the chess world, that is read by hundreds of chess players from beginners to professional Grandmaster Chess Players. I think I heard that the World Chess Champion is a reader.

It really has nothing to do with websites and the Chess Today website is merely a place to sign up for the newspaper.


 * Delete per nom. --HassourZain 16:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

A reference to Chess Today is placed for a long time here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Baburin Is it not eccentric in some way that media, i.e. Chess Today (which exists for more than 6 years already) is mentioned in Wiki only on the its editor-in-chief personal page? For additional info on Chess Today go here: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ChessToday/

--- A reference to Chess Today in the Washington Post (see the end of article) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A33008-2004Nov7?language=printer


 * Delete unless multiple reliable third party sources are included. Addhoc 10:39, 8 February 2007 (UTC)


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