Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D59 (chess opening)


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The result was KEEP (redirect recommended). Nabla 03:05, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

D59 (chess opening)

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I am renominating this page for deletion after the closure of a previous bundled nomination in this discussion where several editors indicated they wished the opportunity to individually considered. Since this page is nothing more than recounting of a particular chess opening, with no indication of any notability beyond that, I believe it violates WP:NOT which is against instruction manuals. The article itself claims the analysis is on another page, Queen's Gambit Declined which really says nothing substantial more about it than it is a solid continuation. As there are literally thousands, if not tens of thousands of named and defined Chess openings, that isn't enough notability on its own. Thus I recommend it be deleted. Apologies if anybody considers this premature, but I am nominating this one article for consideration because it did receive some support for deletion and I think the previous bundled nomination was obvious a factor in it being kept. FrozenPurpleCube 19:31, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. No assertion of being any more notable than the thousands of other chess openings. Adambro 19:40, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Queen's Gambit Declined. No harm in the redirect.  The D59 means it has a name in MCO, which gives it some minor status, at least enough for a redirect.  Also, this was an opening played in the Spassky-Fischer match.   Mango juice talk 20:03, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, just so you know, there's a link at D59 already. FrozenPurpleCube 20:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Mango, I think you mean ECO. Sjakkalle (Check!)  14:09, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge/redirect to the appropriate opening. YechielMan 00:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete like I recommended for this particular article last time. An article which just defines the moves of a chapter in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, giving nothing on the basic strategy, is not viable. A redirect to QGD could work and wouldn't harm anything, but it's a highly unlikely search term. Sjakkalle (Check!)  14:09, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Redirect per User:Mangojuice -- ALL  IN   17:04, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
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