Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of chess historians


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The result was Speedy Keep (withdrawn by nominator). &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 15:10, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

List of chess historians

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Unsourced list of people with unclear inclusion criteria. While a handful seem notable for their writings on chess, it's unclear where writing about chess stops and being a "chess historian" begins. The articles of several of those who are notable enough to have articles say little to nothing about being a "chess historian". I'm not finding sufficient sources to say this is a notable subject for a stand-alone list either. Originally PRODded, but removed without explanation or improvement. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 14:29, 14 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep We have a category for this too and, per WP:CLN, this tends to confirm that there's a valid need for navigational aids here. There was a newsletter for a while - The Chess Historian  — and there are various people celebrated as major historians of the game such as Edward Winter (chess historian).  There's perhaps some scope with merger with the similar concept of the chess writer but that's a matter of ordinary editing, not deletion. Andrew D. (talk) 14:56, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - Actually, you're right on this one. I don't know how I could've messed up a search yesterday to account for the poor results I found, but another look shows that whatever it was, clearly I didn't do a good enough job. Withdrawn. It still needs serious cleanup, though. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 15:10, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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