Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of online chess playing programs


 * 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   redirect to List of chess software. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:36, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

List of online chess playing programs

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Wikipedia is not a repository of links or a directory. Yes, some lists are allowed, but not for the purpose of linking elsewhere, just other Wikipedia pages. 331dot (talk) 12:14, 6 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Lists are allowed at Wikipedia, see Category:Lists, there are several similar lists to List of online chess playing programs, see: List of chess software or List of Internet chess servers. Thank you IQ125 (talk) 12:19, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, lists are allowed, but not directories of links, which is what this page under discussion is, despite your changing the structure of it slightly. 331dot (talk) 12:20, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * It is a list, similar to many other lists on Wikipedia, it is within the policy guidelines of Wikipedia. This is a new list and has the potential to expand over time, which qualifies it to be on Wikipedia.  IQ125 (talk) 12:22, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * It is not just a list, it is a directory of links; please review the guidelines I linked to above. 331dot (talk) 12:24, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, I suggest we allow others to comment. Thanks IQ125 (talk) 12:32, 6 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Merge to List of chess software, and establish a consensus there on notability for inclusion to avoid WP:LINKFARM. A long list of redlinks referenced only by the products' websites is not a good idea: redlinks should only be included if they are supported by reliable, secondary sources. Dai Pritchard (talk) 13:02, 6 February 2015 (UTC)


 * merge blue links per User:Dai Pritchard above Deunanknute (talk) 13:40, 6 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Redirect to List of chess software. This list is a clear violation of WP:NOTDIR and WP:LINKFARM, with no scope for improvement. Disagree with merger proposal only because the proposed target/s already contain all the content here in some form. Reyk  YO!  14:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * As a matter of fact the proposed target does not contain the contents here. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 19:40, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. N ORTH A MERICA 1000 15:00, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. N ORTH A MERICA 1000 15:01, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. N ORTH A MERICA 1000 15:01, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. N ORTH A MERICA 1000 15:01, 6 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Redirect to List of chess software, no need for a merge. (One linked article doesn't exist, other two aren't actually articles about chess software, the rest already are listed. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 19:33, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge to List of chess software with the intention of creating a table with attribute columns including one for "Type" eg. Online, Standalone, etc.. -- Green  C  01:34, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * But meaningful information isn't in this article. Your dream of what the target article could look like is barely related to the anemic content of this ultra-short list. Townlake (talk) 03:11, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of chess software. I don't see the point of a merge. Townlake (talk) 20:36, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of chess software. Per Mike Rosoft above, nothing to merge.Dialectric (talk) 10:49, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge per Green  C . Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 19:40, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Internet chess servers. The "online" part of the title makes me think servers is more appropriate, but regardless this subject is not clear and certainly duplicates some weird intersection of the server list and list of chess software. There's nothing to merge. --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 04:58, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 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.