Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Amateur's Mind


 * 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 Jeremy Silman. Not much to merge at the moment actually... Tone 18:23, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

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I do not see this book as notable along Notability (books) SyG (talk) 19:52, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. The book has recieved many positive reviews, and Silman is a legendary chess writer and teacher.  GrandMattster 20:12, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment. Two references. from Chessbase.com and The behavioral advantage: what the smartest, most successful companies do By Terry R. Bacon, David George Pugh page 84 SunCreator (talk) 22:34, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Um, neither of those are references... the first link only names the book in question, the entire article is about computer software, and the second link is nothing more than a quote from the book, no discussion...


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:28, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Merge and Redirect - Non-notable book, fails WP:BK... - Adolphus79 (talk) 03:36, 19 September 2009 (UTC) Changed per comments and discussion below... - Adolphus79 (talk) 18:18, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - The few reference that were used on this article (until I just deleted them) had nothing to even do with this book... refs #1 & #3 were detailing the author's other book "How to Reassess Your Chess" (the quoteed review was for the "How to Reassess Your Chess" book also, not this book), and ref #2 made no mention of any book at all... - Adolphus79 (talk) 03:44, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The Amateur's Mind also featured as a Chess Life column in the early 1990s. Given that the book has received some independent reviews, and given the fame of the author, I think there is a reasonable chance that the book is indeed notable. Nevertheless, my vote is to merge this with Jeremy Silman for two reasons. First, the article here is awfully short, I have a hard time justifying independent articles without more content than this. Second, Silman's concepts of imbalances are also covered in other books he authored, such as How to Reassess Your Chess. These concepts have been the subject of further independent study (e.g. the article Don't Just Reassess Your Chess--IMPLODe It! by Dana Mackenzie in the May 2008 Chess Life), and should be covered somewhere, but I think it is better to do that on the Silman biography than here. The Amateur's Mind covers the kind of mistakes typical of amateur players, and often offers humorously harsh assessment of their play. This is only one aspect of Silman's work. Sjakkalle (Check!)  05:57, 20 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, now that I think of it, perhaps the book itself is not notable, but Silman's imbalances definetly are. As mentioned above, the imbalances are listed in other books by Silman.  Maybe it would be worth considering creating a new page devoted to Silman's imbalances.  This would be my new vote.  GrandMattster 15:44, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * In fact, could I just merge "The Amateur's Mind" into a new page, "Silman's Imbalances"? GrandMattster 16:37, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Unless the imbalances themselves are somehow notable (on their own), my recommendation would be to simply add a section to his article for them... - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:56, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I concur. I think an extended section on Silman's theories in his article would be a good idea, with citations from his own books. SyG (talk) 17:20, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, sounds alright to me. GrandMattster 20:49, 22 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Jeremy Silman; merge content there.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 18:38, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Jeremy Silman; merge content there for the reasons given by everyone above. Krakatoa (talk) 17:29, 25 September 2009 (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.