Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1998 in chess

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The result was withdrawn by nominator Gwernol 14:56, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1998 in chess[edit]

Wasn't sure if this warranted speedy deletion, but the material in this article is not, in of itself, enough to justify an article on the subject. Can I suggest that the material in this article be merged as appropriate into other articles on the topic? Fritzpoll (talk) 12:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep Not sure what your argument is. If the concern is notability (A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.) then obviously this article is notable. It has received attention in 100s' of chess magazines, online articles and columns in newspapers. If the concern is that articles of this type are not encyclopaedic than you should take this issue elsewhere as they are 1000s of articles in the master category Category:Sports_by_year. Voorlandt (talk) 13:15, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- I was concerned about the fact that it was unencyclopaedic, but the existence of so many other similar articles clearly indicates that there is a consensus that I was unaware of in this area. Many apologies for clogging up AfD like this - please can someone close this for me? -- Fritzpoll (talk) 13:23, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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