Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hippogonal

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 no consensus. No consensus, and no one !voting for delete with a niche topic unlikely to draw more input. Where to and whether this should be merged can be handled editorially. Star Mississippi 00:27, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hippogonal[edit]

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This article is very short and has no reasonable chance at ever being expanded. Almost all information covered within this article is already covered at Fairy chess piece#Leapers, and that which is not can simply be moved to said section. The article cites only one source that specifically covers the topic. ISaveNewspapers (talk) 03:01, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 05:46, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Fairy chess piece#Leapers per nom, which does seem to be a reasonable place to cover this. Jclemens (talk) 06:07, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ironically, what it does not cite is the coiner of the term, who has a bit more to say on the subject. But what xe has to say is best said in the things about the subjects that xe discusses, since this is not a noun. Parlett notes that Claude de Bossière's 1556 rules for Rythmomachia allow every piece except a pyramid one hippogonal move, for example. It's obvious which article that properly belongs in. Uncle G (talk) 07:54, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Parlett, David (1999). The Oxford History of Board Games. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192129987.

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:18, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I am not an expert at all, but according to Piececlopedia the term refers to the orthogonal movement, as there are hippogonal leapers and hippogonal riders. I also think that the article could be expanded with other games pieces and with tactical possibilities of this kind of movement. Alexcalamaro (talk) 13:04, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- If even that WWW site doesn't give this its own article, which as you have just pointed to it does not, why? And expanded based upon what sources? Parlett has things to say, but they are relevant to the things that xe has to say them about, which have other articles. Uncle G (talk) 07:53, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:50, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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.