Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Chess Association

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 of the debate was NO RESULT. Having read the material in the final comment, I am too worried about both the option to redirect and the option to delete. I'd prefer this AfD had no result whatever and was carried out in a more open, neutral manner. -Splash^talk 01:06, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] American Chess Association

This organization does not exist. It is completely bogus and non-existent. It was incorporated in Nevada in 1996, but the corporation expired only two years later in 1998. Sam Sloan 18:14, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

• Mmm, I see a number of references to an American Chess Association founded in 1874, then changed to National Chess Association. That merged with the American Chess Federation to form the United States Chess Federation.[1] So I'm not sure what to believe here. Maybe it should be redirected to United States Chess Federation? — RJH 03:42, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

You cite an interesting page at http://aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=237 I had not seen that before.

If you want to redirect "Amertican Chess Association" to "United States Chess Federation" I have no objection.

Mention of the "National Chess Association" first appeared in the "American Chess Bulletin" in 1927. I believe that it had been newly formed at that time. It merged with the larger Western Chess Accociation to become the United States Chess Federation on December 27, 1939 (note the date).

There were probably other chess asociations prior to that time, but very little is known about them.

I am 100% sure that no "American Chess Association" exists today. Sam Sloan 14:00, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Weak Keep There is an American Chess Association currently incorporated in Nevada. However, it's not much of an organization. Billbrock 06:12, 7 March 2006 (UTC) Note that its "champion" is also its president...so the puffery of the original is a counterargument for deletion. Billbrock 06:17, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep or merge (depending on how much information on the club (active or not) is available). Multiple google hits in connection with WCF (both terms fully quoted). MartinRe 11:31, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

  Comment One google hit seems to imply that nominator has had disagreements with the person who set up the association, which the closing admin might want to take into account: http://www.ishipress.com/pb-board.htm Regards, MartinRe 11:31, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

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