Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States Chess League
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- 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 keep and cleanup, sources brought up in AfD should make their way to the article. Arkyan • (talk) 20:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] United States Chess League
I cannot find any reliable sources about this page, everything comes from their own site. I am therefore dubious about this page, and it seems questionable enough that I'd like more eyes on it. It almost seems like somebody's idea of a joke. FrozenPurpleCube 21:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
- Weak Keep and Clean Up. The league certainly exists; it is currently in hiatus between 2006 and 2007 seasons; some of the players are notable (e.g. Larry_Christiansen [1] or Alejandro Ramírez [2]). It is however an online league played via the Internet Chess Club. Some more secondary mentions;[3] [4] [5] Notable? Just. EliminatorJR Talk 23:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
- Keep. The league is quite notable in the US and is commonly reported on by the USCL [6] and has notable US players. --Must WIN 19:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
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- I assume you meant USCF instead, since self-reporting wouldn't be much in the way of notability. Though since that article was written by Greg Shahade, himself a commissioner of the league, I'm not sure how independent that coverage really is. Not to mention, the page itself says "hundreds of fans" watched the finals. I do not know that something that only attracts a few hundred people is truly notable. Still, exactly how much coverage do they get in the magazine? FrozenPurpleCube 22:08, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
- Keep I read about a match between the Boston Blitz and New York Knights in the chess column of my local newspaper (the Boston Globe). It's notable enough for a non-paper encyclopedia. YechielMan 16:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Would you mind finding that article, so that the rest of us can have something more than your bare-word statement that you read it? FrozenPurpleCube 16:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
- Keep. This is the premier league of US team chess, and a tournament with some very strong grandmasters. As Yechiel notes above, the tournament attracts plenty of attention in chess columns. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:38, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
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- And as I asked above, can you either list them here, or add them to the article? Asserting that something occurs is less effective than showing it. FrozenPurpleCube 14:08, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
- This one for example? And more will be found if you go into the paper versions of Chess Life (which is independent of USCL, though it's affiliated with the USCF). Sjakkalle (Check!) 14:52, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
- Marginal coverage of a set of matches that unfortunately offers nothing as to the group's history. You still need to find reliable sources as to that. It's a start, but really, more is necessary. FrozenPurpleCube 14:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
- This one for example? And more will be found if you go into the paper versions of Chess Life (which is independent of USCL, though it's affiliated with the USCF). Sjakkalle (Check!) 14:52, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
- And as I asked above, can you either list them here, or add them to the article? Asserting that something occurs is less effective than showing it. FrozenPurpleCube 14:08, 16 April 2007 (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.
