Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chess Dungeon

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 delete. -- Cirt (talk) 16:51, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chess Dungeon

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Article that was created by the creator of this game as a way to "spread the word", which falls into being promotional. No reliable sources currently exist in the article. In fact, most of the links are to many Facebook pages, which doesn't help with notability. ArcAngel (talk) ) 12:35, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree that the notability part is completely missing in this article. This looks more like an advertisement, there are no valid references given as such. tashif (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:59, 23 May 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Delete I didn't see any reliable sources. Sounds very promotional.--SPhilbrick T 13:20, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 15:20, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the Chessman site might be independent and reliable though it seems to be a SPS. I cant' find anything else that even might be. No boardgamegeek page either which is generally a bad sign. Hobit (talk) 21:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A note from the page creator: Please have a little patience with the Chess Dungeon article as it is my first article and is not intended as a promotional page but as a recognition of the rapidly growing Chess Dungeon gaming community in Perth / Western Australia. The game has only a community of approximately 50 players at present, but as it has now become part of a chess training program run in primary schools (by an entirely independent organization: Chessman - formerly of Chess Rules Australia), it is gaining members weekly. I welcome any suggestions about external sourcing - Please! A newspaper article covering Chess Dungeon in schools in in the works - would this help? Regards, Thomas P.W. James Thomas P.W. James (talk) 22:43, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would help, but might not be enough. Wikipedia, for better or for worse, documents things that are "notable". And we define notability as basically having multiple independent sources cover the topic. See WP:N. Again, the Chessman coverage might be independent (though probably not) and a newspaper article on the game itself would be great. As would some reliable source (see WP:RS) writing a review of the game. My guess is this is going to get deleted. But please don't be overly discouraged, once the needed coverage happens just recreate the article, citing the coverage. If you need help with that just let me know (or the deleting admin will usually be happy to help). Feel free to pop over to my talk page and ask anything you need. Good luck! Hobit (talk) 02:18, 24 May 2011 (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.