Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/London Chessboxing

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The result was delete and redirect to Chess boxing. Black Kite (talk) 21:34, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

London Chessboxing

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No independent notability. AlexTiefling (talk) 15:47, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Peter Rehse (talk) 17:10, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

• Delete I am looking at this and wonder how this is notable for a stand alone article - is London Chessboxing distinct from chessboxing. All I see is a single venue event. The reporting could just as easily be reporting on a chessboxing event held in London.Peter Rehse (talk) 17:15, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:44, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:45, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

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• Redirect to chess boxing - I'm surprised to learn this is even an thing and has coverage. London Chessboxing is mentioned by some notable publications in articles about chess boxing: The Guardian, The Huffington Post and The Telegraph. It's arguable if this is really coverage on London Chessboxing or simply chess boxing. Either way there's very little hope this will become anything more than a stub and a redirect would be a suitable middle-ground until the club can unquestionably establish its own notability. Mkdw^talk 03:50, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
• Delete Reporting on events is just routine sports coverage. Nothing to show London chessboxing is individually notable. Jakejr (talk) 19:36, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95 (Talk) 14:24, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

• Redirect per above. I find references online to chessboxing, but not to the subject club. The article's discussion of references suggests that they in turn discuss the subject, but few actually do and there is no notability shown.--Rpclod (talk) 18:53, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Delete I don't see enough significant independent coverage to show this merits an individual article. It's difficult to even tell if this is supposed to be about a specific group or just general chessboxing events in London. Papaursa (talk) 01:21, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

• Allow London Chessboxing is just one chessboxing promoter and is not synonymous with the sport as there are many other chessboxing promoters across the globe, most notably Chess Boxing Global in Germany. Events have been performed in over 7 different venues including the Royal Albert Hall which I think illustrates the significance of London Chessboxing. London Chessboxing is the only promoter in the UK and is the only promoter to have run events in London; however, chessboxing is a global sport and should be taken in this context. Although I appreciate that some of the authors of the comments have probably not heard of London Chessboxing they have an extensive fan base and have partnered such brands as Unilad (over 5 million followers on Facebook) and Yplan in promotional activity, give a chance I expect London Chessboxing fans to elaborate on this entry so that it does progress from a stub - I note there have already been some other contributors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gjapaterson (talk • contribs) — Gjapaterson (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• Delete or redirect Lacks the significant coverage needed to meet WP:GNG for a standalone article. Having a lot of Facebook followers does not make it notable. Mdtemp (talk) 16:56, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Even so Unilad has the facebook followers not London Boxing.Peter Rehse (talk) 12:49, 4 July 2015 (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.