Talk:Senterej

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Original research?[edit]

I can't find in internet any mention about this chess variant. I wonder what sources were used to write it. Is this a game invented by the original author of the article, i.e. an original research? Andreas Kaufmann (talk) 14:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, but the claim that "chess in Africa predates chess in other parts of the world" is incorrect, so the article has problems. Deletion may be in order. Quale (talk) 19:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I finally found a game, which has similar rules as described here, Senterej, the Ethiopian Chess. I will rename the article and remove incorrect information. Andreas Kaufmann (talk) 21:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POV?[edit]

The paragraph about draws sounds POV to me. Bubba73 (talk), 21:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, and it seems to have been written by an editor with a record of African OR and POV. I'll remove it. Tameamseo (talk) 23:16, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quality[edit]

It seems to me that this article qualifies as start-class, perhaps B-class. I don't see that we can add much more information, as the game apparently lacks its own literature, such as several major variants have. It would be good to have a picture of a set, and wonderful to have a picture of a game in progress in the old manner, with the swarm of kibitzers--but I doubt such a picture exists. Comments? J S Ayer (talk) 00:55, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that this is at least past Stub stage. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 23:02, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]