Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rules of chess
Crossmr, you said, "You don't seem to disagree that it violates policy just that an exception should be made."  I can't speak for Calgary, but I ''do'' disagree that it violates policy. You are interpreting  to forbid all descriptions that are also instructions, which I think is an incorrect reading of the policy.  An encyclopedia should, first and foremost, tell you what the thing you're reading the article about ''is'', and in the case of a game like chess, the rules are a vital part of that.  The fact that you could also as a side effect learn the action of playing chess from them doesn't make them any less a vital part of understanding the concept.  You demand historical context, impact on the world, etc., and of course these are things we strive to have in every article.  But we want them ''in addition'' to the description of the subject, not ''instead'' of it
— User:Pinball22, 13:08, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NOT (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)