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511:(but one source can't by itself support an article), not brief discussions of the concept of keywords, or lists or just the evergreen ones. Consider this: all of the sources provided (that include a list at all) include it in the context of a broader article on the rules. That seems to imply that Knowledge (XXG) should do the same, and not have a separate article on the subject. 555:
issue, but it's not. It lists rules (most of which have independent, reliable sources). Many of this keywords themselves meet the GNG. Yes, it feels somehow less important, than say our numerous articles on chess. But it meets our guidelines and is frankly a reasonable breakout article. It
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instead of using section markup. I think merging this into the main MTG article would result in a size problem and just eventually another split-out. But, prefer merge over deletion. I haven't pored over the previous discussions in detail yet, and am not sure yet how to evaluate the claim that
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Hmm, keep or merge then. It's a question of size in the end. If someone prefers to merge it into the rules article in a reasonable way, considering the possibility to split it out again if it becomes too large, I am not opposed to that.
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to MTG rules page, and rewrite as a glossary/defn list. MTG is large enough that its keyword list should be included, but without anything but primary sources, no more than one or two sentences on each keyword are needed.
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sources meet the GNG. Yes, there is a potential merge target, but to merge even a fraction of this would be a
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Do you feel that having a 175 entry table would be an improvement to that merge target?
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as any (albeit on a not very serious topic), though it could be reformatted using the
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could use a bit more context/framing for certain, but that's not a reason to delete.
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All those sources establish, IMO, is that the evergreen keywords should be listed at
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issue. Yes, it's geeky. Yes, it thinks about being a
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How to play Magic: the Gathering – A beginner’s guide
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