Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Critical repetition frequency

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The result was delete, no notability of this theory has been demonstrated.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:36, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Critical repetition frequency

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The article on Critical repetition frequency is based on the German article on "Kritische Wiederholungshäufigkeit", which was deleted in June 2010, see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:L%C3%B6schkandidaten/1._Juni_2010#Kritische_Wiederholungsh.C3.A4ufigkeit_.28erl..2C_gel.C3.B6scht.29 since this is a phony theory without any scientific content, see discussion there and discussion page of this article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Critical_repetition_frequency

The authors of this article tried to establish a phony theory (using some pseudo-math) in order to push their views on the question, whether poker should be regarded as a game of skill. However, they even succeeded to place their theories at the institute of common law (!) of the university of Hamburg. Thereafter they tried to misuse Wikipedia as a reference.

After this theory was rejected (it is a question of pure mathematics, and from the mathemaical point of view it's pure nonsense) the article was deleted from the German Wikipedia and things remained silent. By chance I found this article in the English Wikipedia - it is just a translation from the German one - and I think, it should be deleted, too.

Wikipedia should not offer a platform for anybody to establish his one silly theories.

When deleting this article, the file http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Importance_Skill_Chance.JPG should be deleted, too. Roland Scheicher (talk) 13:16, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Roland Scheicher (talk) 13:23, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The world is full of silly theories, if not outright fraudalent ones. What makes a possibly silly/fake theory notable, and therefore within Wikipedia's scope, is not if it is true or not but its social impact, e.g. Moon landing conspiracy theories, MMR vaccine controversy. The CRF theory appears to have been created as a lobbying tool by the online gambling industry in order to present poker as a game of skill and therefore meriting a more lenient regulatary approach than games reliant on pure chance. The notability of this theory must therefore not rest upon its peer reviewed scientific/mathematical credentials-but, if any, its use as a lobbying tool and its influence on legislation and regulation.--KTo288 (talk) 14:14, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Behavioural science-related deletion discussions. czar · · 14:51, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. czar · · 14:51, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I read KTo288's comment (objection?) as an invitation to write an article about the topic as fallacy or fraud, but this is not it, nor is this a sound place to start towards it.Truth or consequences-2 (talk) 17:08, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete without prejudice. If it can be rewritten to indicate the applicability of the theory to gambling legislation, it can be reintroduced. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:13, 5 May 2013 (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.