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The result was delete. Sandstein 13:59, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
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None of the sources refer to a game called "Magic 15" in which players "[select] a number between 1 and 9 and [play] it on the 3-by-3 board", they're all just describing how Pick15 (played without a board) is functionally identical to tic-tac-toe and explaining this by mapping it onto a magic square, in only one case ("Tic Tac Toe Magic") briefly describing this view of the game as both "Magic15" and "Magic3". I can find no evidence of a game called "Magic15" being played in the manner described here. McGeddon (talk) 13:47, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
Redirect to Pick15.DeleteAfter a very brief search I found this that seems to verify Magic15's existence, but only as a variant of Pick15. It seems Pick15 is played without the tic-tac-toe square, where as Magic15 is exactly that. The name comes from Magic square.Mr. Magoo (talk) 21:49, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- That's the source I'm referring to above. I don't think it's suggesting that Magic15 is a recognised game, it seems to be using it as a way of explaining Pick15 in terms of a game of tic-tac-toe played on a magic square. The term "Magic15" does not appear to be used anywhere else, and doesn't seem worth mentioning in the Pick15 article. --McGeddon (talk) 22:15, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- You're right, the other abstract sources I glimpsed at were just recital/coverage of the same source. I'm changing my vote to outright delete. Mr. Magoo (talk) 22:30, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- I don't think any of them are even referencing that source, they're just talking about the widely-known game of Pick15, which is intrinsically a game about magic squares. --McGeddon (talk) 22:41, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- Recital/coverage were bad choices of words. It's just a bunch of sites rehosting the paper, and this game. Mr. Magoo (talk) 22:52, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- I don't think any of them are even referencing that source, they're just talking about the widely-known game of Pick15, which is intrinsically a game about magic squares. --McGeddon (talk) 22:41, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- You're right, the other abstract sources I glimpsed at were just recital/coverage of the same source. I'm changing my vote to outright delete. Mr. Magoo (talk) 22:30, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- That's the source I'm referring to above. I don't think it's suggesting that Magic15 is a recognised game, it seems to be using it as a way of explaining Pick15 in terms of a game of tic-tac-toe played on a magic square. The term "Magic15" does not appear to be used anywhere else, and doesn't seem worth mentioning in the Pick15 article. --McGeddon (talk) 22:15, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
- Delete. No evidence that this actually exists as a recognised game, and if it does then it is nowhere near notable enough to be the subject of a Wikipedia article. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
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