Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tromboniphone

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 10:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tromboniphone

Incomplete nomination - completing. No Vote. Viridae^Talk 23:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Tromboniphone? There are no references to this particular contraption anywhere, according to Google. Trombonophone (with an o instead of an i) has a few results, but none similar to this article. --SweetNeo85 21:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
  • This article was tagged for deletion a mere TWO MINUTES after its creation. I suggest that the nominator should have assumed the article was a work in progress, and that maybe tagging it wasn't the most courteous choice. PT ^(s-s-s-s) 23:37, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
    • Granted. My apologies, I'm still getting used to wikietiquette. Now, be that as it may, this article has no sources listed and the image used appears to be an old edison cylinder phonograph--SweetNeo85 23:42, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
    • On the other hand, one should always cite sources. Articles that cite sources from the very first edit are very rarely even nominated for deletion, let alone actually deleted. (Articles that cite sources but that end up being deleted nonetheless are generally hoax articles that cite bogus sources.) Uncle G 12:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
• Yes, It is a very unknown music system but the sound it produces is amazing. I do not own one myself, but a great uncle of mine owns one. I have not mis-spelt the name of this contraption as it is etched into my great uncle's tromboniphone. Next time that I am at my great uncle's house, I will take a photograph to submit with this article. --0luke0 Now (GMT).
  • You must cite sources so that editors and readers can verify the content of the article, especially in the case of an article that is about something obscure. Please cite sources so that editors can determine, independently of your say-so, that there is such a thing as a Tromboniphone. Currently, your article cites no sources at all, and there are no sources that editors can find themselves, and as such should be deleted for being unverifiable. Uncle G 12:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete unless references to independent, reliable sources that mention the tromboniphone are added.

Let me add my two cents why you should provide sources: In a hundred years, when both you and your great uncle will no longer be around to explain first-hand this musical instrument, how's anyone going to prove that this wasn't all made up and a blatant lie? Verifiability is vital. We cannot simply take your word for it that this instrument exists; other people must have written about it, before it gets an article, and where to find these records of other people about the musical instrument must also be listed in the article. Kimchi.sg 15:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete unless verified. Stifle (talk) 15:54, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

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.