Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sandy Island

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 of the debate was keep. Mailer Diablo 03:57, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sandy Island

Delete. I simply can't find any verification of this place- the World Book mentions Oeno Island, but not Sandy Island; googles of the stuff about Sirius radio show nothing, searches for the company supposdely maintaing it come up dry, &etc. And the anon on Helpdesk who brought this issue to my attention says:

"The article is a total fallacy, probably planted by a Howard Stern Fan. All the names mentioned are characters in the Howard Stern Radio show. Sirius Satellite is only beamed to America, why would they need a to put a transponder in the South Pacific. Satellites in geo-synchronous orbit which provide transmission of Sirius Satellite radio - are positioned above North America." --maru (talk) contribs 18:33, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Sandy Island seems to be real: look at the early history of the article. The Howard Stern stuff is likely a crock-- edit it out.--MayerG 21:52, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, I've deleted the nonsense. User:Zoe|^(talk) 01:23, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Zoe --lightdarkness 17:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. If kept, the article should be renamed to Sandy Island (Pitcairn Islands) since there are many Sandy Islands. This page should become a dab article or even just a redirect for now. Vegaswikian 08:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. I agree that the article should be renamed to Sandy Island (Pitcairn Islands), as there are other islands with the same name.--MayerG 15:51, 31 January 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.