Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Short Circuit (band)

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 delete. Luigi30 (Ταλκ) 02:46, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Short Circuit (band)

Was tempted to put this on speedy delete, but the article is well developed. However, there is no evidence for this band having any notability. Their is no evidence that they have won the "many awards" that the article claims they have done. Even if this was a notable band, the article could well be removed for being just fan cruft anyway. We should just delete it. Robdurbar 11:03, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, as per nom. Well-written but completely non-notable. I notice that the username of the article writer 'Hacmid' is the name of the band's manager; do I detect a hint of vanity? Peeper 12:28, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NMG. Unfortunately, articles on bands - no matter how 'garage' they are - are not eligible for speedy deletion under current policy. PJM 12:34, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• Do delete it if you wish. I was going to do so anyway at some point (though I admit I didn't think it would take thing long for this article to be found). If you check out the History of the article you'll see its just a lot mucking around between myself and some of the band member, though I do appreciated your comments on my writing abilities. The article (as well at the Michael Handscombe article) along with all the images can be deleted as they're more or less a waste of server space - I had some time on my hands so I made an article for a band I manage. Yes they're a bunch of kids (they actually have won awards and are pretty well known locally - awards also meaning local awards, they're not Grammy winners). Then again it could always be left there, I don't see the harm if its cleaned up and made more "serious" and informative than it is currently. But I nor the band really care if it is deleted, but obviously I'd rather it stay there. Hacmid 09:11, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

An interesting experiment, then, perhaps, but the whole ethos of Wikipedia is to create a useful and reliable encyclopedia - see Hoaxes. Including this sort of thing devalues the rest of the information in Wikipedia. The articles are well written, so I'm pretty sure that your contributions would be welcome elsewhere in Wikipedia Robdurbar 09:59, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

It's not a question of "harm", Hamcid, it's just a matter of following Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. PJM 15:07, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - all due respect to the article's author, I think that these articles do harm the Wikipedia philosophy by cluttering the system. Rule of thumb, you should not write a Wikipedia article about yourself or someone you know. If you make it big, one of your fans will create an article about you. Bill shannon 03:10, 6 December 2005 (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.