Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Mahones

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 with no redirect. Enochlau 02:10, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

(Note: I wrote up the real band of this name after the hoax version was deleted. The current article is not the same as the deleted version. Bearcat 03:28, 15 December 2005 (UTC))

[edit] The Mahones

• Delete Hoax. See Talk:Gary Burkes for an explanation of a group of 7 articles Chris the speller 02:43, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to The Pogues as I believe this was their original name, and as indicated in the talk page, the hoax appears to have been based on actual information about this band. 23skidoo 13:32, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to The Pogues, as it was their second name. :-) (They were called the Irish equivalent of "kiss my arse" at first.) This is a pretty well known alternate name for them. Geogre 18:10, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. After some research I've decided that this probably is a hoax, but that really wasn't self-evident. There is no reason there couldn't have been an earlier band with the same name... but as far as I can tell, there wasn't. This group of articles seems to be about a kind of "alternate Mahones." The real Mahones really did form in Kingston, Ontario, etc. Kind of a mess, but nothing to do with The Pogues. The Pogues changed their name from Pogue Mahone, which does mean "kiss my ass," to The Pogues, but were never called The Mahones to my knowledge. rodii 18:40, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, and then redirect the The Pogues were in fact called this. -Sean Curtin 07:03, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete and don't REDIRECT. rodii is correct. The Pogues were Pogue Mahone. The Mahones[1][2] are a different celtic rock band; from Kingston, Ontario, Canada. -Le Scoopertemp [tk] 12:21, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete and don't redirect. There is a Canadian band called the Mahones, who are notable enough to have an article but are neither the Pogues nor the band described here. The Pogues, for that matter, were never called "The Mahones"; they were called Pogue Mahone...and as far as I'm concerned, a documentable, verifiable and notable band should never play second fiddle for its own article title to a rare and largely unattested nickname for a more famous band. I'll write up the real Mahones once this unverifiable version is out of the way. They were Pogues-influenced and two of the Pogues even toured with them at one point, so their article will provide a link there anyway. Bearcat 18:46, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete random hoaxes. No redirect. Stifle 23:05, 11 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.