Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xbox 3

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. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. This has not been confirmed in the form of an official press release or announcement from Microsoft. Until then, the article can only be speculation, which does not belong here. --Coredesat 04:09, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Xbox 3

I put a ProD tag on this article, but it was removed by an anonymous user. This article is about something that will not be out for a long time, possibly 5 or more years, so at this moment, there is no information "set in stone," thus fails WP:NOT. All that is on this page is pure speculation and quotes that "hint" that it's under developement. I believe this article should be deleted now, and made later on, when some decent information comes out. SuperDT 10:49, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:03, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Don't Delete. I just put heaps of new stuff in, somewhat removing the crystal ball element. The 2012 olympics isn't coming for another 6 years but it's still got a page. Once a product has been confirmed (which this has) any and all specualation by first party high-level employees becomes part of the consoles history. I suggest that if you annoyed with annonymous users editing the page with things like "woo!" you put some low level protection on it. Anonymous user. 27 October 2006.

• Comment Next time, type Keep instead of Don't Delete; that sounds kinda odd :) Second, I encourage you to take a look at the 2012 Olympics page. That page has a lot of facts and current developements, such as the bidding, the financing, what sports will be in it, etc. The Xbox 3 page has naming speculation, a "hint" at developement, something of a "confirmation(if you'd even call it that)" that the hint is true, and something about voice recognition. An article this is not. All this will lead to is most likely vandalism, loads of speculation, and it will become a crystal ball, which as UtherSRG pointed out, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.

SuperDT 11:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - Agree with SuperDT, delete for now. The article can be re-created later, when more information is available. Cheers -- Imoeng 11:44, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete This article is crystal-ballism; and until there is documentary evidence it should be deleted. SunStar Net 11:45, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. The Xbox 360 just came out, so I find it highly unlikely that this will be anything but unverifiable speculation for a while. I suppose I should afd PlayStation 4 also. Natalie 15:43, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Merge This information is solid enough to go somewhere, though I'm not sure where would be best. Possibly in the Xbox 360 article, possibly elsewhere, even in the Microsoft article. FrozenPurpleCube 17:15, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete It's a good article given the almost total absence of anything on which to base it. Lets say I'd vote keep if they can post a picture of it! --Mike 18:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — as the first said, wikipedia not not a crystal ball. JoeSmack ^Talk(p-review!) 19:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for the same reason that PlayStation 4 article has been deleted at least twice: it's crystalballing and nothing but speculation. TJ Spyke 01:31, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as mostly unsourced speculation. The XBox 360 is still pretty new; I doubt that there's serious development taking place on its successor already. Zetawoof^(ζ) 01:57, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, I'd say that the combination of those sources is strong enough to warrant that the system is under development. While it's not rock hard evidence, it's enough to leave the article there, I'm pretty sure if I could be bothered to email Microsoft they'd tell me it was under development :), by the way, if it's deleted I bet Microsoft would confirm development like 1 week later xD. User:Ksterland, 1:24pm October 28, 2006 (AEST).
  • Of coarse it's under development, but this article would be nothing but speculation for about 2 or 3 years when MS announces it. TJ Spyke 03:34, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and UtherSRG. Michael Greiner 03:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Don't Delete. It is confirmed through my sources that work at microsoft.

Comment Please sign your posts with four ~'s next time. Anyways, just because your "sources" have confirmed it, doesn't mean it deserves an article just yet. Like stated above, until Microsoft officially releases details, this article will be almost 100% speculation. Once when the time comes for this article to come into existence(in like 2-3 years or so), and Microsoft gives more details, we can always use your help making this article better; we'll need help sifting through rumors and such :) SuperDT 01:52, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

• Merge. The information does not qualify for its own page, but it is also not entirely false as it did not come from the source. But, considering that it won't come out for some, it may also warrant a deletion until it is officially announced. User:Lord Hawk 18:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nomination. As others have said: Wikipedia isn't a crystal ball. No merging is needed either. RobJ1981 00:23, 1 November 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.