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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 14:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Ex Box Boys[edit]

I've held off on this article to give the originator the chance to assert notability. I feel that sufficient time has elapsed without that notability being asserted, nor evident from my own researches, to hold the article up to community scrutiny. While individual members may play in bands that may be notable, and while the "XBox/Ex Box" link appears at first sight to be notable I believe that this band does not currently make the notable bands list. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 00:07, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Article is unsourced nonsense about a non-notable subject. sixtynine ^{• spill it •} 00:17, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - vanity, some guys mucking around, rambling content... - Richard Cavell (talk) 00:35, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have read through all the guidelines,and some how i just dont seem to see the problem. They have recieved a platinum record, which you can look up on google and various other sites that I have listed as reference and sources but that somehow seem to get deleted everytime. Within these sources/links were news reports including one from King 5 Seatlle News, Videos, their personal website, fan forums, their own comic strip, the studio they recorded at etc etc. When I read through the guidelines this is what i understand is wanted. Phil Fischer has achieved quite a good name in the world of music as has Joseph ChildresI have sited the links to Vendetta Red. If you look onto their website you will see just how popular they are.

Now I can understand that some people may think this is yet another boy band, one hit wonder, but apparently and if you look into all the sites I kept adding as sources, they are very popular in the gaming world, and look like they will be sticking around for a while to come.

If you are worried they do not deserve their page in this encyclopedia that is an opinion everyone deserves to have for their personal reasons, but there are plenty that will disagree, an opinion which should be respected just as much.

As to "orphan", "Cite", "Category", "Wikify", I have read through all the steps, tried each and every single suggestion, and somehow it still get deleted as do links, cites and "wikifications". So if this is the problem, is there anyone who would like to brush it up to Wikipedia standards and let the XBox geeks have their page?--Jenny Blaze (talk) 00:56, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The challenge is that the citations must come form reliable sources. Get those and you have solved the main problem. Other stuff can be weeded out and added at any time. Fail to get those that there is a strong probability that the article will not survive at the moment. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 01:04, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reluctant delete, sorry I'm a fan of the Ex Box Boys but by my own admission, they're not really at the level of Wikipedia-brand notability. As hard as it is to say, they just don't have the external references to support an article... yet? Maybe in the future, but not now. Axem Titanium (talk) 05:49, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - I've been researching this quite strongly. Phil Fischer, the band leader, doesn't even mention the band on his own site. Apple records is Fischer's own label ezinearticles.com/?Internet-Artist-Outsells-Labels-Best&id=357440 (deep in here) (not linked. This is trapped by WP's Spam filter). One day they may be notable, and at that point the article, if deleted, can be recovered from the history and reworked on, but today it just is not its time. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 10:44, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless evidence of notability in reliable sources is provided. Terraxos (talk) 15:56, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletions. MrKIA11 (talk) 19:39, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 03:48, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per sixtynine, Richard Cavell. tomasz. 13:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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