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The result was keep. Please defer merge related discussion to article talk. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Rock-afire Explosion[edit]

The Rock-afire Explosion (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Article about the animatronic band at Showbiz Pizza Place. Nonencyclopedic topic, unreferenced, original research. —tregoweth (talk) 01:43, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - It is encyclopedic, althought the article may have problems. I seem to recall watching a TV documentary on them. Speciate 03:58, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - merge to restaurant's article if need be. Joestella 08:11, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep notable stage show seen by millions (if they were a "real" band they'd easily pass WP:MUSIC on the grounds of worldwide performances). Even though few Showbiz locations exist today, they recently made the news yet again when robotics researchers re-rigged the animatronics to perform current rap songs. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 11:52, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge back into Showbiz Pizza Sure, they were seen by millions, and I took my kids to see them, but most children remembered this as "the robot band at Showbiz Pizza" or the "band that has a gorilla as the drummer" and very few recalled the name "the Rock-afire Explosion". As I recall, all they did was cover tunes. Mandsford 16:00, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not so, they did have original material as well. And since when has name memorability had anything to do with notability? Ask 10 random people if they remember the Macarena and they almost certainly will, but ask them if they remember the name of the group who performed it (Los del Rio) and you'll probably just get blank stares, but that doesn't make them non-notable. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 19:44, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - There's enough information here to warrant its own article, and I see no reason to merge it back to the Showbiz article. -Satori ^(talk) 16:54, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep/merge. Merge is probably the safe choice, but a case could be made for having an independent article. The following newspaper articles might be used for sources:

• Grant Butler. "Getting into ShowBiz on the Billy Bob Diet." The Oregonian. 16 January 2003.

• Brad Kuhn. "Inventor hopes to beat the odds again." The Orlando Sentinel. 24 June 1996. (about the creator)

• Brad Kuhn. "Inventors strive for patent on success." The Orlando Sentinel. 8 March 1993 (also about the creator)

• Mark Wrolstad. "ShowBiz lures young set with high energy level." Dallas Morning News. 28 July 1991. (describes the "Concept Unification")

I'm also surprised to learn that there is an entire fan site and message board dedicated to RAE. There are a handful of official documents posted on that site that might be used as additional sources. Plus, the fact that the site exists at all shows that there is enduring interest in this "band". Zagalejo 18:39, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.