Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Live/Wire

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 for lack of verifiability. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:21, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Live/Wire[edit]

This article was originally the article for an alleged band called The Livewire, as the text of the article still indicates. I proposed this article for speedy deletion, because a google search on the band's name, and on the names of the alleged band members, brought up no evidence other than this article itself that the band in question ever existed, or that the records the article claims they released were ever released. In response to my suggestion for speedy deletion, someone else did a google search and determined that the article should be moved from Livewire to Live/Wire, on the grounds that there is a band by that name. Yes, there is a band by that name, but they are an AC/DC tribute band, and not the "Nu-Grunge" band the fictional history of which is outlined in this article. In short this article is a fictional history of a fictional band, which has now been moved to match the name of a real band, who, as a tribute band, would not merit an article of their own. This article should either be deleted, or entirely re-written to reflect the history of the real AC/DC tribute band Live/Wire, and if someone does the latter, the article should then be deleted on the grounds that the AC/DC tribute band Live/Wire, no matter how hard-working or professional they may be, are not notable enough to deserve an article. Mesnenor (talk) 23:23, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 17:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I search a number of terms within the article, including "Timmy O'Hearth" and "Half-Single to Boxgrove" (which is claimed to be a hit single) and '"Tainted Records" England'. I can't find a single hit. Article contains zero references. Reads like a vanity page, lack of any google hits almost suggests a WP:HOAX. If notability of the AC/DC tribute band can be proven, this article should still be deleted to clear out the history. -Verdatum (talk) 22:29, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 22:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Appears to be a hoax, but even if not, it is unreferenced, and my attempt to find any sources in Google News archives and in a library database of newspaper and magazine articles led to nothing. Delete. (By the way, the AC/DC tribute act has had articles about it deleted in the past because of insufficient demonstration of notability, but that's a side issue.) --Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 22:44, 18 February 2008 (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.