Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DXER


 * 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. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:59, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

DXER

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 * Delete. Can't find any reliable sources; lacks notability. Sixth of March 05:40, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions.  /wiae   /tlk  14:16, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions.  /wiae   /tlk  14:16, 11 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete - If we had a separate article for Energy FM rather than it being at DWET, I would have recommended a redirect there. But as it stands, that isn't the case, and there doesn't seem to be any reliable coverage for this particular station. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 14:26, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * There's no Energy FM in General Santos; it's a hoax. It was made up by TV5Ozamiz who is trying to evade blocks. Additionally, there are videos uploaded on YouTube, probably by the vandal, trying to fool someone about its existence. Sixth of March 00:40, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I see. Would it be alright to nominate this article for speedy deletion instead? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:52, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The problem is that the article, as currently written, isn't claiming that the station is branded as Energy FM — it's claiming that the station is branded as Dream FM, and the "Energy" hoaxing issue pertains to attempted rewrites of the article that have been getting reverted. It's entirely possible that the station doesn't actually exist as "Dream" either — the creation of total hoax articles about radio stations in the Philippines is a major problem that WikiProject Radio Stations is all too aware of — but the lack of an Energy branded station in General Santos, when that's not even what the article is claiming in its current state, isn't enough information in and of itself to determine whether DXER's entire existence is a hoax, or whether it does exist and the attempts to rewrite it are the hoax. It's still an obvious delete if we can't source it, but as an administrator who has the power to speedy delete hoaxes I would have to decline a speedy nomination on that basis without additional confirmation. Bearcat (talk) 19:43, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The funny thing is, back when Dream FM still existed, I do recall that they did have a radio station in General Santos, I'm just not sure if this was their call sign, so things are more complicated than they should be. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:31, 14 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete. While Wikipedia accepts the fact of having a broadcast license as sufficient notability for a radio station to be kept if that claim can be reliably sourced, we do not grant an automatic inclusion freebie to an unsourced or unsourceable radio station just because it claims existence, precisely because people have tried to create articles about hoax radio stations that didn't actually exist at all. I don't have enough information to determine whether this is an outright hoax, or a real thing that somebody's just trying to rewrite with hoax details instead of the real topic, so I can't support an immediate speedy yet — but precisely because it's impossible to verify that one way or the other, it's still definitely a regular old AFD delete if somebody can't source it. Bearcat (talk) 19:43, 14 February 2016 (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.