Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Machine Trilogy


 * 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  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 00:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Machine Trilogy

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The term itself is spurious. Numan only ever referred to the "Numan/Machine section" of his career, not a "machine trilogy", nor is the term widely used by his biographers or the music press in general. IntheNews.co.uk is one reference using the phrase 'machine' trilogy but even if the article were renamed to this it doesn't justify the same weight being given to it as say Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy". Google shows only a couple of non-WP (or derivative) hits on the phrase, employed by fans. In terms of content, the main facts already appear in the Gary Numan article and the relevant album pages. Ian Rose 04:52, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. While the material is well-written, I'm unconvinced that it's justified as a separate article. The Drainpipe 06:10, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * delete - it's sad that so much work has gone into this article, and that the article creator has put in a lot of effort elsewhere in Wikipedia. Unfortunately, WP:OR, WP:V, WP:RS, and so on: we can't keep an article without external sources that looks like original research. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 15:38, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's absolutely no reason for a separate article for the "trilogy". -- Kjet 05:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - agree with all the above. The article would make a nice fanzine piece, but simply does not belong on wikipedia.--feline1 10:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


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