Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Psychosurgeons


 * 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 SNOW deleted, per my message at the bottom; all participants in the discussion agreed with deletion. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 05:02, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Psychosurgeons

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Fails general notability guidelines for bands (WP:BAND). Unit Anode  00:18, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. But realise that once this page is deleted, edit warriors will have to find a different page to do their edit warring. -- The LegendarySky Attacker 00:22, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. No sources to establish notability (no sources at all, actually). Definitely fails notability criteria. --clpo13(talk) 00:26, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Almost speedyable, although then again it has been around for several years. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 00:27, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, the band has one 7 inch single, they played at the legendary "Oxford Funhouse", so legendary that it is a red link, and broke up after "a frustrating 12 months in the USA,", Martin 4 5 1  (talk) 00:28, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed, non-notable. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, or Delete? A search only turns up a myspace page, a few blogs and a lot of pages in Dutch (for, some, reason). No sources to establish notability, but for the edit war today, this page could have gone un-noticed. Darrenhusted (talk) 00:45, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Perform article resection - per nom. → ROUX   ₪  01:03, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete this junk already. FAILs WP:BAND &lt;&gt;Multi-Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 01:04, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable, but the edit war is great ;) Cocoaguy ここがいいcontribstalk  Review Me! 03:48, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Sad really. This article has been here since 2005 and would have likely remained unnoticed but for the lame edit war between 2 of the band's only fans. L0b0t (talk) 01:38, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, it may have been a lame edit war between the band's only fan and himself... ;) --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 02:25, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Ignore all the rules. This is the greatest edit war I've ever seen, and to delete it would deprive Wikipedia of a landmark. Besides, it's a great band, I'm sure. BTW, these two editors were the same person, right? Has to be. Drmies (talk) 01:56, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You can always ask to have the edit history moved into your userspace for fun. (Although I'm not sure if you're just joking.) r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 02:06, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh Rjanag, I'm serious alright. I never kid. Kurt Shaped Box, you of all user names should show some sympathy for the mentally less stable, still trying to find a way to express themselves in all their agony when "ordinary" avenues of expression are closed off for them. At least momentarily, this one made up in dedication what they lacked in creativity. Drmies ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]) 02:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmmm never mind. Rjanag led me to Lamest edit wars, which is a lot more fun than this article--hell, it's more fun than WP:ANI. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 02:48, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Strongest possible keep nobody is joking here, it would be good to have a record of this classic edit war. Ignore all rules and keep per Drmies.-- The LegendarySky Attacker 02:16, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:IAR means 'ignore all rules when they get in the way of encyclopedia building. This content is non-encyclopedic, ergo not subject to the utility of IAR. Sick and tired of people thinking IAR means 'do anything'. It's a very specific safety valve against bureaucracy choking useful articles. This is not one. → ROUX   ₪  03:41, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, what a shame I wasn't actually referring to that policy. Otherwise, you would have a valid point. A classic edit war no matter how you justify it. ;)-- The LegendarySky Attacker 04:01, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter anyway because I no longer have a reason to worry about the article being deleted. Oh well. Maybe next time, Roux ;)-- The LegendarySky Attacker 04:24, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per Martin451 and Darrenhusted. Userify the history if someone wants to keep it for humour purposes. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 02:36, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Per Nom and Darren.—  Dæ dαlus Contribs  02:41, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - I found one trivial mention in The Sun-Herald, not sufficient to show notability. Kevin (talk) 02:51, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Just being the subject of a one-man edit war isn't enough, that sets a bad precedent. Dayewalker (talk) 02:54, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - There is nothing to establish notability here and all good things must come to an end! PanydThe muffin is not subtle 03:28, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable, but the edit war is great ;) Cocoaguy ここがいいcontribstalk  Review Me! 03:49, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Move to SNOW close this. There is clear consensus that this band does not merit an encyclopedia article, and the only two (maybe one?) keep votes just want to preserve a record of the edit war. First of all, it wasn't a real edit war, it apparently was a gimmick by an attention whore; secondly, the record can be preserved by deleting this article and restoring the edit history to something in userspace (Drmies or Sky Attacker are both free to request that if they like); finally, and most importantly, AfD is not about keeping funny jokes around, it's about the integrity of the encyclopedia&mdash;see WP:ITSFUNNY. I would SNOW delete this myself, but I'll wait a bit and see if anyone less involved wants to do so first. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 04:13, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Second. As I suggested above, I've had my fill of psychosurgery and have moved on to greener pastures, with your help. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 04:29, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Whatever, I cannot speak for Drmies, but the deletion of this article no longer worries me. ;)-- The LegendarySky Attacker 04:25, 25 August 2009 (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.