Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Transformatix

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 22:41, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Transformatix

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If this band exists, they don't meet notability. I couldn't find anything beyond mirror sites and this blog post,(https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/03/16/looking-for-info-transformatix-transformatix/) which actually says: "The only information about this band is a Wikipedia entry – but no one seems to remember them."

The article name checks clubs that never existed, promoters that I can't find a trace of, and states that the band played at Passim, a roots/folks venue that would have been very unlikely to book a punk band.

I think this article is a hoax that's been live since 2008. I would be delighted to be proven wrong. JSFarman (talk) 01:51, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nominator. I can't imagine why, or even how, anyone ever wrote this unless they were in the band. Especially because this is the only thing the original author ever wrote on Wikipedia. This is WP:NOTWEBHOST for nothing. — Smuckola (talk) 03:41, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Does not meet WP:GNG, WP:BAND, WP:VER etc. Seems purely WP:OR Yinglong999 (talk) 07:28, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:12, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:12, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. If there are no mentions outside of mirror sites and sources only citing Wikipedia, this is probably a hoax. Cupcake547 (talk) 15:07, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Pure hoax. No evidence of notability. Created by a SPA. Don't know how this has managed to stay in the shadows for 12 years. Everything that is wrong with an article is right here. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 16:43, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Even if the assertions were true, and even if the article was sourced, this would still fail all the relevant notability criteria just as hard as someone belly flopping from the summit of the Pru. And, of course, they're not: as the nom says, some of those clubs and people never existed, and anyone knowing anything at all about the Boston music scene knows the assertion that Passim or Storyville would EVER book a punk group is absurd. Ravenswing 21:37, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Better late than never. Article is either a complete hoax, or written by a middle-aged Dave who fantasizes that his college basement band has a cult following decades after the band accomplished nothing. My findings are the same as everyone above on non-existent venues, desperate leaps of notability (e.g. Dave knowing someone who later edited a defunct magazine), and absence of ANY reliable coverage. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:42, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete: hoax.--vote by Alcremie (talk) 06:42, 1 April 2021 (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.