Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spare head

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The result was speedy deleted as blatant misinformation (CSD G3). --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:10, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Spare head[edit]

This may be a hoax, the pecuilar details in the Where are They Now? makes it seem like it's possibility a joke. Since they didn't perform live or record tracks, the only claim to notability is the references. I searched through the Guardian's archives for the date given, the author doesn't exist and a query of 'Spare Head' doesn't bring up any relevant results. Even if it's not a hoax, there's difficulty verifying the small claim of signficiant coverage to establish notability Omarcheeseboro (talk) 13:30, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 13:44, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - clearly completely made up. I'm especially impressed that they never played live or recorded any tracks yet multiple bootleg recordings of them are alleged to exist -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as Wp:NFT. I especially love these three lines: "With their refusal to perform live, record any tracks or even practice", "a number of bootlegs subsequently became widely available" and "Bands influenced by the Head included… the S Club." (As far as I remember, none of S Club 7's songs - who "S Club" refers to - could be considered punk.) DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 14:50, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Further research - a Google search for "llama commune of llandudno" brings up nothing. A search for '"spare head" "neil johnson"' brings four results - the Wikipedia page, and three pages which sourced their info from Wikipedia (copyright status unknown), and "forest of byker" gives two matches - one for Wikipedia and the other being one of the pages I alluded to in the previous statement. So it's a surprise that the page was created in November 2006 and has only now been flagged up for deletion. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 15:30, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - It was nominated for Proposed Deletion on 2006-11-04. Uncle G (talk) 17:53, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It's silly vandalism. The subtle signs are all there. For example: "Bon Tempi", the supposed keyboardist, is a cross between Jon Bon Jovi, musician, and Bontempi, keyboard manufacturer. The "Forest of Byker" in "the North East", is Byker which … well, as you can see from reading its article … isn't a forest at all. The "llama commune of llandudno" is just alliteration. Needless to say, I can find no sources matching the citations. I have my suspicions, given what I did find, as to what their titles might be allusions to, as well. And do I have to explain what the joke in "Live at Mrs Fuller's" is? Delete. Uncle G (talk) 17:53, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete G3 (I have tagged the article). As Uncle G points out, the jokes in this article are fairly obvious. JulesH (talk) 18:10, 8 April 2009 (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.