Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WPTX-FM

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 speedy delete. per G3: Blatant hoax. PeterSymonds (talk) 15:29, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WPTX-FM

I have attempted to verify the existence of this radio station without luck. Attempts to communicate with the editor actively editing the page have failed. The station does not appear in the FCC query. No relevant Google hits for the station or the online personalities listed.Sixtysixstar (talk) 06:47, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages because Johnny Pickels and Raymond Alben are stated to be DJs on WPTX-FM and The 90's & Now Channel is stated to have been created by Johnny Pickels.

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 06:59, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete - This is a Part 15 or Pirate radio station. I would recommend the other pages be deleted as well under the same token. If this were a real radio station, I would fight for it, but it isn't, so it needs to go. No license, no go. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 07:14, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete A 54 year-old pirate station? I know the FCC can be inefficient at times, but to not detect a station with a 54 year-old "history" (yeah, in the same way Moby Dick is an autobiography) in the largest radio market of the Americas is incredibly daft. This reads like a hoax and should be treated at such. "Pixelz" wasn't a buzzword to anyone but early graphics designers in 1985, and the poor quality writing describing the station being banned from Empire State "due to the people on the radio saying bad words" doesn't suggest a serious contributor in any sense. Finally, calling the events of September 11th a mere "plane crash" may be one of the most idiotic statements ever made by a hoaxer in any article. Nate • (chatter) 08:19, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question : I don't understand the argument here. If you can verify that it is indeed a well known persistent pirate station, that would seem to be more notable than a licensed station, or do you want a page for everyone with a driver's license or every car with a licesne plate which has been spotted in more than just one local area or has park stickers for more than just one state? Sure, it could be a hoax but that is different from a non-licensed transmitter. On a more serious note, if you are going to make licensing into de facto notability then what about amateur radio operators? Or what about licensed cell towers? I'm rather taken with the architecture of the tower and trailer down the road. - Nerdseeksblonde (talk) 11:55, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Response - The standard notablity is that if the station has or has had a FCC license, it is notable. If it is Part 15 or a Pirate, it isn't notable. Simple as that. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 12:03, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
G3 Blatant hoax per Nate. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 13:30, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is a hoax. 95.9 Mhz is WEFX's frequency in nearby Norwalk, CT. JGHowes ^talk 14:50, 13 June 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.