Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Medallion Guitars
This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was delete.
I count 6 clear "delete" votes and 3 clear "keep" votes. I further note that the article is a stub which has not been expanded either during the discussion period or since (somewhat supporting the arguments that it may not be possible to expand into a real article) and that the article is an orphan. Rossami (talk) 23:25, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Medallion Guitars[edit]
One of about 100,000 short-lived non-notable companies/brand names producing cheapo knock-offs of popular guitars. Article states "no info available", confirmed by various online searches, unverifiable. Delete Soundguy99 18:41, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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- Keep musical-instrument companies. And it does seem to be verifiable. Probably takes its name from the rare Medallion line of Gibson guitars in the early 70s (such as the Madallion Flying V), which had actual medallions screwed into them. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 20:47, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
- Comment. FWIW, the creator of the article was User:Ecb29, who says his name is "Elliott" on his talk page, and the above link is to an open DIY guitar gear review site, and the reviewer of the guitar listed there is also "Elliott." Plus, compare the description from Harmony Central with the article. I believe at this point we have verified the existence of one (1) actual Medallion guitar. I certainly don't mean to imply that User:Ecb29 is gaming the system or being irresponsible or anything- he seems like a swell & useful editor on a lot of topics. I'm just saying that I can't find any info about this apparently defunct company, so I doubt that an encyclopedic article can be written. I don't think the Gibson Medallion guitars were known enough for a seperate article, either; info on those can remain a section of the Gibson article. Soundguy99 21:44, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- There's at least one more. Who knows, maybe they only made a few of them. In any case, considering that every guitar is a collectible guitar, I'd say that even relatively obscure brands should at least get an article. It even has a picture! Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 22:57, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
- Comment. FWIW, the creator of the article was User:Ecb29, who says his name is "Elliott" on his talk page, and the above link is to an open DIY guitar gear review site, and the reviewer of the guitar listed there is also "Elliott." Plus, compare the description from Harmony Central with the article. I believe at this point we have verified the existence of one (1) actual Medallion guitar. I certainly don't mean to imply that User:Ecb29 is gaming the system or being irresponsible or anything- he seems like a swell & useful editor on a lot of topics. I'm just saying that I can't find any info about this apparently defunct company, so I doubt that an encyclopedic article can be written. I don't think the Gibson Medallion guitars were known enough for a seperate article, either; info on those can remain a section of the Gibson article. Soundguy99 21:44, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep, it's certainly verifiable, although probably rare. The only other place I can find the brand *online* is [1], but since the company probably went out of business before the advent of the web, you won't find anything in Google except the HC page which I wrote some years ago. My father remembers this brand of guitars in the 70s. Elliott C. Bäck 22:19, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, non-notable guitar company. Let's not have articles on every company that has ever existed just because they're verifiable. RickK 23:53, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
- Keep, informative, verifiable, nontrivial article. Kappa 00:39, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, non notable company. Megan1967 04:48, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete as ad, NN or VAIN. Radiant_* 09:17, May 13, 2005 (UTC)
- Comment. How do you have an ad for a company or brand which no longer exists? Elliott C. Bäck 17:34, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, that would be rather tricky (but ads needn't be about the money, it could also be about name recog). Ok, make it NN or VAIN then. Radiant_* 17:50, May 13, 2005 (UTC)
- Well, can't really be VAIN either--I have no affiliation with the company ;) Elliott C. Bäck 19:10, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, that would be rather tricky (but ads needn't be about the money, it could also be about name recog). Ok, make it NN or VAIN then. Radiant_* 17:50, May 13, 2005 (UTC)
- Comment. How do you have an ad for a company or brand which no longer exists? Elliott C. Bäck 17:34, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete: Not a significant guitar company. Information would be better in Independent guitar companies or Electric guitar makers or some place similar. However, as a stand-alone entity, this is no more than a shard on an unsought and insignificant manufacturer. Shoot, Hondo was a bigger clone co. We are not the Yellow Pages, nor the Yellow Pages of the Past. Geogre 15:00, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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