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This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Delete. Redwolf24 (talk) 03:12, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Origenxbox360

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Nonsense? Gibberish? At best, something in the future. Though there is no link to whatever page the article is talking about. Neither Google nor Yahoo searches get any hits for this word. Zoe 06:38, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

They are discussing about http://www.origenxbox360.com/ The site is owned by Microsoft and is a promotion to xbox360... http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=433989

I have protected the article because it was being vandalized by a variety of children. Zoe 22:05, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete, I generally frown upon articles about current events, much less for ones about obviously furture events. If it turns out to be an ARG, then it might cut the mustard for an article... after it settles down. --Bob 12:26, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't Delete It IS an ARG. It is only just now beginning, which is why it seems like nothing.
    • Just being an ARG doesn't guarantee anything an encyclopedia article, it would have to be a notable ARG, and not getting any Google hits means it isn't notable. Zoe 04:34, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • Don't Delete, This is a known ARG. This should most definitely be protected though, since it's Microsoft it is a ripe target for vandals.
    • If you would have taken the time to read the rules, you'd know that there are requirements for notability. Moreover, repeatedly stating anonomously that something is definately notable does not make it so outside of the fourth grade. Thirdly, you are looking for the term "keep" instead of "don't delete", not dat anonymous votes are counted. --Lomedae 12:31, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment; Protection is the last thing that should be applied to this article since in it's current state it is useless to anyone who does not follow the subject and complete gibberish to those who aren't familiar with the company's previous viral marketing campaigns. The only reason I see to keep it is that the Xbox ARGs have been successful and notable in the past, and it's likely that this will receive a similar following. —FlooK 13:36, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • If you would bother to check the article's edit history, you would see that several anonymous vandals have been making gibberish edits to the page and repeatedly deleting the vfd header. Would you rather have it in this shape, or as "I like pooping"? Zoe21:58, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
        • I can’t see anyone learning anything from either so maybe the pooping thing, more chance of some idiot finding it funny :) —FlooK
  • Don't Delete - It's a major event in the history of Microsoft/XBOX, and like all widespread riddle-based ARGs, the idea is that they start off with as little information as possible, and end up revealing more than you could have hoped for. Given the huge amount of interest in this page, I see no reason why it should not have an article on wikipedia. --CherryMay 20:29, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Where do you get your information that there is "huge amount of interest in this page"? Zoe 21:55, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
      • As ManoaChild commented, it is gaining attention rather rapidly. Most game-related sites have posted news articles speculating on its meaning, and given the short time that it has been online, there have been thousands of people trying to solve its mystery (many of which can be seen in internet forums/news discussion articles). Whilst there is only speculation at this point in time, I feel that any solid news, evidence, or factual information should be listed as a current ongoing event. If the website timer expires and the entire site turns out to be a 'generic advertising ploy' after all, with no other site occurrences or 'trails', then by all means the wikipedia entry should be deleted. Until that time, it does seem appropriate to have a wikipedia entry on the subject for its current factual state.
        • As I said in my nomination, there were zero Google hits for this word, how can it be so notable? Zoe 05:21, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
  • Clean up If the information it contains is organised properly, with external links for more information and theories (putting all the theories in one Wiki article would be silly), I see no reason for this to be deleted... it's an ARG that's only just beginning, so granted there is only a small amount of information for now... but within the next 30 days, something else is bound to come up about it. --CosmicFalcon 13:51, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, simply because this is explained briefly in the Xbox 360 article.  Thorpe talk 17:40, 26 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Clean up This article needs to be cleaned. I could do it, but it's protected --RoCKy 13:51, 25 August 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.
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