Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gogan

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 delete. — FireFox 20:18, 20 July '06

[edit] Gogan

NN/OR. Although the article has a couple of references, they're to dead pages. The word 'Gogan' googles very high, but not with this meaning (except this Wikipedia article itself). Googling 'gogan goth bogan' gets a fair number of hits but they seem to originate in Wikipedia in most cases. This article is a classic example of someone using Wikipedia to seed something NN in the internet. The concept is not even defined in the article in such a way to make it clear what differentiate a 'gogan' from 'goth' in general. mgekelly 07:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:NEO and WP:WINAD--TBCTaLk?!? 07:36, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above --Cornflake pirate 07:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete NN WP:NEO. --Wine Guy Talk 08:30, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, nn, I've lived in Australia all my life and have never heard this term... as per Tree Biting Conspiracy— riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 09:58, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Appears to be a neologism, non-notable at that.--Firsfron of Ronchester 23:55, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. It gets good results in a search of media but as a surname not as this neologism for a goth and a bogan. The article has two sources one of which is a livejournal and another doesn't work so there are real verifiability problems. Capitalistroadster 01:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Capitalistroadster 01:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Nn. --Roisterer 02:27, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment It is indeed a neologism, about four years old, and (to my knowledge) in use within a "youth subculture" in a single, smallish Australian city. (I'd guess on the order of a few thousand people have ever heard the term.) Furthermore, its use seems to be in decline. — JEREMY 04:12, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
• comment I believe the term has been superseded now by "bogoth", which is at least widely used in Melbourne within the goth "scene" that I have heard of anyway. -- Librarianofages 01:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Local slang. - -GWO
• Comment. I particularly like Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? -- GWO
• Weak Keep. The term has been around and gets used on the few people that actually have the mix between a bogan and a goth. Dead Chook 12:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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.