Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Male bikini-wearing (2nd nomination)

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 of the debate was speedy deleted and protected as recreation of previously (multiply) deleted content. - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 12:35, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Male bikini-wearing

Disputed subject, possible hoax, unverified. Glenzierfoot 21:32, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

• Neutral I think this does occur. Delete or 'merge/redirect with Cross-dressing --D-Day 22:09, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless the a statistically proven percentage is given Maltesedog 23:10, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Funnily enough, a friend of mine recently told me she had seen guys wearing bikinis on a beach in Thailand. However, innuendo and rumour of the kind I have just reported is all this article offers. Delete. --kingboyk 05:37, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Article fails to make a case as to why this is considered notable. Maybe if there are such a thing as "male bikinis" then this can be discussed in a related article. 23skidoo 05:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. As it stands, article does not meet verifiability policy, as no sources are given. But suppose sources were found. Then this content would still not qualify as an article, as it is not about male bikini-wearing in general, but about male bikini-wearing on the beaches of Southport and Blackpool. But suppose male bikini-wearing were shown to be an important and widespread phenomenon. There is still no reason why this should be a separate article, rather than a mention or section in Bikini. There's no value to leaving the redirect in place, as it is very unlikely that anyone would search for this specific phrase. It can't be merged, as there's nothing verifiable to merge. Therefore: Delete. Contributors are welcome at any time to add well-sourced, verifiable information on male bikini-wearing in Southport to Southport; on male bikini-wearing in Blackpool to Blackpool; and, if a widespread phenomenon, to Bikini. Dpbsmith (talk) 16:39, 29 January 2006 (UTC) P.S. OK, I gotta ask: do they wear the bikini tops, too? And what are the "cultural reasons?"
• Delete per Dpbsmith. As it stands it's unverifiable and (dare I say it?) a potential cause of offence to any non-liberally-minded citizens of the named places. Essexmutant 17:46, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as patent nonsense. I won't do it because I've been involved with the previous incarnation. Aecis ^{Mr. Mojo risin'} 08:53, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - This article can be made into a full-length, proper article. It is a genuine article, not a hoax. If you check my contributions ([[1]]) you will see I have made some redirects to this article. This is a genuine phenomenon, and it needs cleanup, not deletion. --Andy Mabbett 11:38, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

When have you made those redirects? They don't show up in your contributions or Whatlinkshere, and the article has been speedied. None of the edits in the deleted article there were yours. Could you please show some external reference concerning male bikini-wearing? Aecis ^{Mr. Mojo risin'} 12:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

"Andy Mabbett" is actually Bullis49 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log), a (now blocked) self-identified sock of pigsonthewing (talk • contribs). - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 12:35, 30 January 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.