Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black concert T-shirt (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep and move to Concert T-shirt. --Bongwarrior (talk) 02:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Black concert T-shirt

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Subject hardly warrants its own article. Non-notable topic. At the very best, it should be deleted, at the very worst, merged with heavy metal fashion. ≈ The Haunted Angel 23:36, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

• Delete as is, but we should have an article on concert T-shirts. Just not this one. bd2412 T 00:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment. Could just move this article to Concert T-shirt. This was suggested by at least one of the Keep voters in the previous AFD for this article. / edg ☺ ☭ 00:06, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep and I agree with the move. Few other types of events lend themselves to a particular color as well as concerts. It's part of the culture, and there are several explanations for why rock concert T-shirts are black rather than, say, dayglo orange: they don't stand out in when the lights are turned down in the arena; they don't show stains as easily; they fit in with the concept of rebelling and conforming at the same time; and they display the tour schedule on the back well. Mandsford (talk) 02:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
  • I have concert t-shirts in black, white, red, dark blue. Maybe it's the most popular, but it's hardly monolithic. bd2412 T 03:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, smart merchandisers will offer a white, red or dark blue concert T-shirt. There are parents who associate the black T-shirt with trouble (such as parenting guru John Rosemond) and won't allow their children to purchase the shirt that everyone else is wearing. Nothing says "bootleg" like a red AC/DC T-shirt. Mandsford (talk) 15:51, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

• Keep and move to concert T-shirt. There's a clear cultural preference for black but it's by no means separately notable. --Dhartung | Talk 06:06, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep and move to concert t-shirt or the like. To the nom: not all bands with black concert t-shirts are metal (for instance, i'm currently wearing a black concert t-shirt promoting the band Arctic Monkeys, which are not even close to being metal). However, in this version of the article, it's too vague. I suggest the creation of a concert T-shirt article or something similar per Mandsford. Doc Strange (talk) 18:58, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete -- Non notable topic. --SSman07 (talk) 21:35, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep It is interesting and has quotations, you damn deletion nazis should quit wikipedia, because you delete useful articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agameofchess (talk • contribs) 01:00, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

That tone is really unnecessary. —Torc. ^(Talk.) 07:51, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• Good news, Chessy-- the Damn Deletion Nazis are opening for Nine Inch Nails this summer, and we're selling T-shirts. Turquoise, of course. Mandsford (talk) 01:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep and move per above. I remember seeing Barbra Streisand talk about "having to have the traditional black concert shirt" for her tour. This article is notable, and definitely has the potential to be really great. —Torc. ^(Talk.) 07:51, 27 February 2008 (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.