Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goth slang (3rd 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 was keep. Mailer Diablo 18:06, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Goth slang

Third time on AfD, after one no consensus keep and one bare consensus delete. Article recreated, but not substantially the same as the last version (so CSD-G4 does not apply folks). Nominated for speedy deletion, but I couldn't find a criterion to fit so it comes here. No opinion from me - I just want this out of CAT:CSD, where it has sat all day. ➨ ЯEDVERS 16:28, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep as this article cites at least three independent authors and a website as verifiable sources. It's not a very well-written "article," and I'm uncomfortable with it being mostly just a list of terms. But it is sourced, and I think it has potential to be cleaned-up into a well-sourced article on the slang vocabulary of a significant subculture. Scorpiondollprincess 18:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as recreation of original article. Wikipedia's not a dictionary, not is it a collection of slang definitions - these are not widely used enough to warrant an article of their own. RandyWang (^raves/_{review me!}) 21:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep - As much as I'm not a fan of these sorts of articles, I think it is fine if the terms are supported by notable reliable references. I disagree that being "a collection of slang definitions" is alone enough reason to delete, as there are a large number of other such articles (see Talk:Goth slang). I feel we do need to enforce a requirement of notability/sources, otherwise we'll just have an ever increasing list of neologisms (I've already removed some of the more dubious ones). Mdwh 22:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Information is verified, in particular by references to Hodkinson's academic work on the goth subculture. Certainly as verified and pertinent, in fact if not more, than many other slang articles on Wikipedia Deathlibrarian 01:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The article needs work to be more than just a listand possibly show where regional variations are in effect. --Brother William 13:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

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