Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nigger rich

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Fernando Rizo T/C 00:53, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nigger rich

This article should either be deleted because of dictdef, or, if someone can expand it, it's name should be changed to "ghetto fabulous" which is the term used far more often.

It's a real phrase that real people use, it describes a real and unique cultural phenomenon... it should be included in the encyclopedia. Don't delete.

Changed, I have altered this article and updated to make it more concise. You can take it off VfD. Piecraft 22:52, 24 August 2005 (UTC) Redirect to Ghetto fabulous. It's a pathetic but nonetheless real term that people use, but I do agree that the latter is used more than the former.--Mitsukai 04:05, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

nigger rich is not the same as ghetto fabulous dumbass

• Being anonymous to the above post proves to me one thing, that you're a fool. I was merely trying to save this article - otherwords the terms Ghetto fabulous and Nigger rich are as far as I can tell closely related. If you think you can do better then by all means Mr. Anonymous please share your wealth of knowledge. As it is clear you have very little to share in terms of proper language, troglodyte! Piecraft 15:20, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

• Comment - Found this deformed VFD page, probably got orphaned or blanked somehow and no one noticed. Trying to rectify it by relisting. - Hahnchen 18:50, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
• Provisional keep with the requirement that sources be provided. If this really is a term used since the Civil War era, it should be included and not merged with "Ghetto fab", which is much more recent. Sdedeo 20:44, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep/comment.: Growing up in the Deep South, I heard this phrase, along with plenty of similar ones ("nigger rig" and its more recent child, "afro-engineered", both being the same as "Jury Rigged", etc.) for the greater part of my life. I can verify this as a VERY common turn of phrase that well predates "ghetto fabulous". -HX 13:30, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

This term is in use so it shouldn't be deleted. The only requirement for inclusion in wikipedia SHOULD be that a term is in use, whether it is offensive or not is irrelevant. BTW, here in Texas, this term is very common and simply means someone who comes into some cash that is a large amount for them but in the overall scheme of things is not much money.

• Delete/Merge since the wikipedia entry for Nigger already says "Within American culture, following the word "nigger" with a second word connotes an extremely negative conception of that second word, usually playing to racist stereotypes. Thus, to call someone "nigger-rich" is to say that they unwisely spend their entire paycheck upon its receipt." do we really need a whole entry to further expand on this one term? Agree, it's not at all the same as ghetto fabulous. Jessamyn 01:19, 9 September 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.