Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Retrosexual-2

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The result of the debate was Merge & Redirect to Metrosexual. Essjay · Talk 08:11, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Retrosexual

Apparently this article was VFDed about a year ago, but it's still basically a dictionary definition of a phrase that's basically an insult. More suitable for Wiktionary IMO. Blackcats 23:13, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Could possibly be considered neologism. In any event, it doesn't merit an article. -Soltak 23:53, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. 21-thousand google hits ought to do it. —RaD Man (talk) 07:29, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Comment: The number of Google hits isn't the only criteria. I'm sure a lot of individual slang words have far more Google hits, but do not merit their own articles on Wikipedia. This article was VFDed almost a year ago, but it's still nothing more than a dictionary definition. There simply isn't much to say about "retrosexual" except that it's a slang term that metrosexuals invented to describe non-metrosexual men. There's no group of people that actively identifies itself as "retrosexuals," nor is there any group that's known by most other people as "retrosexuals." It's simply a neologism that retrosexuals came up with as a lable for all men who aren't in their group. As such, the article should be deleted, turned into a redirect to metrosexual (where all neccesary brief discussion can take place), and then protected. --Blackcats 06:18, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

• Keep (or, atleast, Merge with metrosexual) JDR 18:17, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete neologism. JamesBurns 03:42, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
• Merge with metrosexual. I agree that it doesn't warrant its own page and could be better served in Wiktionary. - Apocaplops 16:10, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
• Merge with metrosexual. Maybe add to wikitictionary as well. --Apyule 08:11, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
• Merge as above. --Scimitar ^parley 23:22, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect as suggested. David | Talk 23:24, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

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