Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bootblack


 * 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 DELETE. -Docg 14:03, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Bootblack

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This is not an encyclopaedia article; it is an essay, and a highly speculative, POV, and unsourced essay at that. More than half of the essay is about bootblacks, i.e. boys who shine (or shined) men's shoes. The last half or third of the essay is full of speculation about the place of the "bootblack" in homosexual leather culture, and how this might have originated. This was previously speedied, and I tagged it for speedy again, but was overruled by an administrator. So, I bring it here. Charles 22:57, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt per nom.Blueboy96 23:16, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Obviously the current content is a problem, as it is at the least, unsourced, and written in a very essay-like style, but it's not grounds for a speedy deletion. I can see some usage of the term in the Leather-community sense ,, and it's certainly got its own meaning simply as a shoe shiner, but there doesn't seem to be an article on shoe shiners. Whether or not there is enough potential for an article on that profession/practice I don't know, nor am I sure how extensive the usage in the fetish sense is. FrozenPurpleCube 23:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete POV essay, unusable material Alex Bakharev 00:33, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as hopeless jibber-jabber. ...much of the history of bootblacking has been lost to time, as should be this 'article'. Eddie.willers 01:47, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wikibooks. It seems well written, but not a Wikipedia item. Slavlin 04:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsourced, no case for notability.  Smee 09:53, 16 May 2007 (UTC).
 * Keep & Improve It reads like an essay, but it is an article on a notable subject within the leather subculture. I'd go so far as to say stubify & rewrite, just don't delete an article that could be improved.  To me, that runs counter to the goals of the project. --Ssbohio 21:00, 16 May 2007 (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.