Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bro

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was Redirect and I'll tell you why. It may well be a valid article, but there's way too much that smells of original research in there at the moment. I'll keep it in the history if someone else things they can resurrect the good bits. Golbez 00:05, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

Bro
wikipedia is not not a dictionary, and certianly not a dictionary sourced by original research, and definitely certainly not a dictionary of wrong original research. (Brother began with monks? Check out the Bible for an earlier citation... --Samuel J. Howard 02:07, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash;Wahoofive (talk) 03:07, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, POV original research. Megan1967 03:53, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Doesn't even mention current-day use here in NZ... like in "kia ora, bro!" hehehe... Master Thief Garrett 04:34, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to brother - pretty common nickname version. -- BD Abram son thi m k 05:52, 2005 May 7 (UTC)
 * Redirect -- to brother - Longhair | Talk 08:26, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to brother. Grue 18:10, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, keep. It is no more of original research than the article on dude, and there is a chance someone could make it neutral and factually correct. Grue 07:01, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * redirect to brother BigFatDave 19:46, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup, if necessary. It's no worse than the dozens of other slang terms in Category:Slang: dude, geek, &c. &mdash; RJH 19:55, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to brother, unless someone can provide correct research. Don't forget to include the link to the bro disamb. Mgm|(talk) 21:12, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. Don't redirect because it has evolved into more than just an abbreviation. I have "bro's" that are not related to me, and I also have a brother who I would never call a "Bro". It's not a dicdef because  there is encyclopedic information about it's use in different cultures. This is not original research. It's not a new term or a new definition of an old one (WP:NOR criteria).  The background info should be condensed and verified though.  &mdash; Teknic Talk/Mail 03:02, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. Agree with Grue.  --L33tminion (talk) 04:34, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete. Slang dictdef. Plainsong 06:40, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, VfD isn't cleanup&mdash; agree with Grue and Teknic, has potential. &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 07:48, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge/redir as above. Radiant_* 14:44, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Transwiki to Wiktionary if they want a copy, but I suspect that there's too much original research/made-up material here, particularly in the "origins" section. --Carnildo 20:15, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Definitely, the bit about the monks is, as far as I know, utter twaddle. I've read screeds and screeds of info about monks and nothing in that led me to believe they would abbrieviate or "trivialise" each others' titles. I don't know that abbreviations even *existed* until the 20th century. Master Thief Garrett 23:24, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki this belongs on wiktionary.  ALKIVAR &trade;[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 02:10, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Useless and not even factually correct. Uses vague language to connotate connections that aren't even there. Pacian 03:37, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Just to let voters know, this is already on wiktionary, and we don't want original research there either! --Dmcdevit 03:38, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Original research. Gamaliel 05:25, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.