Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Budgy smuggler


 * 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. WP:G11 and WP:SNOW The Bushranger One ping only 07:20, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Budgy smuggler

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Pure advertisement for a quite unknown company, no NPOV Torsch (talk) 21:45, 8 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep At a first glance, it seems to meet the notability guidelines, but I'm not 100% sure of that. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 22:35, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a big company in Australia and i'm pretty sure they share the english language wikipedia with britain and america.Seasider91 (talk) 23:28, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:55, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:55, 8 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete this awful thing. The term budgy smuggler is just Australian slang for a type of skimpy swimwear and the linked news articles have nothing to do with the company at all. They aren't even large enough to have a receptionist and a landline - just three mobile phone #'s for contact. There appear precisely zero reliable sources discussing this small and recent enterprise, and only one article where an independant party mentions the company . Fails, well, everything - Peripitus (Talk) 00:50, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, "budgie smuggler" is indeed a nickname for a particular type of male swimwear in Australia (typically associated with Speedo, at least when I was growing up), but that name pre-dates this particular novelty swimwear company. The piece of slang and the style is notable, the company most certainly is not.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 07:17, 9 June 2012 (UTC).
 * Delete When you exclude the slang, there's not much independent coverage except for one fundraiser a few years back. Doctorhawkes (talk) 09:30, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Clearly non-notable company, no independent sources discuss it in depth. If someone wants to rewrite the article to be about the term "budgy smuggler", which is probably notable, that would be fine, but as it stands the article should be deleted. Jenks24 (talk) 15:42, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete the company-specific stuff. Can the budgy smuggler term remain as more than a dic-def? Mark Hurd (talk) 05:17, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Advert. A real article would be a WP:DICDEF. duffbeerforme (talk) 09:10, 11 June 2012 (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.