Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/High school subcultures (3rd nomination)


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The result was Merge to Youth subculture and List of youth subcultures. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-03 08:18Z 

High school subcultures

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too POV, previous attempts of correcting haven't worked, too many pastel boxes for too long Will (Because you're filthy, ooh, and I'm gorgeous) 17:21, 29 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete- It just might need cleanup... -- SU IT  18:54, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Pretty POV. ~ EdBoy[c] 19:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete If there's a salvageable article here, it needs to be rebuilt from the ground up using references properly (not in combination with OR, and with substantive and/or multiple refs for each subculture (not just a mention on a page in a book)) and avoiding a US-centric perspective (unless its retitled) Bwithh 20:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge - The salvageable parts of this article should be merged with List of youth subcultures and Youth subculture. As it currently stands this article seems to focus almost entirely on schools in the USA, despite the article professing to include a list of so-called UK and US-centric subcultures. However the term high school is not used in this context in the UK (we use the term "secondary schools" instead but would never talk about 'secondary school subcultures) so it is a complete nonsense to include any references to British youth subcultures under such a heading. Some of the British subcultures which are listed (eg, chavs, emos, goths and casuals) are not just confined to secondary schools in any case and can often refer to people in their twenties. Nearly all schools in the UK have school uniforms (I presume that is not the case in the USA) so the subcultures are mainly manifested in the clothes children wear in their leisure time. If there is a need for an article on American high school subcultures then the article should be retitled "High school subcultures in the USA" and should confine itself to American usage only. Dahliarose 20:39, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge - It needs work but there's no need to throw the whole thing out. I second the motion to merge with "List of youth subcultures". Squidfryerchef 22:15, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge (but very little is worth merging). Few if any of these are genuinely applicable only to high school (e.g. I know people well into their 30s who would qualify as goths).  The notable and verifiable ones have their own articles anyway. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  23:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per above --BenWhitey 03:57, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per Squidfryerchef's comments S.dedalus 05:55, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment see the first and second AFD debates Articles for deletion/High school subcultures / Articles for deletion/High school subcultures (2nd nomination) Paul foord 02:41, 2 January 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.