Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kinky boots


 * 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 merge to Thigh-high boots.  Sandstein  21:42, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Kinky boots

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merge to thigh-high boots (!vote changed after discussion) Unreferenced for 10 years. There is no such specific model of boots. This is just a word collocation: boots that are kinky. Staszek Lem (talk) 17:33, 9 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment -- This "word collocation" was the title of a Broadway show that was nominated a record-breaking thirteen Tony Awards and took six. Rhadow (talk) 17:52, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * So what? Memoirs Found in a Bathtub is a novel and a word collocation: it is about memoirs found in a bathtub. Staszek Lem (talk) 01:57, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per Nom. The Broadway Show sounds like the title for a different article, and is thus completely irrelevant to this discussion. - Morphenniel (talk) 18:15, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * No opinion on deletion but if deleted, then Kinky boots (disambiguation) should be moved to this title. Madam Fatal (talk) 21:11, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Kinky boots a.k.a. fetish boots are a real thing discussed in the encyclopedia entry here. FloridaArmy (talk) 00:12, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, two sentences. Very encyclopedic. Staszek Lem (talk) 01:57, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Three sentences actually and they debunk your argument that the terminolgy is simply word collocation. You are correct that it's not a particular model of boots. An entry in an independent and reliable encyclopedia should be enough to confirm this subject's notability. FloridaArmy (talk) 02:05, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * If you read your encyclopedia carefully, you would notice that the encyclopedic term described is fetish boots. The text also says that there was lots of other kinky things: kinky shoes, kinky accesories, etc., in other words, yes, it is just a word collocation, one of many. Staszek Lem (talk) 03:02, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * "Lavish boots for day and evening were a specialty of the house, which also created some of the most extravagant fetish boots ever made with heels up to ten and a half inches high. (The fetish models included high, rhinestoned platforms, a precursor to the styles so fashionable in the late 1930s.) " -- i.e., the expression "fetish boots" was already known in 1920s. Staszek Lem (talk) 02:07, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Very interesting. Is fetish boots a better title fpr the article? FloridaArmy (talk) 02:48, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The only thing I can say is that someone has to work diligently with sources, to write a correct wikipedia article. The current one is untrustworthy. Staszek Lem (talk) 03:04, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You will also find the article Thigh-high boots highly instructive. And IMO it would be a good merge/redirect target. Staszek Lem (talk) 03:11, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Merge to thigh-high boots. The nominated article would be an appropriate section of the merge target, and this way a permastub is avoided. The disambiguation page should be moved to this page. Many of the disambiguated items are well-known, leading to no primary topic. James (talk/contribs) 10:26, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I think that's a reasonable outcome if a link of the terminology is made to the appropriate section where kinky / fetish boots are discussed. FloridaArmy (talk) 13:18, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Merge to thigh-high boots as per User:James Allison. Freikorp (talk) 12:41, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 04:17, 13 January 2018 (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.