Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madonna as gay icon


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The result was   Keep. Note that WP:WAX is not a reason to keep. &mdash; Maggot Syn 07:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Madonna as gay icon

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A non-notable, trivia filled list of gay people Madonna has met/associated with. Anything of use can be placed in the main article. The article name is a bit arbitrary as well. Tenacious D Fan (talk) 09:22, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. See Judy Garland as gay icon as to where this can go. There are many sources and content to support the article it just isn't written exceptionally well as of yet but AfD is not clean-up. Here's a few books, for example, and a few other sources that could help. The "gay icon" label has been applied to many people but very few wikipedia articles devoted exclusively to individuals. This would be a good exception and an obvious split from the main article not something to be added to it. I notice the main article - already split a few times - is presently at 88 kilobytes long. Banje boi  09:34, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The third one is Janet Jackson as gay icon. Banje boi  19:40, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Article content obviously needs improvement in places and stronger citing in places, but the subject is valid and Madonna is famous and culturally influential enough for this to warrant being an individual article.  Banjeboi's demonstration of high-quality sources for this subject clearly shows that the article can be improved, but for sure it won't be if it is deleted.  Wasted Time R (talk) 11:05, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep for now. I'm not a fan of labelling people as "gay icons" just because gay people happen to like them, but as with Garland, for whatever reason Madonna has become adopted by that demographic (and she herself has cultivated the relationship), so the topic is viable. The article has also been "Flagged for rescue" suggesting that interest exists in improving it. Of course needs to be policed for WP:BLP but I don't see a problem with having this article, but it needs improving, is all. 23skidoo (talk) 13:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - The one for Janet Jackson is currently nominated for GA, I believe this article has great potential aswell therefore. Additionally the information needed branching out from the main article which is huge. — Realist 2  ( Who's Bad? ) 19:48, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:51, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep if there were one performer that was considered a gay icon its her, and if her article weren't so long it would be there but its worth noting, its cited in the media very often and its likely someone would research this.Myheartinchile (talk) 22:45, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Snowball Keep bad faith nom and it's no secret that Madonna is a gay icon. 71.195.144.222 (talk) 08:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)


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