Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/50 Dollars Man

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. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 02:20, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

50 Dollars Man

This article about a pejorative term is mostly original research and novel synthesis of cited works. No sources are cited for the origins or usage of the term itself, only for the labour statistics and arrests for prostitution. The sources themselves do not use this term. I disagree with the de-prodder's suggestion that the article should be renamed, for if we remove all the uncited material about this term itself, we'd have bits of trivia that would not go well under any other title. —Resurgent insurgent 2007-04-22 09:10Z

I suggested it be renamed because your complaint seemed to revolve around the fact that the name was not sourced and therefore, appeared to be made up by the article's author. IF the rest of the article is valid and the only issue with the article is the name "50 dollars man" than I suggest that the article be kept and renamed with a more appropriate title. You said that the literature cited for the rest of the article did not use that name. I suggest using the terms used in the references. And I do believe the article is worth keeping for sociological reasons as well as public health reasons. Postcard Cathy 23:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. If this could somehow be completely rewritten to be based on sources then I would vote to keep, since the topic is interesting. As it stands, the article is too far gone and is virtually entirely original research. The article doesn't bring forth any sources that prove that this is a well-documented unique Singaporean phenomenon. nadav 07:54, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This article is part of the Wikipedia:NUS Scholars Programme project. nadav 09:42, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the article is essentially a sub-topic of the Prostitution in Singapore which doesn't exist at all. The current article is an essay and would need a complete rewrite anyways. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Whpq (talk • contribs).

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.