Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aussies (headwear)

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. Uncontested. Sandstein 09:16, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aussies (headwear)[edit]

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Completely unreferenced, cannot find anything convincing on a quick search to show that an Aussies is a distinctive hat style or name. I see some discussion on chat boards and forums such as this which suggests it may be/have been a popular nickname, but it's mixed up with (usually pejorative) commentary on Australians in general (such as the cork-trimmed hat stereotype). If Aussies hats are definitely a well-documented thing (not that I'm seeing much convincing evidence for this so far, a lot of what is out there atm appears to post-date the 2006 Wikipedia article creation), then it probably ought to be merged somewhere (but where?) Mabalu (talk) 12:49, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - there's a stereotype, sure, but the reason this article is unsourced is that there is no fixed thing of this name, and nothing beyond a little colloquial usage on a non-Australian forum to back it up. This is pure WP:OR on a non-notable topic. The original editor was not quite an SPA but came pretty close to it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:57, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:47, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:48, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:18, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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