Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BGM (slang)

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. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 15:52, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BGM (slang)[edit]

Personals abbreviation for Black Gay Male - better suited for dictionary than encyclopedia User0529 (talk) 02:12, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge As with "SWM" (single white male), which has a mention on the disambiguation page SWM but not an article of its own, this could be mentioned on BGM. The rest of the article is homoriginal research, with some unsourced observations about what the "typical" black gay male is. Mandsford (talk) 13:48, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Similar to LGBT this is an acronym and initialism that has widespread use and can be given an encyclopedic treatment beyond a dictionary definition. Banjeboi 18:25, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 20:34, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Merge per above. Is not a notable acronym - there are dozens of such in personal ads, like OLO (One lady owner ). The article makes many claims of notability and what sounds like a lot of OR to define it, but has no supporting citations, hence fails verifiability also.Yobmod (talk) 12:07, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
(Nominator) Comment If sourcing can be provided for the OR-sounding qualities/attributes of BGM's (especially sources other than just Boykin's blog), I withdraw my nomination. User529 (talk) 02:57, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 20:33, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Take out the unsourced guff and it's just a dictionary definition. Not sure whether it would even merit inclusion in a dictionary.--Michig (talk) 07:59, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - this seems to be a dictionary-type definition of an initialism as it is used by one particular author. Aleta ^Sing 21:38, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - unsourced, no notability, smells like WP:OR. Black ngold29 06:46, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.