Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Nigger Association of America (15th nomination)

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 speedy keep. Nomination was made in good faith but fails to present a rationale for deletion. This article has been discussed heavily and although consensus can change, the nominator does not present a new argument to the discussion. v/r - TP 16:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gay Nigger Association of America

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Offensive to Blacks, this article does nothing to improve the encyclopedia, is a self-reference because the group was founded specifically to troll Wikipedia and other prominent websites, and it brings Foundation officials, editors, and projects into disrepute, risking funding and credibility. All previous reasons to keep this abomination should be disregarded because per WP:IAR it does not improve the encyclopedia in any way, but damages it in the several ways specified. Selery (talk) 15:40, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Recommend close as Speedy Keep without any suggestion that the nomination is anything but good faith. The other 21 attempts failed, nomination does not cite any wikipedia policy and the nominator's offense at a name which is deliberately intended to be offensive is not a good reason to delete an article that has been with us a long time, on a topic that is notable. Notable =/= worthy. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:50, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Are you suggesting that WP:IAR is not a policy? Selery (talk) 15:52, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, but an attempt by any admin to delete this under WP:IAR would probably result in a desysopping. Your logic is understandable but wrong for the Wikipedia community which has !voted 21 times before to keep this article, with 'jeez, what an offensive name, this organisation must be a bunch of racist trolls' being the No 1 reason cited for deletion. Read some of the previous debates if you don't believe me. Elen of the Roads (talk) 16:04, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 15:57, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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