Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Domestic power safety

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 merge. The information will be avilable in the history following the redirect. - CygnetSaIad 01:12, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Domestic power safety

Domestic AC power safety notes was nominated for deletion on 2007-04-02. The result of the discussion was "withdrawn". For the prior discussion, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Domestic AC power safety notes.

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A page consisting solely of instructions and advice is irreconcilable with WP:NOT. Rewriting isn't really an option, given the title. Deltabeignet 22:46, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Well, the title isn't a problem since the page could easily be moved to another location if the current title was an objection to rewriting. Still, the page is unreferenced, so that might also be a reason to delete. Perhaps a redirect to Domestic AC power plugs and sockets? Or a transwiki? FrozenPurpleCube 22:59, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per above comments. If anyone can actually source this information, merge to appropriate articles. Someguy1221 23:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sr13 08:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. If this information is deemed extremely useful, I suppose it could be transwikied. However, everything from the title to the article itself is irrecoverably non-encyclopedic. Wikipedia is not a how-to guide. Charlie 11:12, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Merge or redirect to Domestic AC power plugs and sockets which already has a section on the safe use of the connectors. What is said in the article seems valid, but it needs to be referenced to electrical safety codes. Giving electrical advice is as problematic as giving medical advice. There are many practices which might seem common sense, but which are unsafe and contrary to code. Edison 14:29, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. A subject that can be covered in an encyclopedic way without merely being a how-to guide. Otherwise, merge with Domestic AC power plugs and sockets. Dragomiloff 00:48, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete or redirect to Domestic AC power plugs and sockets. It's not merely dangerous to give electrical advice, as mentioned earlier, but in some jurisdictions (such as the UK) it's seriously illegal. It would be highly irresponsible to keep this article. andy 16:51, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep It isn't hard to rewrite the article to not sound like a how-to-guide. They can mention the theories behind why different failures and accidents occur at home, and then state what should be done to prevent it, and so on. Either way, the subject is a valuable one. (It's definitely mentioned in many goverment campaigns.)--Kylohk 14:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

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.