Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AS 3780-2008: the storage and handling of corrosive substances


 * 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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:19, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

AS 3780-2008: the storage and handling of corrosive substances

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This article describing an obscure dangerous materials handling standard does not appear to be on a notable topic. The article seems to have been one of a series of articles on similar obscure topics created as part of an university project - this has been discussed at: WP:AWNB. This article was nominated for prod deletion by, but this was disputed. Nick-D (talk) 23:21, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.  —Nick-D (talk) 23:21, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete They are all How to comply guides, not encyclopedic at all. possible copyvio from the standard  too. The-Pope (talk) 02:15, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete No sources suggest anything that would pass our notability guidelines - in particular, there has been no "significant coverage" that would allow us to write an encyclopedia article rather than a summary of the standard bou·le·var·dier (talk) 03:17, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and notability guidelines. The scategory of standards might be notable enough for a section in some umbrella article, but this one by itself doesn't pass muster. LordVetinari (talk) 13:33, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 15:48, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete simply copying a standards guide and expecting it to be a WP article is unacceptable. LibStar (talk) 14:19, 10 June 2011 (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.