Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Household seismic safety (2nd 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   delete and transwiki. Master of Puppets 13:55, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Household seismic safety
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Purely how-to content with no encyclopedic information worth keeping and completely unsourced. Previous AfD had no consensus, and I don't think a rewrite will do too much to help it (nobody has bothered in the past few months anyway), as the core info of the article is in itself how-to advice. It may look like something that can be tweaked to form a decent article, but look closely; there's almost nothing that isn't related to "do this, do that" in some way!  GraYoshi2x► talk 20:00, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: A how to guide. Joe Chill (talk) 21:34, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - currently a mess, but it could be re-written away from the "how-to" format. I'd like to see a greater community discussion on this AfD. Bearian (talk) 21:48, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I disagree. I see nothing salvageable other than a few sentences in the "introduction" section.  GraYoshi2x► talk 22:27, 6 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Transwiki to WikiHow, if we can manage it. If not, then delete it. -- Dennis The Tiger  (Rawr and stuff) 22:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The thing is that WikiHow is unrelated in any way, shape, or form (except for the MediaWiki software) to the Wikimedia Foundation, so although it technically can be done, it would have to follow their policies and the page would have to be reformatted to fit their layout. And judging from my quick overview of the policies there, it's iffy that this one will stay there without getting nominated for deletion again.  GraYoshi2x► talk 22:39, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Wikibooks is a Wikimedia Foundation project that takes how-tos. See b:Wikibooks:How-tos bookshelf, and a transwiki there may be appropriate. Thryduulf (talk) 21:38, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Weak delete/Transwiki - This is a notable topic, which I think deserves a place in Wikipedia, but not in the form of a how-to guide. Transwiki if possible. Hell, you could always copy-paste the thing, Lord Spongefrog,  (I am the Czar of all Russias!)  16:58, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 21:38, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Copy and paste is not the correct way to transwiki a page as it does not preserve the edit history. See m:Help:Transwiki for how it is properly done. Thryduulf (talk) 17:39, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Simple really, it has to go. I don't care what happens to it once it leaves Wikipedia, but it doesn't belong here. User:Nezzadar (speak) 23:15, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. JohnWBarber (talk) 23:50, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wikibooks As Thryduulf explained, Wikibooks is better suited for guides. If Wikibooks can't take it (and why wouldn't they), delete. --an odd name 04:41, 15 October 2009 (UTC)


 * transwiki to wikibooks it is a how to, that is where how tos go UltraMagnusspeak 12:46, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * i think it's very useful. please don't delete. a "how to" has a place in an encyclopedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.177.91.161 (talk)
 * The preceding comment was copied from the talk page by Thryduulf (talk) 15:32, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, however it has a sister project catering for how to articles, called wikibooks, it belongs there --UltraMagnusspeak 17:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The topic is certainly encyclopedic and deserving of a separate article. The article of course has to be pruned to remove content that is either unsourced or not in accordance with the WP:NOTHOWTO policy. Bear in mind, that this topic is intrinsically a "how to topic" and the line between encyclopedic coverage of the subject and "how to" can be hard to decipher. --Pink Bull (talk) 19:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment if the article is kept, it should be copied to wikibooks in its current state before being pruned Ultra<SPAN STYLE="color: #0079e0">Magnus</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:red;background-color:black;">speak</SPAN> 20:04, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - not encyclopedic content; not up to WikiBooks standards. -- Orange Mike  |   Talk  00:23, 16 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete/transwiki to wikibooks would require too great a rewrite to be encyclopedic rather than how-to Sanguis Sanies (talk) 11:09, 16 October 2009 (UTC)


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