Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Society of Automation


 * 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   keep. The Bushranger One ping only 02:05, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

International Society of Automation

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No attempt made to demonstrate notability. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 15:02, 4 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Strong keep: The ISA is a notable organization per WP:ORG, with plenty of sources (also under their old name). -- BenTels (talk) 15:33, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 20:26, 4 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Per WP:NONPROFIT, scope of organization is international, size of the organization is large (75 staff; 30-40k members from various sources); age is longish (65+ years).   Within standard-setting bodies, I note that its list of standards lists dozens just under "new and notable" and "bestselling" and almost all of them are also ANSI standards.  --Lquilter (talk) 07:14, 6 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Strong keep: The ISA is a notable organization per WP:ORG. The ISA also produces the ISA99 standard which is one of the important Cyber security standards. The Cyber security standards page is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, the article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. The ISA99 page of course has a link to the International Society of Automation page. The cyber security of private industries and governmental installations dependent on the reliable functioning of an Industrial control system is a highly debated subject, that has considerable importance for the security of the critical infrastructure of any country. For example: ISA cyber security standards are mentioned on the United States Computer Emergency Response Team website. Significant coverage in reliable, sources include HPAC Engineering, the magazine of mechanical systems engineering, Emerson (NYSE: EMR)a global manufacturing and technology company, IHS, a global information company, StandardsPortal,an ANSI online resource, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Electrical Power Education Newsletter. I am a wikipedia user since 2008, have done 1,861 edits almost all on wikimedia commons, and have autoconfirmed and autopatrol status there.Xvdvoort (talk) 12:39, 6 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:NRVE. No attempt made to demonstrate source searching in the nomination, per suggested at WP:BEFORE section D. Northamerica1000(talk) 15:07, 7 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Strong keep Unless you can find a better text to replace it (and I find it hard to believe you will) please do not delete this item. Since 1978 I am a member and leader of this Society. I don't remember ever seen a more adequate article about what ISA is and do.  If Wikipedia cares for quality content, deleting this kind of content does not help to improve it's contents or is usefull to it's readers, IMHO.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.168.127.88 (talk) 13:49, 8 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Strong keep: This organization has existed for over 50 years and still has an active community of members.  The because it is often represented by the acronym a Wikipedia article serves to describe the organization to those outside of the engineering and technical arena where it is well know   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bsneddon (talk • contribs) 14:03, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Passes both the criteria of WP:NONPROFIT. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛  Talk Email 14:17, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
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