Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lava soap

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. &mdash; Xezbeth 06:45, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Lava soap
I came across this page on 6 June. The page had been nominated VFD by 63.173.228.51 on 25 May, though user gave no reason for explanation or nor did the user list it on VFD pages. Thus, I am following up on this as the user had begun a VFD process and I am not sure if the intent was serious or otherwise. My opinion: Keep. Lava has been around a long time, and is notable for a number of reasons, the pumace content being part of the advertising; the fact that it is made by an industrial products company (WD-40) instead of a health care or home care products company like Proctor and Gamble (though WD-40 Company is one now, they didn't start out with that intent); and innovative (for the time, and still to some degree now) packaging design. I don't know if it's one of the major-selling soaps in the US, but I do know that it's one of the more instantly-recognizable brands out there.--Mitsukai 16:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually Lava soap was made by P&G for decades until the brand was sold to WD-40 in 1999. --Tabor 19:12, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That I did not know; it's not listed on the article and probably should be.--Mitsukai 19:16, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. If you work with engines, you've heard of it (and probably used it). -- BD2412 talk 16:42, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable product particularly because of its history and uniqueness. DS1953 16:45, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Scratchy and unpleasant, but real annd pretty famous. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 16:49, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've tidied the article up a little.  Joyous 17:57, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - added a picture, product-stub, and soap category to the article. Not that I think the article's going to be VFD'd, but it couldn't hurt to spruce it up anyway.--Mitsukai 18:13, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Common household product. Capitalistroadster 00:18, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, though perhaps move to Lava (soap) to be consistent with naming conventions. Haikupoet 03:20, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Pretty much, yeah it's significant.  So can we remove the VFD sticker now, or is there some sort of expiration on these things? --The Human Spellchecker 23:13, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep What??? You never heard of Lava soap? Keep!!!!
 * Keep I swear by this stuff, it's much better than anything else out there, and half as expensive. I found the article to be informative. Did not know it had been bought by WD-40.--Txredcoat 00:58, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages.  Please do not edit this page .