Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rotolock valve


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Mediran  ( t  •  c ) 01:53, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Rotolock valve

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Unreferenced and tagged for notability for over 5 years. I couldn't establish notability. Boleyn (talk)
 * keep, maybe better to merge somewhere? but if no suitable target exist, I'd keep it. They evidently exist, a simple search pops up lots of companies selling them - I added one of those catalogues as a reference (a poor one, but it is a start). Note that we have lots of valves in WP, quite likely we could have a nice set of articles if those where better organized. - Nabla (talk) 11:22, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2013 January 13.  Snotbot   t &bull; c &raquo;  12:19, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * &hellip; also known as a Rotalock valve. I agree with Nabla.  There's a lot that Wikipedia doesn't tell readers about service valves for refrigerators and HVAC, including the differences between stem service valves (which is what these are) and Schrader service valves, and all about back seating.  Uncle G (talk) 17:35, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Rotaclock seems to be a more common name (about twice ghits). If kept, seems worthy of a move (and surely worth a redir) - Nabla (talk) 20:28, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Myself, I'd move it to service valve and expand from the likes of ISBN 9781428311497 pp. 1572–1573. But you know me. &#9786;  Uncle G (talk) 00:03, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep This sort of valve seems widely used and has been for decades. I've added the Rotalock alternative to the article and a journal reference verifying it. I'd have no objection to renaming the article to Rotalock valve or even service valve. Mark viking (talk) 01:05, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:29, 14 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep--yeah, service valve is the way to go. I haven't found the perfect hit yet; unfortunately page 43 is not available to me. Drmies (talk) 02:52, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've rewritten the article a bit in possible preparation for a move which, I think, will be the result of this AfD. Drmies (talk) 03:04, 18 January 2013 (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.