Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Water damage restoration


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The result was merge to Water damage. czar 05:00, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Water damage restoration

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The article's topic is probably notable, but its entire current content is focussed on promoting 1 specific organization's (IICRC) views, standards and general expertise. It is essentially one huge WP:COATRACK, implying that "water damage restoration" and "IICRC S500" are identical topics. Aside from WP:COATRACK the article lacks independent sources, and violates WP:NOTGUIDE and WP:NPOV in most sections. This seems like a textbook example for WP:TNT. GermanJoe (talk) 05:52, 3 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep This is not a coatrack because the IICRC material is quite relevant to the topic. If there's more to be said, then this is a matter of expansion and improvement per our editing policy.  WP:TNT is not policy; it's disruption. Andrew D. (talk) 11:00, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Not sure This article seems to be mostly copied from the IICRC site. However the topic is certainly notable and important. Kitfoxxe (talk) 12:28, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
 * On top of these problems (thanks for catching the possible copyvios), "Classifications" and "Categorization" are largely redundant with water damage - with slightly better and more diverse sourcing in the other article. Assuming IICRC S500 is a de-facto standard (should have a reliable source though for verification), we could simply mention the standard in a brief paragraph in the main article and redirect this one. GermanJoe (talk) 14:47, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge S500 standard to the restoration section of the water damage article for reasons as explained by GermanJoe. DeVerm (talk) 23:46, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 22:34, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   06:45, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Definitely consensus to keep, but whether to keep independently or to merge has not yet been decided. &mdash; Music1201  talk  01:40, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge to Water damage. A lot of this material (classifications) is repeated at the target and there is a Restoration section that can be improved by the material in this article. ~Kvng (talk) 17:38, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  01:40, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to content in section per above. Proposed target is short enough to have this additional content. Patar knight - chat/contributions 04:17, 18 July 2016 (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.