Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Welder certification

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. Listed for 13 days with no arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. The issue of merging/moving can be discussed on the article's talk page. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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This article has no reliable sources to assert it's notability. Wizard191 (talk) 12:52, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:30, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Seems to be a notable topic. The websites listed under external links could be used as sources. One problem is that the news media is not likely to report on this topic, important as it is, unless there are problems with it. Wolfview (talk) 00:49, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The ELs are just links to welding associations. How are they sources of notability? Wizard191 (talk) 13:33, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • If a welding association says something is important in the field of welding it probably is. Wolfview (talk) 05:25, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Per Wolfview's rationale. Zonafan39 (talk) 04:32, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge With Welder - also need to be more world related than just america, other wise perhaps "American Welding Certification" should be the title...Chaosdruid (talk) 09:01, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The retitle sounds like a good idea to me, merging to a section in Welder would also not be bad. Any person who has some understanding of "how things work" will understand how important welding certification is. You wouldn't want your life to depend on a weld unless it was done by someone who knew what he/she was doing. Wolfview (talk) 22:39, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.