Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lightning safety

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 of the debate was keep. Petros471 19:07, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lightning safety

Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. "...while Wikipedia has descriptions of people, places, and things, Wikipedia articles should not include instruction - advice (legal, medical, or otherwise), suggestions, or contain "how-to"s." Deltabeignet 05:31, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

• Strong keep/merge, the content of this article is important. Isn't the purpose of an encyclopedia to inform? If the page has to be removed, at least merge it with lightning. Max naylor 14:32, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, merge anything that isn't compromising into articles about lightning, perhaps redirect to lightning itself. Jammo (SM247) 05:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Seems like a merge and redirect to lightning is appropriate. --Carnildo 05:43, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect This reads too much like a guide which wikipedia is not. There seems to be some salvagable information here though that could go in to lightning. People searching for Lightning safety should also be taken to Lightning. Ydam 12:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per Ydam. Porphyric Hemophiliac § 16:00, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge Agree with above on this one. It doesn't need its own article. --Pilot|guy ^{(roger that)} 19:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per above and verify claims. --Starionwolf 20:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Article was spun out from lightning in August 2005 and works fine as a stand-alone piece. --JJay 21:44, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per Ydam. Voice of Treason 23:22, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep the lightning article is 46K long and does not need to be bigger. Merging would be a bad step. This more than a how to and is fine to keep and then clean up. Rex the first ^{talk | contribs} 23:37, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and reduce the "safety" section in Lightning to a briefer summary. --Allen 23:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep this article doesn't quite read like "tutorials, walk-throughs, instruction manuals, video game guides, and recipes" although it could use some work to make it even less so. Serodio 23:06, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

God, you guys are pathetic. Yes, let's spend all our time deleting anything that might be useful! Strike out every last bit of helpful advice! Meanwhile, articles elsewhere teem with mistakes and shameful disorganization. You must all be very proud of yourselves. Anonymous 198736 07:40, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

• keep and please do not insult other participants here it is very rude Yuckfoo 01:22, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

That's rather rich coming from someone whose username is a euphemism for "fuck you." Anonymous 198736 17:06, 17 June 2006 (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.