Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jewellery cleaning

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. Discussion consensus indicates ordinary editing can improve the article sufficiently to keep. (non-admin closure) BusterD (talk) 14:41, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jewellery cleaning[edit]

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This is a how-to guide, which is something that Wikipedia is not. Biker Biker (talk) 17:27, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Transwiki to wikibooks, where instructional manuals are more appropriate. Several Times (talk) 17:49, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That works for me instead of deletion. --Biker Biker (talk) 17:50, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. — frankie (talk) 16:25, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Jewelry cleaning is a notable topic which is covered in numerous works. The issue of "how-to" is a matter of writing style - avoiding step-by-step instructions, exercises and other features of training material. The essential facts should still be presented here and this is a matter of ordinary editing per our editing policy. Warden (talk) 16:28, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A notable topic, and while this is not the ideal start for an article, it's not so bad we need to delete and start from scratch. Could be improved with editing per Warden. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:44, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete notable, but not encyclopediac. Fails WP:NOTHOWTO. Unsourced. At the very least the article should be tightened before being merged to Jewellery. Sp33dyphil ^{"Ad astra"} 06:05, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to jewellery after cleanup. Notable enough for inclusion as part of the main jewellery article, but needs to be encyclopedic. Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:16, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There needs to be a place for information about diamond cleanliness. This is a subject as important as the other 4 Cs (cut, color, clarity, and carat "weight"), each of which has a page of its own. This page is at a "start" level -- more than a stub, but not fully fleshed out. A majority of the page is not how-to information. There are rudimentary sections on the advantages and disadvantages of various cleaning methods. Considering the terseness of the article, there are quite a few citations. -- Jasper (talk) 04:47, 2 September 2011 (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.