Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Advanced Hazmat Life Support

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The result was keep. (X! · talk) · @135 · 02:14, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Advanced Hazmat Life Support[edit]

This is a contested PROD. It was declined as needing cleanup but I am not sure if that can lead to an acceptable article as I have doubts about the subject itself. The article is about a training organisation and the training it provides. There is no demonstration of notability and no secondary sources. The subject does get hits in Google News and Google Scholar but I am not sure it they amount to significant coverage. We do not normally have articles about training courses except those leading to official qualifications or recognised certifications. I am not sure that these do, although they do seem to be recognised as providing "Continuing Education credits"[1]. I think we should look at whether this subject is appropriate before somebody spends a lot of time cleaning it up. DanielRigal (talk) 23:51, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. —DanielRigal (talk) 00:01, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. —DanielRigal (talk) 00:01, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep for me the coverage mentioned in the nom if sufficient reason to keep. (There are also a number of GNews hits). Based on the coverage, it appears that this University of Arizona program is recognized as important by a variety of sources and is also unique. Thus, it is notable and worthy of inclusion. --ThaddeusB (talk) 01:01, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - plenty of good sources exist; I'm adding some. Bearian (talk) 18:28, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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