Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/European Computer Driving Licence

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:25, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

European Computer Driving Licence[edit]

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No evidence of actual notability or acceptance for the license, and a wholly promotional article - even has a section entitled "what's new" DGG ( talk ) 06:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This is a very widely recognised qualification with a long list of books published on the subject and many news articles on GNews. --Michig (talk) 06:58, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
(ec) Keep and improve I would say it is a notable certification programme, books about the programme were published by notable publishing houses even in my country. See also:

Fast Track: The European Computer Driving Licence (The Independent)
The European computer driving licence testing software (Times of Malta)
End-users taught to recycle PCs as part of computer driving licence (Computer Weekly)
etc.

Any issues with the article content should be resolved by responsible editing, not by deletion. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 07:03, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 07:37, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 07:37, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 07:39, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Europe-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 07:39, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A well-known qualification, widely featured in education courses in the UK at least. My son has one lying in a drawer as I'm sure do many, many others. AllyD (talk) 07:55, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The nominator DGG is unusually (and uniquely?) mistaken here. ECDL is indeed a formal qualification which is expected or even required by some employers. Training and support is offered by numerous accredited educational institutions. (It is shockingly Microsoft-ridden but that is another matter). Maybe the article needs seeing to a bit. Thincat (talk) 09:56, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - important qualification that numerous accredited educational institutions provide training for. In addition to the sources above we have the New Scientist on its launch [1], The Hindu about it being adopted in India [2], this Irish commentary that says "The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) has unquestionably been one of the world’s best public initiatives in the field of computing for nearly a decade." [3] and its been adopted internationally as the 'International Computer Driving License'. eg [4] and even adopted by China. [5]. The page needs much work but that is an editorial matter. The Whispering Wind (talk) 23:59, 29 November 2013 (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.