Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Good Agricultural Practices

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. Should be improved with sources included — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:26, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good Agricultural Practices

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This article is tagged as having "instructions, advice, or how-to content," but really, that's about all it is. See WP:NOTHOWTO. Even if we could address that issue, it's difficult to see how we could avoid it being WP:DICDEF. Merging doesn't seem like an option; at most, it could be a sentence at Best practice. --BDD (talk) 22:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. --BDD (talk) 22:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. --BDD (talk) 22:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and improve – Good Agricultural Practices are often referred to as "GAP", and are principles that the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations uses (see: this link), practices that the United States Department of Agriculture includes in their audits (see this link) and standards that significant agriculture industry organizations use (see: this link). This term is definitely not a dictionary definition. This article needs some work, but deletion is not in order, per WP:PRESERVE. Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:02, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – See also:

"Good Agricultural Practices Manual". Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, University of Maryland. August 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2012. (Free download)

—Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – More sources:

"Good Agricultural Practices Minimize Food Safety Risks". Almond Board of California. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
Andrews, Nick (Fall 2008). "Good Agricultural Practices & Marketing Agreements". Vol. III, No. 4. Small Farms, Oregon State University. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
"Mushroom Good Agricultural Practices Program" (PDF). Penn State University and the American Mushroom Institute. May 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2012.

—Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:31, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

-My own vote would be to KEEP this article. Although it is true that Wikipedia is not a "how-to" manual, as clarified at Wikipedia: What Wikipedia is not, this article - as its name implies, is obviously playing a useful function and has much important significance. I agree entirely with the above comments that improvement,rather than deletion,would be the correct course action in this case. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 13:51, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment As one of the original author of this article, in times where the editorial policy war far less refined than what it is today, I appreciate the comments supporting keeping the article and thank Northamerica for the improvements he brought. Anthere (talk)
Is listifying this article an option? It's already list-heavy, and I don't think I'd object to a List of good agricultural practices with a lede mentioning best practice and the relevant defining organizations. --BDD (talk) 22:58, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and redirect to Best practice. Listification as above is also a good option is someone is willing to put in the work. Stuartyeates (talk) 05:59, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve per Northamerica's rationale and sources. Ugly state does not justify deletion. Cavarrone (talk) 09:03, 19 July 2012 (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.