Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fan clutch

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The result was keep‎. Spartaz ^Humbug! 07:57, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fan clutch

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Not notable - presumably it has remained uncited for years as quite rightly nobody cares about all the parts of internal combustion vehicles nowadays Chidgk1 (talk) 18:34, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Chidgk1 (talk) 18:34, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Beyond being low-sourced do you have a true reason for deletion beyond a rubbish WP:IDLI reason? We haven't deleted the cathode ray tube article because "nobody cares ...nowadays". Nate • (chatter) 21:45, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Cathode ray tubes were a far more important piece of 20th century technology than fan clutches Chidgk1 (talk) 07:24, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Please state, in your own words, a policy-based reason for deletion, not that you personally dislike the existence of an engine part. Nate • (chatter) 18:38, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment re: "quite rightly nobody cares about all the parts of internal combustion vehicles nowadays"

There are >1.4 billion vehicles on the road using internal combustion engines.^[1] Fan clutches are not used on front-wheel drive vehicles, so perhaps only 400 million use fan clutches? 300 million? 700 million? Whatever the number is, globally, it's really, really big.

Presumably the people that bought and own these vehicles care about internal engines, especially when they break down and someone says they need to buy a new "fan clutch".

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 19:02, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - lots of reliable sources, starting with the Wikipedia Library link in the "find sources" section of the AfD template above. I added 2 to the article as external links.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 19:17, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Added 3 more refs. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 19:54, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per references added by A. B. the subject passes the GNG. Rupples (talk) 02:42, 21 October 2023 (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.