Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damage control

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Best left as the disambiguation page, as people searching this term are rarely doing so for ship emergency repairs. Article is also almost entirely unsourced giving no indication on why the term itself is notable under the article's definition. — Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Join WP:FINANCE! 00:38, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. — Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Join WP:FINANCE! 00:38, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
• Comment Would a redirect to Wiktionary maybe work? Most people are likely to be looking for the definition of the term.★Trekker (talk) 12:39, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Weak keep IMO emergency ship repairs is a subject that should have an article, although I don't have a strong opinion as to whether it is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. I did a search on navy.mil and found the following sources, which may or may not be useful: [https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2264809/damage-control-maintenance-calling-on-the-entire-ship/] [https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Community-Management/Enlisted/Surface-Engineering/DC/] [https://allhands.navy.mil/Stories/Display-Story/Article/1840408/damage-control/] [https://www.cnrc.navy.mil/pages-nrc-links/DOCUMENTS/Rating-Factsheets/DC-Damage-Controlman.pdf] [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/education/additional-activities/damage-control-battle-okinawa.html] [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/education/additional-activities/damage-control-green-navy-okinawa.html]. I don't think a redirect to Wiktionary would work well (at least, it would be awkward without changing the main page to the disambiguation page, and then the Wiktionary link would be a bit weirdly placed). --Pokechu22 (talk) 19:11, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• I would point out the universality of the term for naval, maritime (civilian sea-going), and sailing (civilian commercial and pastime) purposes. It applies as much to a canal narrowband springing a leak as to the Russian ship Moskva sunk from missile attack during the 2022 Ukraine war. The term may not be well known outside marine circles, but that probably means it deserves to be searchable in the 'pedia.- Peter Ellis - Talk 06:32, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• :{{u|Pokechu22}} and {{u|Peter Ellis}} the thing is that the term is not by any means exclusive to or primarily known for its use in ships emergencies. Ships are not the only places where damage needs to be controlled (public relations is a major example that comes to mind, for example, and definitely more notable/prominent than the maritime use of the term). — Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Join WP:FINANCE! 06:52, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• :OK, so it gets a 'suffix', say "(maritime)". Then, let others do articles for those other uses.- Peter Ellis - Talk 15:25, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:22, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

• Keep, rename & disambiguate, I agree with the other comments that damage control in a maritime context is notable, but that there is no primary topic. This content should be moved to Damage control (maritime), and this page should become the disambiguation page. Damage control as an action limiting the impact of a hazard, is a term that is widely applied in many different contexts. SailingInABathTub (talk) 22:27, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:53, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

• Keep, but change the focus to damage control in the general sense of the term, with maritime as an example. SWinxy (talk) 01:35, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

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