Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sub-Aqua Association
The article conforms to , ,  and . The subject is a non-commercial organisation (a voluntary federation of independent scuba-diving clubs based in the UK). Therefore concerns about advertising should be met by identifying and removing what the proposer considers advertising before considering if the remaining content should be deleted (#Special note: advertising and promotion). The page is not flagged for notability issues, which should be the first step before prod. The references clearly show that SAA is both (1) national and international in scale and (2) verified by third-party, independent, reliable sources. This may establish notability by #Non-commercial organizations, but in any case, absent a warning of notability, this proposal should fail as premature. From : "If it is likely that significant coverage in independent sources can be found for a topic, deletion due to lack of notability is inappropriate unless ''active effort'' has been made to find these sources. For articles of unclear notability, deletion should be a ''last'' resort" (my emphasis). The necessary process leading to AfD has not been observed
— User:RexxS, 17:41, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NPOV||WP:V||WP:NOR||WP:C||WP:ORG||WP:ORG||WP:N (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view)