Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cap Torque Tester

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Being used to promote a product. I do not see that this is a standalone article, and it could be adequately contained within torque tester — billinghurst sDrewth 16:08, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural keep The nominator is actually suggesting a merge (and I agree with this suggestion). Please consider merge WP:BEFORE nominating for deletion. -—Kvng 03:46, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. We have torque tester and its readers can probably take a good guess what a cap torque tester does without footnotes to a sales page and an article marketing page. Kilopi (talk) 04:21, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 18:40, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or merge with redirect. This topic is a wobbler. Yes, it is a specialized torque meter, so it could merge there. Apparently Pellett wrote a journal article in 1949 describing the instrument, and just about everybody refers to that article. Today, there are several manufacturers of these instruments (just google "cap torque tester"; $1500 price tag). Some models look like soda bottles and have LED displays. Others have jaws that grip a bottle so the cap torque can be measured. It sounds like they are needed in the bottling industry and are commonplace there. The article could have a few pictures and some decent text. The topic goes beyond just measuring torque: there could be discussions about torque for a proper seal or strength of materials. Consequently, it could be too much of a tangent at torque meter. Glrx (talk) 16:13, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]