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*The simplest, '''[[Wikipedia:speedy deletions]]''' is for pages that are [[Wikipedia:Patent nonsense|patent nonsense]] or [[Wikipedia:vandalism|pure vandalism]]. Pages meeting the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|criteria for speedy deletion]] can be listed [[Wikipedia:speedy deletions|here]]. |
*The simplest, '''[[Wikipedia:speedy deletions]]''' is for pages that are [[Wikipedia:Patent nonsense|patent nonsense]] or [[Wikipedia:vandalism|pure vandalism]]. Pages meeting the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|criteria for speedy deletion]] can be listed [[Wikipedia:speedy deletions|here]]. |
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*'''[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion]]''' is for uncontroversial articles that do not meet the speedy criteria |
*'''[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion]]''' is for uncontroversial articles that do not meet the speedy criteria. Flagging such an article with {{tl|prod}} will place it into [[:Category:Proposed deletion]]; if it remains uncontested there for five days it can be deleted at an administrator's discretion. |
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*The five-day debate process of '''[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion]]''' is for articles that do not qualify for speedy deletion, that have been contested at [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion]], or that may be controversial. |
*The five-day debate process of '''[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion]]''' is for articles that do not qualify for speedy deletion, that have been contested at [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion]], or that may be controversial. |
Revision as of 11:08, 10 June 2006
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All text created in the Wikipedia main namespace is subject to several important rules, including three cardinal content policies: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia:Verifiability, and Wikipedia:No original research, and the copyright policy (Wikipedia:Copyrights). Text that does not conform to all four policies is not allowed in the main namespace. Failure to conform to NPOV is usually remedied by editing, but text that violates any of the remaining content policies is subject to the Wikipedia: Deletion policy.
Deletion of a Wikipedia article removes the current version and all previous versions from view. Unlike page blanking, which can be performed by any user and which preserves the original content in the page history, deletion can be performed only by administrators. In the normal operations of Wikipedia, over one thousand articles are deleted each day, in accordance with a Deletion process that is open to all users. Participants in the deletion process are expected to be familiar with the core Wikipedia policies of Verifiability, No Original Research and Neutral Point of View. They should bear in mind what Wikipedia is not.
This page describes how to list articles for deletion in one of three complementary processes (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, speedy deletion, and proposed deletion), and lists a number of common problems with Wikipedia articles and some alternatives to deletion. Note that violations of the Copyright Policy are dealt with at Wikipedia:Copyright problems.
Background
Deletion categories
Currently, there are three main processes for deleting articles:
- The simplest, Wikipedia:speedy deletions is for pages that are patent nonsense or pure vandalism. Pages meeting the criteria for speedy deletion can be listed here.
- Wikipedia:Proposed deletion is for uncontroversial articles that do not meet the speedy criteria. Flagging such an article with {{prod}} will place it into Category:Proposed deletion; if it remains uncontested there for five days it can be deleted at an administrator's discretion.
- The five-day debate process of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion is for articles that do not qualify for speedy deletion, that have been contested at Wikipedia:Proposed deletion, or that may be controversial.
There are analogous pages for images and media files, categories, templates, redirects, and miscellany.
Lag times and procedures
Each deletion category has a slightly different procedure. After an appropriate lag time, an administrator will delete the page if a rough consensus for deletion is reached, with the actual deletion procedure as described in Wikipedia:Deletion process.
The current lag times are:
- Wikipedia:Copyright problems - about a week (in practice, more like two)
- Wikipedia:Categories for deletion - about a week
- Wikipedia:Images for deletion - about a week
- Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion - about a week
- Wikipedia:Templates for deletion - seven days
- Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion - seven days
- Wikipedia:Speedy deletions - no lag
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion - five days
- Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion - eight days
Problem articles with alternatives to deletion
Problem with page | Solution | Add this tag |
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Article written in a foreign language
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List on Wikipedia:Pages needing translation. | {{notenglish}} |
A stub (but with potential)
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Expand it! | {{stub}}, or preferably the topic-specific one from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types |
Article resembles a dictionary article
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Modify the introduction removing "refers to", "means", and other such phrases. | {{stub}}, or preferably the topic-specific one from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types |
Such a minor branch of a subject that it doesn't deserve an article
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Merge the useful content into a more comprehensive article and redirect. | {{mergeto¦article}} |
Article duplicates information in some other article
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Merge and redirect. If you can't figure out how to perform the merger, tag it and list on Wikipedia:Proposed mergers. |
{{merge¦article}} |
Article needs improvement
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List on Wikipedia:Cleanup. | {{cleanup}}, or preferably a more-specific tag. |
Article needs a lot of improvement | List on Wikipedia:Pages needing attention. | {{attention}} |
Article is biased or has lots of POV
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List on Wikipedia:Pages needing attention. | {{npov}} or {{POV check}} |
Dispute over article content
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List on Wikipedia:Requests for comments. | {{disputed}} |
Two subjects have the same name
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Make a disambiguation page. | {{disambig}} |
Can't verify information in article
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Follow the procedure on Wikipedia:Verifiability. If that doesn't work, come back here. If it is truly unverifiable, it may be deleted. |
{{cleanup-verify}} |
Inappropriate user page | Talk to the user. If that doesn't work, come back here. |
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Vandalism or inaccuracy
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Revert it. Mention it on Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress if appropriate. |
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Annoying or incivil user | Stay cool. Add user to Wikipedia:Requests for comment if necessary. |
Add {{civil1}} or {{civil2}} |
Any problem with a community-accepted policy or guideline page, including m:instruction creep. | Make the proposal on the talk page, seek comment in community discussion areas. |
See also: Wikipedia:Template messages#Deletion
Problem articles that may require deletion
Problem with page | Solution | Add this tag |
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List on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFD). | See AfD in 3 steps for instructions and tags. |
List on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFD). | See AfD in 3 steps for instructions and tags. | |
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List on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion (WP:MfD). | See WP:MfD for instructions and tags. |
Article is possible copyright infringement
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List on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. | {{Template:copyvio}} or {{copyvio|url=source}} |
Image is possible copyright infringement | List on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. | {{imagevio}} or {{imagevio¦url=source}} |
Image or other media needs deleting (but not because of copyright violation) | List on Wikipedia:Images for deletion. | See WP:IfD for instructions and tags. |
A useless redirect
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Don't worry; redirects are cheap. If you must, list on Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion but only after reading our recommendations on deleting redirects. |
See WP:RfD for instructions and tags. |
A category scheme gone awry
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List on Wikipedia:Categories for deletion. | See WP:CfD for instructions and tags. |
A redundant or misguided series box. | List on Wikipedia:Templates for deletion. | {{tfd}} (Put in the box itself.) |
A redundant or misguided stub template or category. | List on Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. | {{sfd-c}} for stub categories {{sfd-t}} for stub templates |
Can never be other than a dictionary article ("dicdef")
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Turn the article into a redirect (or rename and refactor it) as per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (adjectives) and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (verbs).
Check that Wiktionary does not already have a dictionary article. If a Wiktionary article does not already exist, transwiki the article to Wiktionary. Afterwards, either replace with a soft redirect or list the article for deletion. |
See Wikipedia:Things to be moved to Wiktionary for instructions and tags. |
Article is a source text (but not a copyvio)
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Move text to Wikisource and replace it with a stub and a soft redirect. | |
Article is a hoax (not an article about a hoax) | List on Suspected hoax articles and/or propose deletion. | {{Template:Hoax}} and/or use {{prod}}. |
Article is a candidate for speedy deletion including:
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List on Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. In simple cases, just add the {{deletebecause}} tag and the page will automatically be listed in CAT:CSD. |
{{db¦reason}} |
Nominating an article for deletion
See the instructions at speedy deletions, proposed deletions, or articles for deletion accordingly. When you follow the proper procedure you place a warning at the top of the article to notify readers the article is being considered for deletion using {{afd}}.
{{subst:#ifeq:a|b||{{subst:#ifexist:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/{{subst:PAGENAME}}|{{subst:lessthan}}!-- The nomination page for this article already existed when this tag was added. If this was because the article had been nominated for deletion before, and you wish to renominate it, please replace "page={{subst:PAGENAME}}" with "page={{subst:PAGENAME}} (2nd nomination)" below before proceeding with the nomination.
-->}}}}This template must be substituted. Replace {{afd
with {{subst:afd
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{{subst:lessthan}}!-- Once discussion is closed, please place on talk page:
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Please note that copyright problems have a different suggested notice, and notices may not be required for pages that have no content (blank pages or redirects), and have no significant history, where "significant history" includes any history of content being added or removed, excepting candidate for speedy deletion. See also: Wikipedia:Boilerplate_text#Listed_for_deletion and Wikipedia:Example deletion discussion.
Renominations
In general, articles that have survived a nomination for deletion should not be immediately renominated, unless a discussion had no consensus and a marked lack of contributors. There is no strict policy or consensus for a specific time between nominations.
Renomination of an article previously considered on AfD should include this template, {{subst:afdx|2nd}}, which will prevent overwriting of the previous discussion:
This template must be substituted. Replace {{afdx{{subst:#ifeq:a|b|{{subst:!}}help={{{help}}}}}
with {{subst:afdx{{subst:#ifeq:a|b|{{subst:!}}help={{{help}}}}}
.
Transwikied articles
Please note that if the original discussion result was to "transwiki," the page becomes a candidate for speedy deletion once the transwiki is completed, and does not need to go through AfD again.
Recurring candidates
Repeated nominations for deletion are not necessarily evidence that an article should be deleted, and in some cases, repeated attempts to have an article deleted may even be considered disruptive. If in doubt, don't delete.
Repeated re-creation of an article by previously unassociated editors may be evidence of a need for an article.
Deletion discussions, closure, reviewing
Commenting on a listing for deletion
Please see the appropriate instructions at speedy deletions, proposed deletions, or articles for deletion accordingly. In general, when someone has listed an article for deletion, anyone else may comment on the request. Please include your opinion and your reasoning and sign with ~~~~. Typical comments include "delete, "keep," "comment:", "redirect to [[article]]," "merge into [[article]] and redirect," "move to Wiktionary / Meta / other GFDL site" et al.
Commonly used shorthands can be found at the Wikipedia:Guide to deletion. Note that "merge into [[article]] and delete" cannot be performed simply by copying and pasting text from the original article into the target unless the information on authorship of the content is somehow preserved, or the text is public domain. Otherwise, only the facts may be merged by completely rewriting the relevant text, so that none of the original copyrightable expression is used.
Please do not remove any statements from any deletion discussion. If you suspect a user of adding multiple comments using sockpuppets, feel free to comment and provide pertinent links. The admin who reviews the discussion will investigate and decide whether or not to take that opinion into account.
Decision policy
At the end of the discussion, if a rough consensus for deletion has been reached, the page will be removed per Wikipedia:Deletion process; otherwise the page remains.
Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators expands on this and provides a little rationale.
Early closure
If a clear consensus for non-deletion is quickly reached, discussion may be closed before the end of the typical period, for example, a clear consensus for speedy deletion, a clear consensus for a speedy keep, or a consensus for a redirect. The debate should remain transcluded on the appropriate deletion page. If the proposed solution has not achieved a very clear consensus, the listing should remain for the full five-day period. Any substantial debate, regardless of how lopsided the keep/delete count may be, implies that an early closing would be a bad idea.
Deletion review and undeletion
Wikipedia:Deletion review discussions can lead to Undeletion, a task performed by Administrators if there is support or if a page has obviously been deleted out of process. Undeletion of pages is limited to those pages that are kept in the archive. Some older deleted pages are completely inaccessible.
Join us!
The Articles for deletion page gets very busy. Please join the Wikipedia:Cleaning department to help in maintaining it on a regular basis!
See also
- Wikipedia:Deletion process
- Wikipedia:Guide to deletion
- Wikipedia:Archived delete debates
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maintenance
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Precedents
- Wikipedia:Blankpages, Wikipedia:Shortpages
- Wikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense
- Wikipedia:Pages needing attention
- Wikipedia:Transwiki log