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+ | '''Candidates for speedy deletion''' (quoted from [[w:Deletion]]) | ||
+ | # No meaningful content or history (''e.g.'' random characters). | ||
+ | # Test pages (''e.g.'', "Can I really create a page here?"). | ||
+ | # Pure vandalism (see also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Dealing with vandalism|dealing with vandalism]]). | ||
+ | # Very short pages with little or no context (''e.g.'', "He is a funny man that has created Factory and the Hacienda. And, by the way, his wife is great.") | ||
+ | # Reposted content that was already deleted according to policy. | ||
+ | # Pages that have been moved to another Wikicity because they were uploaded in the wrong place. | ||
+ | # Temporarily deleting a page in order to [[w:Help:Moving pages|move a page]]. | ||
+ | #Broken redirects or ones caused by typos during a page move. | ||
+ | #Duplicate images | ||
+ | # Talk pages of already deleted articles | ||
+ | # User talk pages of non-logged in users where the message is no longer relevant (This is to avoid confusing new users who happen to edit with that same IP address.) | ||
+ | #Empty categories | ||
+ | #User and talk pages on request of the user, where there is no significant abuse, and no administrative need to retain the page. | ||
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You can mark or replace a page with a call to [[Template:Delete]] to suggest that an administrator of this wiki delete the page. ''Understand that this template is not a creation of an administrator and there might not be anyone available to delete pages marked with this template.'' | You can mark or replace a page with a call to [[Template:Delete]] to suggest that an administrator of this wiki delete the page. ''Understand that this template is not a creation of an administrator and there might not be anyone available to delete pages marked with this template.'' | ||
Call the template as <nowiki>{{delete|your reason for deletion --~~~~}}</nowiki> | Call the template as <nowiki>{{delete|your reason for deletion --~~~~}}</nowiki> | ||
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+ | Here are some suggested reasons to delete a page | ||
+ | * speedy deletion candidate, see list | ||
+ | * copyright violation | ||
+ | * not relevant to Wikihack (move the page to another Wikicity before deleting) | ||
+ | * other reasons? | ||
Note that the following two pages are '''not''' candidates for deletion: | Note that the following two pages are '''not''' candidates for deletion: | ||
* [[Template:Delete]] | * [[Template:Delete]] | ||
* [[Wikihack:Templates]] | * [[Wikihack:Templates]] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Community|Candidates for speedy deletion]] |
Revision as of 00:47, 13 December 2005
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Candidates for speedy deletion (quoted from w:Deletion)
- No meaningful content or history (e.g. random characters).
- Test pages (e.g., "Can I really create a page here?").
- Pure vandalism (see also dealing with vandalism).
- Very short pages with little or no context (e.g., "He is a funny man that has created Factory and the Hacienda. And, by the way, his wife is great.")
- Reposted content that was already deleted according to policy.
- Pages that have been moved to another Wikicity because they were uploaded in the wrong place.
- Temporarily deleting a page in order to move a page.
- Broken redirects or ones caused by typos during a page move.
- Duplicate images
- Talk pages of already deleted articles
- User talk pages of non-logged in users where the message is no longer relevant (This is to avoid confusing new users who happen to edit with that same IP address.)
- Empty categories
- User and talk pages on request of the user, where there is no significant abuse, and no administrative need to retain the page.
You can mark or replace a page with a call to Template:Delete to suggest that an administrator of this wiki delete the page. Understand that this template is not a creation of an administrator and there might not be anyone available to delete pages marked with this template.
Call the template as {{delete|your reason for deletion --~~~~}}
Here are some suggested reasons to delete a page
- speedy deletion candidate, see list
- copyright violation
- not relevant to Wikihack (move the page to another Wikicity before deleting)
- other reasons?
Note that the following two pages are not candidates for deletion:
Pages in category "Candidates for deletion"
The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.