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⚫ {{mergeto|Deletion process}}
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⚫ {{Deletion debates}}

Even admins should mostly use the ], ], and ] pages when they think a page should be deleted. There are a few limited exceptions, which are given at ]. Every admin should also read and understand ''']'''. Even admins should mostly use ] and the various ] when they think a page should be deleted. There are a few limited exceptions, which are given at ]. Every admin should also read and understand ''']'''.


Once the decision to delete (or not) has been made, please document the decision using the procedures at ]. Once the decision to delete (or not) has been made, please document the decision using the procedures at ].


== Deciding whether to delete == ==Deciding whether to delete==


# Whether ] has been achieved by determining a "]" (see below) # Whether ] has been achieved by determining a "]" (see below).
# Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of Misplaced Pages participants. # Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of Misplaced Pages participants.
# As a general rule, ''don't'' close discussions or delete pages whose discussions you've participated in. Let someone else do it. # As a general rule, ''don't'' close discussions or delete pages whose discussions you've participated in. Let someone else do it.
# '''When in doubt, don't delete.'''


== Rough consensus == ==Rough consensus==
{{shortcut|WP:ROUGHCONSENSUS}}
'']'' is a term used in ] to indicate the "sense of the group" concerning a particular matter under consideration.


Administrators necessarily must use their best judgment, attempting to be as impartial as is possible for a fallible human, to determine when ] has been reached. For example, administrators can disregard opinions and comments if they feel that there is strong evidence that they were not made in ]. Such "bad faith" opinions include those being made by ], being made anonymously, or being made using a new userid whose only edits are to the article in question and the voting on that article. If a rough consensus holds that the nomination was made in bad faith, the page may be ]. Administrators must use their best judgement, attempting to be as impartial as is possible for a fallible human, to determine when rough consensus has been reached. For example, administrators can disregard opinions and comments if they feel that there is strong evidence that they were not made in ]. Such "bad faith" opinions include those being made by ], or accounts created solely for voting on the deletion discussion. If a rough consensus holds that the nomination was made in bad faith, the page may be ].


If the major stakeholders have not been notified of the deletion nomination or given time to respond, reliable consensus determinations will rarely be possible.
Some arguments can override all others. For instance if someone finds the entire page to be a copyright violation, a page is always deleted. If a page was nominated for deletion based on a lack of sources, but an editor adds the missing references, or rewrites the article, the page should be kept. If the developing consensus was to delete, but it is requested that a page be userfied, then typically the page will be moved into the user namespace.


Consensus is not determined by counting heads, but by looking at strength of argument and cited recorded ].<ref>This includes policies, guidelines, widely-accepted essays, and discussions like ].</ref> Arguments that contradict policy, are based on unsubstantiated personal opinion rather than fact, or are logically fallacious, are frequently discounted. For instance, if the entire page is found to be a copyright violation, the page is always deleted. If an argument for deletion is that the page lacks sources, but an editor adds the missing references, that argument is no longer relevant.
⚫ Note also that the three key policies, which warrant that articles and information be ], avoid being ], and be written from a ] are held to be non-negotiable, and cannot be superseded by any other guidelines or by editors' consensus. A closing admin must determine whether any article violates these policies, and where it is very unlikely that an article on the topic can exist without breaching these three policies, these policies must be respected above other opinions.


⚫ Misplaced Pages policy requires that articles and information comply with core content policies (], ], ], ], and ]) as applicable. These policies are not negotiable, and cannot be superseded by any other guidelines or by editors' consensus. A closing admin must determine whether an article violates these content policies. Where it is very unlikely that an article on the topic can exist without breaching policy, policy must be respected above individual opinions.
⚫ == On deleting pages ==

Per ], a local consensus can suspend a guideline in a particular case where suspension is in the encyclopedia's best interests, but this should be no less exceptional in deletion than in any other area.

===Biographies of living people===
The possibility of harm to living subjects must be considered when exercising editorial judgment.

With regard to living people, a closing admin must take into account the policy on ] along with our ] for biographies. When closing an AfD about a living person whose notability is ambiguous, the closing administrator should take into account whether the subject of the article being deleted has asked that it be deleted. The weight to be given to such a request is a matter for the admin's discretion.

⚫ ==On deleting pages==
Here are some guidelines administrators should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not, when considering entries on ] and ]. Here are some guidelines administrators should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not, when considering entries on ] and ].


# When deleting a page, one may or may not want to delete its ] or any ] as well. If the talk page is ''not'' deleted, put a link to the deletion discussion thread on the talk page. # When deleting a page, one may or may not want to delete its ] or any ] as well. If the talk page is ''not'' deleted, put a link to the deletion discussion thread on the talk page.
# Simply deleting a page does ''not'' automatically delete its talk page (or any subpages). If you wish to delete these as well, do them first, and then the main page. # Simply deleting a page does ''not'' automatically delete its talk page (or any subpages). If you wish to delete these as well, do them first, and then the main page.
# Follow the ] to mark as closed and to archive the discussion. # Follow the ] to mark the discussion as closed, and to archive it.
# See ] for deletion policy on copyright infringement, and ] and ] for perspective. # See ] for deletion policy on copyright infringement, and ] and ] for perspective.
# <span id="Reason" /> When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, ensure that the following is ''not'' included: # {{anchor|Reason}} When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, provide a link to the discussion (administrators usually leave as summary that simple link: '']'') and ensure that the following is ''not'' included:
#* Any copyright infringing text #* Any copyright infringing text
#* Personal information, e.g. ''<nowiki>content was: '{{delete}} XYZ smells bad and his home phone # is (123) 456-7890</nowiki>'' #* Personal information, e.g. ''<nowiki>content was: '{{db-attack}} XYZ smells bad and his home phone # is (123) 456-7890</nowiki>'' <ref>Mediawiki used to cite the content of the article in this manner when the summary was left empty, but it now leaves the summary blank.</ref>
# Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well! See ] and ]. # Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well! See ] and ].
# ] to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects. # ] to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects.
# Check for existing ] for deleted pages and subpages. (They are of the form "Template:Editnotices/Page/Page title" or "Template:Editnotices/Group/Page title".) These should be deleted per ] if they become unused.
# If a given title should ''never have an article'', such as an article on someone very obscure, then remove all links to it, making it an ].
# If a given title ''should have an article'', but the current content is useless, then consider listing it on ] # If a given title should ''never have an article'', such as an article on someone very obscure, then remove all links to it.
# If a given title ''should have an article'', but the current content is useless, then consider listing it on ]
# If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from ] to a ], in order to preserve the history (as this may be required for the GFDL). Next, copy the content to the ], with an edit comment like ''(moved content from ] - see the page history of ] for author attribution)''. The ] will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. # If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from ] to a ], in order to preserve the history (as this may be required for CC-BY-SA and GFDL attribution compliance). Next, copy the content to the ], with an edit comment like ''(moved content from ] - see the page history of ] for author attribution)''. The ] will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted.
# If closing the discussion in favor of keeping the page, please add a notice to its talk page containing a link to the archived discussion for future reference. In the case of articles you can use {{tl|Oldafdfull}}. ''(Similar templates needed for other types of pages for deletion.)'' # If closing the discussion in favor of keeping the page, please add a notice to its talk page containing a link to the archived discussion for future reference. In the case of articles you can use {{Tl|Old AfD multi}}. ''(Similar templates needed for other types of pages for deletion.)''

===Declining a speedy deletion===
If you decide that a page nominated for speedy deletion should not be deleted, simply revert the edit that tagged the page or manually remove the {{tl|db-meta}} derived tag. Briefly explain the reason for refusing the deletion in the edit summary: "Decline A7, does not apply to buildings / books / arcade games / public parks etc", "Decline A7, one source, try PROD / AfD" or "Decline G11, the advertorial language can easily be removed".


===Category deletion=== ===Category deletion===
{{main|Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions}}

Here are some guidelines administrators should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not, when considering entries on ] (commonly abbreviated as WP:CFD, CFD, or cfd). Here are some guidelines administrators should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not, when considering entries on ] (commonly abbreviated as WP:CFD, CFD, or cfd).


#Ensure the category was properly tagged and listed on ]. You may consider reading the specific discussion found on the CFD day page to ensure it was properly listed for deletion. #Ensure the category was properly tagged and listed on ]. You may consider reading the specific discussion found on the CFD day page to ensure it was properly listed for deletion.
# Follow the ] to mark as closed and to archive the discussion. # Follow the ] to mark as closed and to archive the discussion.
# Don't delete categories unless you know how to undelete as well! See ] and ]. # Don't delete categories unless you know how to undelete as well! See ] and ].
#Check "What links here" before deleting the category, and fix any templates, categories, articles, portals, WikiProjects or relevant talk pages to point to the new category name.
#If there is a talk page associated with the category, delete it first. If you are renaming the category, move the talk page to the new category talk, and then delete the redirect. Consider checking for any double redirects and fix them as appropriate.
#If merging or renaming, consider checking "What links here" before deleting the category, and fixing any articles, portals, or relevant talk pages to point to the new category name. #If merging categories, consider whether some of the parent categories or other links on the old category page need to be copied to the target category page. Also, consider merging ] items. After the member articles and sub-cats have been moved, delete the category.
#Sometimes there is a request, or it may be helpful anyway, to ]. Standard redirects do not work with categories; instead, use {{Tl|Category redirect}}.
#There is no merge with categories. After the articles and sub-cats have been moved, delete the category.
#Sometimes there is a request to leave the category as a redirect. Standard redirects do not work with categories, instead use {{tl|categoryredirect}}. Instructions for where it should be ''redirected'' should be on the CFD day page. #If there is a talk page associated with the category, delete or redirect it too. If merging the category, consider merging relevant content from the talk page. Consider using {{tl|Old cfd}} on the talk page to provide a link to the discussion.

#If the category was renamed or merged, be sure to check ''What links here'' for any "hard linked" pages. Fix the category links on pages such as Portals, articles or other categories to the new name of the category. Talk pages should be changed per basis, as sometimes it may change the outcome of the discussion.
====How to rename categories==== ====How to rename categories====
After closing a CFD as "rename", admins generally program a bot to implement the change; non-admins can request this at ]. Alternatively, these are four easy steps to move a small category without using a bot:
In five easy steps:
# edit the existing category and copy the contents (minus the cfd template) # move the category page from the "More" menu at the top of the page; tick to move the talk page if there is one
# edit the category page at its new name and remove the cfd template; consider whether some of the sort keys need changing
# paste the contents into the new category (sometimes supercats need a sort key depending on the rename)
# by default, the old category page will have been replaced with a soft redirect; do not leave it to a daemon to move all the subcats and articles, as this would fail to link to the CFD. Rather, for a sparsely populated category, you should recategorise them manually. Paste a link to the CFD in the edit summary. ] will help, as re-selecting the old category redirect will result in using the new target name; but first click the "(+<sup>+</sup>)" button, otherwise HOTCAT will not give you the opportunity to leave an edit summary.
# move the talk page if there is one (and delete the resultant redirect)
# if you delete the original category page when it is empty, link to the CFD discussion in the deletion summary. Alternatively, at your discretion, you may leave the category redirect.
# replace the existing category with a categoryredirect using ] and which should alert a daemon to move all the subcats and articles (or just recat by hand for a sparsely populated category)
It is not hard, just a little time-consuming. Deleting a category (without assistance from a bot) is similar; the references on the member pages have to be deleted manually, and using HOTCAT to remove a category will prompt you to leave an edit summary, so that you can link to the CFD.
# when empty, delete the original category referencing the CFD discussion page in the delete summary (or leave a categoryredirect per your discretion)

Not hard, just a little time consuming. Deleting a category is harder since (without the bot Pearle or Whobot assisting) the references have to be deleted by hand.
===Pages in the Template namespace===

] has helpful information that applies to all template deletions, not just those requiring a discussion.


==Version deletion== ==Version deletion==
{{main|Misplaced Pages:Selective deletion}} {{main|Misplaced Pages:Revision deletion}}
An administrator can delete some revisions of an article while leaving all remaining ones intact. The effect of this procedure is that the deleted revisions will not show in the page history and will be available only to administrators. Technically, this is accomplished by completely deleting the article and then undeleting only some revisions, so that the other ones remain deleted (this is the simplest method but has some drawbacks; see ] for a more complex but better solution). An administrator can delete some revisions of an article while leaving all remaining ones intact. The effect of using ] is that the revisions will remain in the page history, but their deleted contents will be available only to administrators. Use of revision deletion must meet ].


The historical method ] has been deprecated except for ].
Because of ] requirements, selective deletion should only be done in certain extreme circumstances. Situations where such a selective deletion might be warranted include copyright violations that occur only in certain revisions, or personally identifying information that has been deemed inappropriate by consensus.


== Libel in edit summaries == ==Libel in edit summaries==


Since the ], various IP addresses and accounts have been making vandalistic edits using large, libelous edit summaries. At this time, the only way to remove these edit summaries is to delete the entire article, and select each of the non-libelous revisions to be undeleted. Since the ] ], various IP addresses and accounts have been making vandalistic edits using large, libelous edit summaries. Such summaries can be removed from most pages using ]. (Note that the previous method of deleting the page and undeleting unaffected revisions placed a large strain on the servers for pages with large histories, so RevisionDelete should be used here.)


==Protecting deleted pages==
The libel vandal(s) have been hitting pages with huge edit histories, such as ] and ]. It takes an enormous amount of time to remove bad edit summaries from these pages, during which the actual page is unavailable. This process also puts a strain on the servers, temporarily slowing access to Wikimedia projects.
{{main|Misplaced Pages:Protected deleted pages}}
Pages that are repeatedly re-created after deletion in unencyclopedic form or against policy can be protected from further re-creation. This practice is commonly known as "padlocking", ], or simply 'salting'. This is done by one of the following:
* protecting the page as a redirect to another article,
* deleting the page and protecting it (preferred).


Before it was possible to protect a page that did not exist, or was deleted, common practice was to transclude the article onto a page with ] enabled, such as ].
Please do not delete pages with long edit histories for this purpose. Instead, ask a developer or an ] to delete the specific oldids.

==Notes==
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==See also== ==See also==

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Deciding whether to delete

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  3. As a general rule, don't close discussions or delete pages whose discussions you've participated in. Let someone else do it.
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Rough consensus is a term used in consensus decision-making to indicate the "sense of the group" concerning a particular matter under consideration.

Administrators must use their best judgement, attempting to be as impartial as is possible for a fallible human, to determine when rough consensus has been reached. For example, administrators can disregard opinions and comments if they feel that there is strong evidence that they were not made in good faith. Such "bad faith" opinions include those being made by sock puppets, or accounts created solely for voting on the deletion discussion. If a rough consensus holds that the nomination was made in bad faith, the page may be speedily kept.

If the major stakeholders have not been notified of the deletion nomination or given time to respond, reliable consensus determinations will rarely be possible.

Consensus is not determined by counting heads, but by looking at strength of argument and cited recorded consensus. Arguments that contradict policy, are based on unsubstantiated personal opinion rather than fact, or are logically fallacious, are frequently discounted. For instance, if the entire page is found to be a copyright violation, the page is always deleted. If an argument for deletion is that the page lacks sources, but an editor adds the missing references, that argument is no longer relevant.

Misplaced Pages policy requires that articles and information comply with core content policies (verifiability, no original research or synthesis, neutral point of view, copyright, and biographies of living persons) as applicable. These policies are not negotiable, and cannot be superseded by any other guidelines or by editors' consensus. A closing admin must determine whether an article violates these content policies. Where it is very unlikely that an article on the topic can exist without breaching policy, policy must be respected above individual opinions.

Per "ignore all rules", a local consensus can suspend a guideline in a particular case where suspension is in the encyclopedia's best interests, but this should be no less exceptional in deletion than in any other area.

Biographies of living people

The possibility of harm to living subjects must be considered when exercising editorial judgment.

With regard to living people, a closing admin must take into account the policy on Biographies of living persons along with our deletion policy for biographies. When closing an AfD about a living person whose notability is ambiguous, the closing administrator should take into account whether the subject of the article being deleted has asked that it be deleted. The weight to be given to such a request is a matter for the admin's discretion.

On deleting pages

Here are some guidelines administrators should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not, when considering entries on Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion and Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion.

  1. When deleting a page, one may or may not want to delete its talk page or any subpages as well. If the talk page is not deleted, put a link to the deletion discussion thread on the talk page.
  2. Simply deleting a page does not automatically delete its talk page (or any subpages). If you wish to delete these as well, do them first, and then the main page.
  3. Follow the deletion process to mark the discussion as closed, and to archive it.
  4. See Misplaced Pages:Copyrights for deletion policy on copyright infringement, and m:Misplaced Pages and copyright issues and m:Avoid Copyright Paranoia for perspective.
  5. When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, provide a link to the discussion (administrators usually leave as summary that simple link: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/ARTICLENAME) and ensure that the following is not included:
    • Any copyright infringing text
    • Personal information, e.g. content was: '{{db-attack}} XYZ smells bad and his home phone # is (123) 456-7890
  6. Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well! See Misplaced Pages:Viewing and restoring deleted pages by sysops and Misplaced Pages:Deletion review.
  7. Redirects to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects.
  8. Check for existing Editnotices for deleted pages and subpages. (They are of the form "Template:Editnotices/Page/Page title" or "Template:Editnotices/Group/Page title".) These should be deleted per WP:G8 if they become unused.
  9. If a given title should never have an article, such as an article on someone very obscure, then remove all links to it.
  10. If a given title should have an article, but the current content is useless, then consider listing it on Misplaced Pages:Requested articles
  11. If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from really silly article title to a better title, in order to preserve the history (as this may be required for CC-BY-SA and GFDL attribution compliance). Next, copy the content to the existing article, with an edit comment like (moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution). The really silly article title will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted.
  12. If closing the discussion in favor of keeping the page, please add a notice to its talk page containing a link to the archived discussion for future reference. In the case of articles you can use {{Old AfD multi}}. (Similar templates needed for other types of pages for deletion.)

Declining a speedy deletion

If you decide that a page nominated for speedy deletion should not be deleted, simply revert the edit that tagged the page or manually remove the {{db-meta}} derived tag. Briefly explain the reason for refusing the deletion in the edit summary: "Decline A7, does not apply to buildings / books / arcade games / public parks etc", "Decline A7, one source, try PROD / AfD" or "Decline G11, the advertorial language can easily be removed".

Category deletion

Main page: Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions

Here are some guidelines administrators should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not, when considering entries on Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion (commonly abbreviated as WP:CFD, CFD, or cfd).

  1. Ensure the category was properly tagged and listed on WP:CFD. You may consider reading the specific discussion found on the CFD day page to ensure it was properly listed for deletion.
  2. Follow the deletion process to mark as closed and to archive the discussion.
  3. Don't delete categories unless you know how to undelete as well! See Misplaced Pages:Viewing and restoring deleted pages by sysops and Misplaced Pages:Deletion review.
  4. Check "What links here" before deleting the category, and fix any templates, categories, articles, portals, WikiProjects or relevant talk pages to point to the new category name.
  5. If merging categories, consider whether some of the parent categories or other links on the old category page need to be copied to the target category page. Also, consider merging Wikidata items. After the member articles and sub-cats have been moved, delete the category.
  6. Sometimes there is a request, or it may be helpful anyway, to leave a redirect at the category page. Standard redirects do not work with categories; instead, use {{Category redirect}}.
  7. If there is a talk page associated with the category, delete or redirect it too. If merging the category, consider merging relevant content from the talk page. Consider using {{Old cfd}} on the talk page to provide a link to the discussion.

How to rename categories

After closing a CFD as "rename", admins generally program a bot to implement the change; non-admins can request this at WT:CFDW. Alternatively, these are four easy steps to move a small category without using a bot:

  1. move the category page from the "More" menu at the top of the page; tick to move the talk page if there is one
  2. edit the category page at its new name and remove the cfd template; consider whether some of the sort keys need changing
  3. by default, the old category page will have been replaced with a soft redirect; do not leave it to a daemon to move all the subcats and articles, as this would fail to link to the CFD. Rather, for a sparsely populated category, you should recategorise them manually. Paste a link to the CFD in the edit summary. WP:HOTCAT will help, as re-selecting the old category redirect will result in using the new target name; but first click the "(+)" button, otherwise HOTCAT will not give you the opportunity to leave an edit summary.
  4. if you delete the original category page when it is empty, link to the CFD discussion in the deletion summary. Alternatively, at your discretion, you may leave the category redirect.

It is not hard, just a little time-consuming. Deleting a category (without assistance from a bot) is similar; the references on the member pages have to be deleted manually, and using HOTCAT to remove a category will prompt you to leave an edit summary, so that you can link to the CFD.

Pages in the Template namespace

Misplaced Pages:Templates for discussion/Closing instructions has helpful information that applies to all template deletions, not just those requiring a discussion.

Version deletion

Main page: Misplaced Pages:Revision deletion

An administrator can delete some revisions of an article while leaving all remaining ones intact. The effect of using Misplaced Pages:Revision deletion is that the revisions will remain in the page history, but their deleted contents will be available only to administrators. Use of revision deletion must meet specific criteria.

The historical method Misplaced Pages:Selective deletion has been deprecated except for history merges.

Libel in edit summaries

Since the John Seigenthaler Misplaced Pages biography controversy, various IP addresses and accounts have been making vandalistic edits using large, libelous edit summaries. Such summaries can be removed from most pages using RevisionDelete. (Note that the previous method of deleting the page and undeleting unaffected revisions placed a large strain on the servers for pages with large histories, so RevisionDelete should be used here.)

Protecting deleted pages

Main page: Misplaced Pages:Protected deleted pages

Pages that are repeatedly re-created after deletion in unencyclopedic form or against policy can be protected from further re-creation. This practice is commonly known as "padlocking", salting the earth, or simply 'salting'. This is done by one of the following:

  • protecting the page as a redirect to another article,
  • deleting the page and protecting it (preferred).

Before it was possible to protect a page that did not exist, or was deleted, common practice was to transclude the article onto a page with cascading protection enabled, such as Misplaced Pages:Protected titles.

Notes

  1. This includes policies, guidelines, widely-accepted essays, and discussions like WP:Requests for comment.
  2. Mediawiki used to cite the content of the article in this manner when the summary was left empty, but it now leaves the summary blank.

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