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| ==Applicability== | ==Applicability== | ||
| An article can be speedily kept '''only''' if one or more of the following holds: | An article can be speedily kept '''only''' if one or more of the following holds: | ||
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# No-one other than the nominator recommends that the page be deleted, and the nominator either withdraws the nomination, or wishes the page to be moved, merged, or have something else done to it other than deletion. | ||
| #The page does not qualify for AFD as it is not an article, and it belongs on a deletion page for ], ], ], ], ], or ] (userpages and wikipedia namespace). The discussion should be closed in AFD and re-opened on the correct place for deletion discussion. Note that this is a ''speedy close'', so it still may be deleted in the end. | #The page does not qualify for AFD as it is not an article, and it belongs on a deletion page for ], ], ], ], ], or ] (userpages and wikipedia namespace). The discussion should be closed in AFD and re-opened on the correct place for deletion discussion. Note that this is a ''speedy close'', so it still may be deleted in the end. | ||
| #The nomination was clear-cut vandalism and nobody disputes this or |
#The nomination was clear-cut vandalism and nobody disputes this or recommends deleting it anyway (since calling a nomination vandalistic does not make it so.) | ||
| #The nominator is ], so they are not supposed to edit. In that case, the ''article'' is speedily kept while the ''nomination'' can be tagged with {{tl|db-ban}} and speedily deleted as a banned contribution. | #The nominator is ], so they are not supposed to edit. In that case, the ''article'' is speedily kept while the ''nomination'' can be tagged with {{tl|db-ban}} and speedily deleted as a banned contribution. | ||
| #The nominator is renominating the article on some regular schedule. ] worked once, over 2000 years ago. We've learned from that. | #The nominator is renominating the article on some regular schedule. ] worked once, over 2000 years ago. We've learned from that. | ||
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| #remove the afd tag from the nominated article, noting in the edit summary that the outcome of the debate was a speedy keep (e.g. "Removing AfD Tag - SPEEDY KEEP"). | #remove the afd tag from the nominated article, noting in the edit summary that the outcome of the debate was a speedy keep (e.g. "Removing AfD Tag - SPEEDY KEEP"). | ||
| *The AfD subpage should '''not''' be deleted unless the nominator is ] during that time. | *The AfD subpage should '''not''' be deleted unless the nominator is ] during that time. | ||
| #Although closing AfD discussions that end |
#Although closing AfD discussions that end with an outcome of "keep" can be done by non-admins, it is recommended that only administrators close discussions as speedy-keeps. Normal users are encouraged to recommend a "speedy keep" instead. | ||
| #Whether a record of the nomination is added to the talk page of the article is at the discretion of the closing user. If it is noted, it is recommended that <tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>oldafdfull|result=Speedy keep|votepage=''as appropriate''|date=''date of nomination''}}</tt> be used (be aware that whilst the name of the votepage usually matches that of the article, this is not always the case). | #Whether a record of the nomination is added to the talk page of the article is at the discretion of the closing user. If it is noted, it is recommended that <tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>oldafdfull|result=Speedy keep|votepage=''as appropriate''|date=''date of nomination''}}</tt> be used (be aware that whilst the name of the votepage usually matches that of the article, this is not always the case). | ||
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Preamble
This is a codification of commonly accepted practice on deletion pages, in particular WP:AFD. It concerns the issue of closing debates at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion before the normal discussion period ends. This guideline only applies to closing such discussions with a "Keep" result - i.e. it is intended to be complementary to Speedy deletion.
Definition
"Speedy keep" means to remove the AFD notice from the article and close the AFD discussion, but not to unlist or delete that discussion.
Applicability
An article can be speedily kept only if one or more of the following holds:
- No-one other than the nominator recommends that the page be deleted, and the nominator either withdraws the nomination, or wishes the page to be moved, merged, or have something else done to it other than deletion.
- The page does not qualify for AFD as it is not an article, and it belongs on a deletion page for redirects, images, stubs, categories, templates, or miscellaneous pages (userpages and wikipedia namespace). The discussion should be closed in AFD and re-opened on the correct place for deletion discussion. Note that this is a speedy close, so it still may be deleted in the end.
- The nomination was clear-cut vandalism and nobody disputes this or recommends deleting it anyway (since calling a nomination vandalistic does not make it so.)
- The nominator is banned, so they are not supposed to edit. In that case, the article is speedily kept while the nomination can be tagged with {{db-ban}} and speedily deleted as a banned contribution.
- The nominator is renominating the article on some regular schedule. Renominating carthago for deletion on a daily basis worked once, over 2000 years ago. We've learned from that.
Please realize that while you may personally dislike having an AFD tag on your favorite article, it is not actually doing any harm, and will be gone in less than a week.
Procedure
When a discussion is closed as a speedy-keep the following actions must be completed:
- subst the {{at}} and {{ab}} templates at the top and bottom respectively of the AfD sub-page. The outcome of the debate should be listed as "Speedy keep"
- remove the afd tag from the nominated article, noting in the edit summary that the outcome of the debate was a speedy keep (e.g. "Removing AfD Tag - SPEEDY KEEP").
- The AfD subpage should not be deleted unless the nominator is banned during that time.
- Although closing AfD discussions that end with an outcome of "keep" can be done by non-admins, it is recommended that only administrators close discussions as speedy-keeps. Normal users are encouraged to recommend a "speedy keep" instead.
- Whether a record of the nomination is added to the talk page of the article is at the discretion of the closing user. If it is noted, it is recommended that {{oldafdfull|result=Speedy keep|votepage=as appropriate|date=date of nomination}} be used (be aware that whilst the name of the votepage usually matches that of the article, this is not always the case).