FSA:Deletion

Any user can delete content by editing a page. The content will still be available in the page history. Administrators can delete articles so they are no longer viewable by non-admins. Before you delete anything, please note that it is often a mistake to delete content.

Requesting deletion of a page

There are three ways to propose a page for deletion:

1. If the page is a candidate for speedy deletion (CSD), add {{delete}}.
2. If the page is not a CSD and the reason for deleting it is short, add {{proposed deletion because|reason}} (replacing "reason" with the reason it should be deleted.
3. If the page is not a CSD and needs a longer explanation for the proposed deletion, add {{proposed deletion}} to the page and explain the reason on the talk page.

For non-speedy candidates, the pages should be kept for around a week before being deleted (assuming there is agreement that they should be deleted).

Please replace potential copyright violations with {{copyvio}}.

See Also

• Category:Pages proposed for deletion
• Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
• Deletion log
• Votes for deletion on the English Wikipedia: an example of how a community can cope with the deletion of 100s of pages a day.

Templates

{{delete}} or {{d}} expands to:

{{proposed deletion}} expands to:

This article is being considered for deletion. Please see talk:FSA:Deletion for the reasons. If you wish to support, oppose, or comment upon this deletion, please do so on the talk page.

Feel free to edit this page, but please do not remove the {{proposed deletion}} notice.

{{proposed deletion because|it was created on the wrong wiki}} expands to:

This article is being considered for deletion because it was created on the wrong wiki. If you wish to support, oppose, or comment upon this deletion, please do so at talk:FSA:Deletion.

Feel free to edit this page, but please do not remove the {{proposed delete because}} notice.

{{copyvio|http://example.com}} expands to:

POSSIBLE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION

This page has been removed as it may have been a violation of copyright. Text that was previously posted here appears to infringe on the copyright of the text from the source below: http://example.com If there was permission to use this material under terms of our license or if you are the copyright holder of the externally linked text, then please indicate so on this page's talk page. The original posting is still accessible for viewing through the "history" link on this page. If there is no evidence that the text added here was acceptable under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, then the content will be permanently deleted. Thanks.