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Wikipedia has several methods of deleting pages and media. Certain content may qualify as a candidate for speedy deletion. If not, an administrator may delete content within five days if no one objects using the proposal process. Otherwise, a user may put it up for discussion on one of the pages listed below.
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List of deletion discussions
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion - all encyclopedia articles except for redirects
- Wikipedia:Templates for deletion - all templates except for stub types
- Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion - all images, audio, and video
- Wikipedia:Categories for discussion - all categories except for stub types and user categories (categories that need renaming or merging are also listed here)
- Wikipedia:User categories for discussion - categories containing userpages rather than articles
- Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion - all redirects
- Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion - categories and templates used for categorizing stubs
- Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion - all user pages, Wikipedia: namespace pages, portals, and anything that doesn't fit into the other categories
List of deletion reviews
- Wikipedia:Deletion review - Debates on undeletion of deleted pages and disputes over deletion-debate decisions
Related noticeboards
- Wikipedia:Copyright problems - Articles, music, and video with copyright issues are listed here and deleted after a while.
- Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images - Images with copyright/licensing issues are listed here.
Prerequisites
The following are good things to know before participating in a deletion discussion:
See also
- Alternative outlets to recreate deleted articles
- Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions
- Deletion and deletionism
- Deletion guidelines for administrators
- Deletion policy
- Deletion precedents
- Deletion process
- Deletion review
- Deletion review guide
- Guide to deletion
- Introduction to deletion process
- Undeletion policy
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- This page was last modified on 19 August 2008, at 04:31.
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