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This page describes how pages are deleted on MediaWiki.org.</translate>
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While some cases are clear-cut, there are <tvar|1>{{ll|Project:Schools of thought on deletion|a lot of grey areas}}</>.</translate>
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When in doubt, sysops are encouraged to solicit input from the community before making a deletion decision.

== How pages are deleted == <!--T:4-->

=== Administrators === <!--T:5-->

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Only administrators are able to delete pages.</translate>
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They also have the ability to restore pages that were deleted in error.</translate>
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Only pages that are candidates for speedy deletion should be deleted outright.</translate>
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Any pages whose deletion may be contentious should be flagged with the <tvar|delete>{{tlx|delete}}</> template instead.</translate>
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Pages flagged with the <tvar|delete>{{tlx|delete}}</> template should only be deleted after a minimum of a week has elapsed since the template was added, or longer if there is ongoing discussion.

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Before deleting a page, check its history to ensure that reverting to an earlier version is not a more appropriate action, and the 'what links here' page to fix any links that will be broken by the deletion.</translate>
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Also, for pages with the <tvar|delete>{{tlx|delete}}</> tag, make sure you check the talk page to ensure that there are no valid objections to the deletion, or ongoing discussion about it.

=== Other users === <!--T:13-->

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Other users cannot delete pages directly.</translate>
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To mark a page for deletion, add either {{<tvar|delete>tlx|delete</>|reason}} or {{<tvar|speedy>tlx|speedy</>|reason}} to the top of the page.</translate>
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<tvar|speedy>{{tlx|speedy}}</> should be used when the deletion is uncontentious (see below), and <tvar|delete>{{tlx|delete}}</> when you think there may be some disagreement about it.</translate>
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In both cases replace 'reason' with the reason you think the page should be deleted.

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If you think a page has been deleted in error, please check the [[<tvar|special>Special:Log/delete</>|deletion log]] and contact the admin who deleted it directly.</translate>
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They may restore the deleted page if you can give a sufficiently persuasive argument to do so.

== User pages == <!--T:18-->

=== What to immediately delete === <!--T:19-->

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* You may nominate your own user page, user talk page or any sub-pages of these for speedy deletion at any time.</translate>
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* User pages that contain only vandalism.</translate>
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* User pages that are just advertising (grey area here - some advertising ''may'' be relevant. If in doubt use a normal <tvar|delete>{{tlx|delete}}</> tag)</translate>
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* User pages or user talk pages for non-logged-in users (e.g. User:127.0.0.1)</translate>
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** However, if the page contains comments directed at the anonymous user you should leave it for at least a few days before deleting it.

=== What not to delete === <!--T:26-->

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* Blanked pages (may have been created to stop red links in user name)

=== What ''may'' need deleting === <!--T:28-->

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No policy has yet been made about the following types of pages, and so for the moment they should not be deleted.</translate>
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However, there are arguments for and against the deletion of these types of pages.</translate>
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Please discuss these issues on the talk page.

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* Brief 'here I am' pages.</translate>
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* Longer biographies that make no mention of MW or involvement in wiki projects.</translate>
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* Pages that just link to their equivalent user page on another WMF wiki.</translate>
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* Pages that just link to their equivalent user page on another non-WMF wiki.</translate>
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* Pages that ''appear'' to be dealing with an unrelated project.</translate>
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* Test pages.

== Other pages == <!--T:38-->

=== What to immediately delete === <!--T:39-->

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* Spam, vandalism, off-topic pages.</translate> <translate><!--T:41--> See <tvar|1>{{ll|Project:About}}</> for details.</translate> <translate><!--T:42--> If in doubt use the <tvar|delete>{{tlx|delete}}</> tag instead.</translate>
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* Copyright infringements.

=== What not to delete === <!--T:44-->

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* Pages about old versions/deprecated functions of MediaWiki.</translate> <translate><!--T:46--> There are still people using older versions and this information is valuable.</translate> <translate><!--T:47-->
These pages should be marked with the <tvar|obsolete>{{tlx|obsolete}}</> or <tvar|historical>{{tlx|historical}}</> tag instead.

== Images == <!--T:48-->

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* If an image appears useful to the project, but is not currently used on any page, add the following tag to the image page: <tvar|unused>{{tlx|Unused file|<nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>}}</> (note 5 tildes!).</translate> <translate><!--T:50--> This will add a dated tag to the page indicating that it is not used, and put it in <tvar|cat>[[:Category:Unused files]]</>.</translate> <translate><!--T:51--> For the time being these will be kept, unless a consensus is reached that they should be deleted.</translate>
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* Aside from that, the above rules tend to apply.

== See also == <!--T:53-->
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* [[Template:delete]]
** [[:Category:Candidates for deletion]]
* [[Template:speedy]]
** [[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion]]
* [[Project:Schools of thought on deletion]]

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