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This page outlines Destinypedia's policy for when an article should be '''deleted'''. | |||
== Deletion policy == | == Deletion policy == | ||
Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either | Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either: | ||
*Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt | * Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt | ||
*Patent nonsense (total gibberish) | * Patent nonsense (total gibberish) | ||
*Unused duplicate images | * Unused duplicate images | ||
In other cases, there are more things to consider. | In other cases, there are more things to consider. | ||
== Deciding whether to delete == | == Deciding whether to delete == | ||
#Whether a "rough consensus" has been achieved | # Whether a "rough consensus" has been achieved. | ||
#Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of | # Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of wiki participants. | ||
#When in doubt, don't delete. | # When in doubt, don't delete. | ||
== On deleting pages == | == On deleting pages == | ||
Here are some guidelines sysops should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not | Here are some guidelines sysops should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not: | ||
#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. | # 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. | ||
#Simply deleting a page does ''not'' automatically delete its talk page. If you delete these as well, do that first, and then the main page. | # Simply deleting a page does ''not'' automatically delete its talk page. If you delete these as well, do that first, and then the main page. | ||
#When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, ensure that the following is ''not'' included: | # When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, ensure that the following is ''not'' included: | ||
#*Any copyright infringing text | #* Any copyright infringing text | ||
#*Personal information, e.g. ''<nowiki>content was: 'John Doe smells bad and his home phone # is (481) 555-2416</nowiki>'' | #* Personal information, e.g. ''<nowiki>content was: 'John Doe smells bad and his home phone # is (481) 555-2416</nowiki>'' | ||
#Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well. | # Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well. | ||
#Redirects to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects. | # Redirects to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects. | ||
#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 < | # 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 <code>really silly article title</code> to a <code>better title</code>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <code>existing article</code>, with an edit comment like ''(moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution)''. The <code>really silly article title</code> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. <code>better title</code> would then be changed to redirect to <code>existing article</code>. | ||
==Things to remember== | ==Things to remember== | ||
* | * All pages and files can be '''undeleted''', so no content is ever lost for good. | ||
*Excessive and/or unjustified deleting can result in loss of [[Destinypedia:Administrators| | * Excessive and/or unjustified deleting can result in loss of [[Destinypedia:Administrators|admin]] powers. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[:Category:Candidates for deletion]] | * [[:Category:Candidates for deletion]] | ||
*[[Special:Log/delete|Deletion log]] | * [[Special:Log/delete|Deletion log]] | ||