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HammerWiki:Deletion policy

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This page is a proposed policy on HammerWiki.
As per the guidelines set out in HammerWiki:Policy; if consensus is reached in the talk page,
this notice can be removed and the policy category and template can be added.


This article describes the deletion procedure used on this wiki.

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[edit] Deletion

To propose a page for deletion, the page should be tagged with one of the deletion templates:

  • {{delete|reason|~~~~~}}: for proposed deletion due to any reason
  • {{delete|reason|speedy}}: for proposed deletion due to a speedy deletion rule

If you disagree with the proposed deletion or wish to discuss the proposal, please use the talk page of the article or image in question. Do not remove the deletion tag if you disagree with the deletion. The deletion tag can be removed if a consensus is reached on the talk page to retain the article or image.

An article or image tagged for deletion can be deleted by a sysop if all of these criteria are met:

  • 3 days have elapsed since application of the deletion tag
  • the deletion is uncontested OR a consensus is reached to delete

Note that the articles and images that don't meet these criteria may still be subject to the speedy deletion process described below.

[edit] Speedy deletion

Articles and images that meet the following criteria may be deleted by a sysop at any time. Pages needing to be speedily deleted can be tagged with the deletion template as described above.

[edit] General

These criteria apply to all pages in all categories.

  • G1: Purely vandalism. This includes patent nonsense and pages created as a result of cleaning up vandalism
  • G2: Test pages.
  • G3: Sole editor(s) request deletion of a new page (no more than a day old), in good faith. Each editor who has made any substantial edit or created the page must voice the request to qualify. The execution of the deletion (in the case where the deleting sysop is one of those page editors) counts as an implicit request.
  • G4: Housekeeping. Non-controversial deletions needed because of planned and previously discussed maintenance.
  • G5: Attack page. A page created primarily to disparage its subject.
  • G6: Recreation of a page that was deleted by an explicit community consensus (that has not been overturned).
  • G7: Non-english page. A page consisting of any other languge than english.

[edit] Articles

These criteria apply only to articles in the main article space.

  • A1: A page that provides no appropriate information on its topic. This includes pages comprised solely of content that is forbidden by other policies.
  • A2: A page that is incontrovertibly unrelated to both Warhammer Online and the HammerWiki. If the relationship may be controversial, the general deletion process should be used instead.

[edit] Redirects

These criteria apply only to redirects.

  • R1: Any redirect from the main space to the User: namespace, or any page in a talk namespace.
  • R2: Redirects for implausible typos or search terms.
  • R3: Blatantly misleading redirects. Note that, if possible, these should be corrected rather than deleted.
  • R4: Broken redirect (see Special:BrokenRedirects).

[edit] Images

These criteria apply to images only.

  • I1: Redundant/superceded images.
  • I2: Corrupt or otherwise unviewable image.
  • I3: Blatant copyright violation. This includes all images that cannot be distributed under the wiki's licensing terms.
  • I4: Images on user pages that violate the user page policy.

[edit] Categories

These criteria apply to categories only.

  • C1: Empty and unused category. This includes categories that were emptied by moving its articles out of it, which might be caused by the deletion of a template that automatically categorizes articles. This does not include emptied categories that are still in use (generally maintenance categories).

[edit] User pages

These criteria apply to user pages only.

  • U1: User request. Personal user pages and sub-pages may be deleted upon request of the user, except in cases where the user page bears an important message (such as a banned user warning).
  • U2: Nonexistent user. Pages created in a namespace of a non-existent user.

[edit] Non criteria

The following criteria do not allow for a speedy deletion:

  • Pages of content that is deemed inappropriate by some user(s), but not explicitly forbidden by any policy. If it is not covered by policy or the application of policy is questionable, the General Deletion process should be used instead.
  • Deletion requests in bad faith do not qualify for criterion G3. No author may hold any page in the wiki hostage.
  • Original creator requested deletions when others have made substantial contributions and have not also requested deletion.
  • Very short pages, i.e., stubs do not qualify for criterion A1 as long as they provide at least some minimal appropriate information.

[edit] See also

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