User:Scott5114/Cheat-sheet

This page is a cheat sheet for new and forgetful Wikipedians that boils down a few of the many prodecural things that determine the fate of articles in Wikipedia. If you haven't already, it's probably a good idea to read the full policy and only use this page as reference.

You may find it handy to print out this page for future reference.

Speedy Deletion

Official policy: WP:CSD

General Criteria

1. Patent nonsense
2. Test pages
3. Vandalism (see also dealing with vandalism)
   • This includes redirects created during cleanup of page move vandalism.
4. Duplicate content
   • Does not apply to content in userspace, speedily deleted, or undeleted according to undeletion policy. Other criteria than this one may still apply to such pages.
5. Contributions made by a banned user after bannination, unless the user has been unbanned.
6. Temporarily deleting a page in order to merge page histories after a cut and paste move.
7. Any page which is requested for deletion by the original author
   • Author must reasonably explain that it was created by mistake, and the page must be edited only by its author.
8. Talk pages of already deleted pages
   • Does not apply if they contain records of the deletion discussion and are linked from Wikipedia:Archived delete debates. You can speedy the page if the deletion discussion is logged elsewhere, like a VfD sub-page or other log).

Article Criteria

1. Very short articles providing little or no context
   • Consider turning it into an appropriate redirect.
2. Foreign language articles that already exist on another Wikimedia project
3. Any article whose contents consist only of an external link, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, or rephrasing of the title
4. Any article which consists only of attempts to correspond with the person or group named by its title
5. Any article that has been discussed at Votes for Deletion, where it was decided to transwiki the article, and this has already been done.
6. Insult/attack pages.
7. An article about a real person that does not assert that person's importance or significance. If the assertion is disputed or controversial, it should be taken to VFD instead. For details, see Wikipedia:Deletion of vanity articles.

For information about speedying user pages, templates, redirects, categories, and images, see WP:CSD

Procedure

To list an article to be speedied, type {{db|Reason}} at the top of the page, with Reason being the appropriate criterion for deletion.

You can also use:

• {{d}} (if you're lazy)
• {{db-empty}} (for a blank page)
• {{db-bio}} (for non-notable bio pages)
• {{db-attack}} (for a page to bash someone)
• {{db-repost}} (for reposting of an AFD'd page)
• {{db-nonsense}} (for patent nonsense)

You might also want to consider placing {{test}} on the creator's user talk page to help point him or her in the right direction. If you tag an article for deletion as a non-notable bio, you may opt to notify the user who created the article with {{nn-warn}}.

AFD

Official policies: WP:AFD and WP:DEL

Criteria

1. Is not suitable for Wikipedia (see WP:NOT)
2. Original research (including the coining of neologisms)
3. Inappropriate user pages in excessive or stubborn cases.
4. Vanity page
5. Advertising or other spam
6. Hoax
7. Completely idiosyncratic non-topic

Procedure

1. Enter the {{subst:afd}} at the top of the page to be deleted. Include "AFD" in the edit summary, and don't mark it as minor.
2. Click the "this article's entry" link in the VFD box that appears on the page. This will create the new page; type {{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | text=Reason why the page should be deleted}} ~~~~ in the blank page.
   • PageName should be the name of the page you want deleted. Following text= should be an explanation of the nomination. The ~~~~ signs your name and date after the content.
3. Go to WP:AFD, click the large edit link near the bottom of the page, and add {{subst:afd3 | pg=PageName}} at the bottom of the page. Again, PageName is the name of the page you're nominating. Place the page's name in the edit summary.
4. (Optional) Add the AfD'd page to your watchlist, to avoid the AfD tag being removed by a vandal.