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 Make sure to specify the reason for deletion in the deletion summary. Also, in general the article's creator and major contributors should have been notified.
-Before deleting a page, check the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Page history|page history]] to assess whether it would instead be possible to [[Help:Reverting|revert]] and salvage a previous version, or there was actually a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves|cut-and-paste move]] involved. Also:
+Before deleting a page, check the [[Wikipedia 2197:Help history|page history]] to assess whether it would instead be possible to [[Help:Reverting|revert]] and salvage a previous version, or there was actually a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves|cut-and-paste move]] involved. Also:
 * The initial [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] may have information about the source of or reason for the page.
 * The [[Help:Talk page|talk page]] may refer to previous deletion discussions or have ongoing discussion relevant to including the page.

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 ==== G1. Patent nonsense ====
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-This applies to pages consisting entirely of incoherent text or [[gibberish]] with no meaningful content or history. It does {{em|not}} cover poor writing, partisan screeds, obscene remarks, implausible theories, [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] or [[Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes|hoaxes]], fictional material, coherent [[Template:Not English|non-English]] material, or [[Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English|poorly translated material]]. Nor does it apply to [[Wikipedia:User_pages#SUB|user sandboxes]] or other pages in the [[Wikipedia:User page|user namespace]]. In short, if it is understandable, G1 does not apply.
+This applies to pages consisting entirely of incoherent text or [[gibberish]] with no meaningful content or history. It does {{em|not}} cover poor writing, partisan screeds, obscene remarks, implausible theories, [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] or [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes|hoaxes]], fictional material, coherent material, or [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English|poorly translated material]]. Nor does it apply to [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:User_pages#SUB|user sandboxes]] or other pages in the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:User page|user namespace]]. In short, if it is understandable, G1 does not apply.
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 ==== G2. Test pages ====
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-This applies to pages created to test editing or other Wikipedia functions. It applies to subpages of the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Wikipedia Sandbox]] created as tests, but does {{strong|not}} apply to the Sandbox itself. It does not apply to pages in the [[Wikipedia:User page|user namespace]].
+This applies to pages created to test editing or other Wikipedia functions. It applies to subpages of the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Sandbox|Wikipedia Sandbox]] created as tests, but does {{strong|not}} apply to the Sandbox itself. It does not apply to pages in the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:User page|user namespace]].
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 ==== G3. Pure vandalism and blatant hoaxes ====
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-This applies to pages that are blatant and obvious misinformation, blatant [[Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes|hoaxes]] (including files intended to misinform), and redirects created by cleanup from page-move vandalism. [[Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes#Hoaxes, versus articles about hoaxes|Articles {{em|about}} notable hoaxes]] are acceptable if it is clear that they are describing a hoax.
+This applies to pages that are blatant and obvious misinformation, blatant [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes|hoaxes]] (including files intended to misinform), and redirects created by cleanup from page-move vandalism. [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes#Hoaxes.2C_versus_articles_about_hoaxes|Articles {{em|about}} notable hoaxes]] are acceptable if it is clear that they are describing a hoax.
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 ==== G4. Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion ====
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-This applies to sufficiently identical copies, having any title, of a page deleted via its most recent [[Wikipedia:Deletion discussions|deletion discussion]].<ref> The result of the most recent deletion discussion controls. This means that if the most recent discussion was "keep" or a default to keep through no consensus, G4 does not apply. Likewise, an article that was deleted through its most recent discussion, but was kept in earlier discussions, is subject to the criterion and may be deleted. ([[Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 44#Is CSD G4 applicable or inapplicable to a previously kept page whose most recent discussion ended in deletion?|Discussion]].)</ref> It excludes pages that are {{em|not}} substantially identical to the deleted version, pages to which the reason for the deletion no longer applies, and content that has been [[Wikipedia:Userfication|moved to user space]] or [[WP:DRAFTS|converted to a draft]] for explicit improvement (but not simply to circumvent Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion policy]]). This criterion also does not cover content undeleted via a [[Wikipedia:Deletion review|deletion review]], or that was only deleted via [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion]] (including deletion discussions closed as [[WP:SOFTDELETE|"soft delete"]]) or speedy deletion.
+This applies to sufficiently identical copies, having any title, of a page deleted via its most recent [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Deletion discussions|deletion discussion]].<ref> The result of the most recent deletion discussion controls. This means that if the most recent discussion was "keep" or a default to keep through no consensus, G4 does not apply. Likewise, an article that was deleted through its most recent discussion, but was kept in earlier discussions, is subject to the criterion and may be deleted. ([[Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 44#Is CSD G4 applicable or inapplicable to a previously kept page whose most recent discussion ended in deletion?|Discussion]].)</ref> It excludes pages that are {{em|not}} substantially identical to the deleted version, pages to which the reason for the deletion no longer applies, and content that has been [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Userfication|moved to user space]] or [[WP:DRAFTS|converted to a draft]] for explicit improvement (but not simply to circumvent Wikipedia's [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion policy]]). This criterion also does not cover content undeleted via a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Deletion review|deletion review]], or that was only deleted via [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion]] (including deletion discussions closed as [[WP:SOFTDELETE|"soft delete"]]) or speedy deletion.
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 This applies to pages created by [[:Category:Banned Wikipedia users|banned]] or [[:Category:Blocked Wikipedia users|blocked]] users {{strong|in violation of their [[Wikipedia:Banning policy|ban]] or [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|block]]}}, and that have no substantial edits by others.
 * To qualify, the edit or page must have been made while the user was actually banned or blocked. A page created before the ban or block was imposed or after it was lifted will not qualify under this criterion.
-* For [[Wikipedia:Banning policy#Topic ban|topic-banned]] editors, the page must be a violation of the user's specific ban, and does not include contributions legitimately about some other topic.
+* For [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Banning policy#Topic_ban|topic-banned]] editors, the page must be a violation of the user's specific ban, and does not include contributions legitimately about some other topic.
 * When a blocked or banned person uses an alternate account ([[WP:SOCK|sockpuppet]]) to avoid a restriction, any pages created via the sock account after the earliest block or ban of any of that person's accounts qualify for G5 (if not substantially edited by others); this is the most common case for applying G5.
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 ==== G6. Technical deletions ====
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-This is for [[Wikipedia:Consensus|uncontroversial]] maintenance, including:
+This is for [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Consensus|uncontroversial]] maintenance, including:
 * Deleting empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
-* Deleting redirects or other pages blocking [[Help:Renaming (moving) a page|page moves]]. Administrators should be aware of the [[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Moving procedures|proper procedures]] where a redirect or page holding up a page move has a non-trivial page history. An administrator who deletes a page that is blocking a move should ensure that the move is completed after deleting it.
+* Deleting redirects or other pages blocking [[Help:Renaming (moving) a page|page moves]]. Administrators should be aware of the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Moving_procedures|proper procedures]] where a redirect or page holding up a page move has a non-trivial page history. An administrator who deletes a page that is blocking a move should ensure that the move is completed after deleting it.
 * Deleting pages unambiguously created in error or in the incorrect namespace.
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 ==== G7. Author requests deletion ====
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-If requested in good faith and provided that the only substantial content of the page was added by its author. For redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move.<ref name="page move redirects"/> If the sole author [[Wikipedia:Glossary#Blanking|blanks]] a page other than a userspace page, a category page, or any type of talk page, this can be taken as a deletion request.
+If requested in good faith and provided that the only substantial content of the page was added by its author. For redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move.<ref name="page move redirects"/> If the sole author [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Glossary#Blanking|blanks]] a page other than a userspace page, a category page, or any type of talk page, this can be taken as a deletion request.
 ==== G8. Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page ====
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 Examples include:
-* [[Wikipedia:Talk page|Talk pages]] with no corresponding subject page
+* [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Talk page|Talk pages]] with no corresponding subject page
-* [[Wikipedia:Subpage|Subpages]] with no parent page
+* [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Subpage|Subpages]] with no parent page
 * [[Help:File page|File pages]] without a corresponding file
-* [[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirects]] to targets that never existed or were deleted
+* [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirects]] to targets that never existed or were deleted
-* Unused [[Wikipedia:Editnotice|editnotices]] of non-existent or [[Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Creation_protection|unsalted]] deleted pages
+* Unused [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Editnotice|editnotices]] of non-existent or [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Creation_protection|unsalted]] deleted pages
 * Categories populated by deleted or retargeted templates
 This criterion excludes any page that is useful to Wikipedia, and in particular:
 * Deletion discussions that are not logged elsewhere
-* [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#User talk pages|User talk pages]]
+* [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#User_talk_pages|User talk pages]]
 * Talk page archives (except article talk page archives where the corresponding article and main talk page have been deleted and the page is not otherwise useful to Wikipedia – check for page-moves and merges before using G8 on article-talk-page-archives; the parent article might still exist under a different name)
 * Redirects that were broken as a result of a page move (these should instead be retargeted to their target's new name), except where [[WP:R2|R2]] speedy deletion would then immediately apply
 * Plausible redirects that can be changed to valid targets
-* User subpages when the user has not created a [[Wikipedia:User pages|user page]]
+* User subpages when the user has not created a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:User pages|user page]]
-* Talk pages for files that exist on [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]]
+* Talk pages for files that exist on [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]]
 * Pages that should be moved to a different location<ref>Note that new editors sometimes mistakenly start article drafts on talk pages that have no article. If you see this, move the draft to [[Wikipedia:Drafts|the draft space]] or to the user's [[Wikipedia:Userspace|userspace]], making sure the new user is listed as author and not you.</ref>
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 ==== G10. Pages that disparage, threaten, intimidate, or harass their subject or some other entity, and serve no other purpose ====
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-Examples of "[[Wikipedia:Attack page|attack pages]]" may include [[Wikipedia:Libel|libel]], [[Wikipedia:No legal threats|legal threats]], material intended purely to [[Wikipedia:Harassment|harass or intimidate]] a person or [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|biographical material about a living person]] that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced. These pages should be speedily deleted when there is no [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral]] version in the page history to revert to. Both the page title and page content may be taken into account in assessing an attack. Articles about living people deleted under this criterion should {{strong|not}} be restored or recreated by any editor until the [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|biographical article standards]] are met. Other pages violating the Biographies of living persons policy might be eligible for deletion under the conditions stipulated at [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Summary deletion, creation prevention, and courtesy blanking]], although in most cases a deletion discussion should be initiated instead.
+Examples of "[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Attack page|attack pages]]" may include [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Libel|libel]], [[Wikipedia:No legal threats|legal threats]], material intended purely to [[Wikipedia:Harassment|harass or intimidate]] a person or [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|biographical material about a living person]] that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced. These pages should be speedily deleted when there is no [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral]] version in the page history to revert to. Both the page title and page content may be taken into account in assessing an attack. Articles about living people deleted under this criterion should {{strong|not}} be restored or recreated by any editor until the [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|biographical article standards]] are met. Other pages violating the Biographies of living persons policy might be eligible for deletion under the conditions stipulated at [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Summary deletion, creation prevention, and courtesy blanking]], although in most cases a deletion discussion should be initiated instead.
 Redirects from plausible search terms are not eligible under this criterion. For example, a term used on the target page to refer to its subject is often a plausible redirect – see [[Wikipedia:RNEUTRAL]].

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 In the past, criteria beginning with the following letters were used:

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-The '''criteria for speedy deletion''' ('''CSD''') specify the only cases in which [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] have broad [[Wikipedia:consensus|consensus]] to bypass [[Wikipedia:Deletion process|deletion discussion]], at their discretion, and immediately delete Wikipedia pages or media. Anyone can request speedy deletion by adding one of the [[Wikipedia:Template index/Speedy deletion|speedy deletion templates]], but only administrators may actually delete.
+The '''criteria for speedy deletion''' ('''CSD''') specify the only cases in which [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] have broad [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] to bypass [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Deletion process|deletion discussion]], at their discretion, and immediately delete Wikipedia pages or media. Anyone can request speedy deletion by adding one of the [[Wikipedia:Template index/Speedy deletion|speedy deletion templates]], but only administrators may actually delete.
-Deletion is reversible, but only by administrators, so other deletions occur only after discussion, unless they are [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion]]s. Speedy deletion is intended to reduce the time spent on deletion discussions for pages or media with [[Wikipedia:Snowball clause|no practical chance]] of surviving discussion.<ref>In this context, ''speedy'' refers to the simple decision-making process, not the length of time since the article was created.</ref>
+Deletion is reversible, but only by administrators, so other deletions occur only after discussion, unless they are [[Wikipedia 2197:Pages to delete|proposed deletions]]. Speedy deletion is intended to reduce the time spent on deletion discussions for pages or media with [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Snowball clause|no practical chance]] of surviving discussion.<ref>In this context, ''speedy'' refers to the simple decision-making process, not the length of time since the article was created.</ref>
-Before nominating a page for speedy deletion, consider whether it could be improved, reduced to a [[Wikipedia:Stub|stub]], merged or redirected elsewhere, reverted to a better previous revision, or handled in some other way. A page is eligible for speedy deletion only if all of its [[Help:Page history|revisions]] are also eligible. Users nominating a page for speedy deletion should specify which criterion/criteria the page meets, and should notify the page creator and any major contributors. If a page needs to be removed from Wikipedia for privacy reasons (e.g. non-public personal information, a child disclosing the child's age, possible libel), [[Wikipedia:Requests for oversight|request oversight]] instead.
+Before nominating a page for speedy deletion, consider whether it could be improved, reduced to a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Stub|stub]], [[Wikipedia 2197:Pages to merge|merged]] or redirected elsewhere, reverted to a better previous revision, or handled in some other way. A page is eligible for speedy deletion only if all of its [[Help:Page history|revisions]] are also eligible. Users nominating a page for speedy deletion should specify which criterion/criteria the page meets, and should notify the page creator and any major contributors. If a page needs to be removed from Wikipedia for privacy reasons (e.g. non-public personal information, a child disclosing the child's age, possible libel), [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Requests for oversight|request oversight]] instead.
 Administrators should take care not to speedily delete pages or media except in the most obvious cases. If a page has survived its most recent deletion discussion, it should not be speedily deleted except for newly discovered copyright violations and pages that meet specific uncontroversial criteria; these criteria are noted below. Contributors sometimes create pages over several edits, so administrators should avoid deleting a page that appears incomplete too soon after its creation.
-Besides speedy deletion, there are the following methods of deletion:
+Besides speedy deletion, there is the following method of deletion:
-* [[Wikipedia:Deletion discussions]] (<small>[[Wikipedia:AFD|AfD]], [[Wikipedia:CFD|CfD]], [[Wikipedia:FFD|FfD]], [[Wikipedia:MFD|MfD]], [[Wikipedia:RFD|RfD]], [[Wikipedia:TFD|TfD]]</small>), the normal method of carrying out deletion.
+* [[Wikipedia 2197:Pages to delete|Wikipedia:Proposed deletions]], for nominating articles and files for uncontroversial deletion.
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 === Pages that have survived deletion discussions ===
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 These criteria may only be used in such cases when no controversy exists; in the event of a dispute, start a new deletion discussion. However, newly discovered copyright violations should be tagged for G12 if the violation existed in all previous revisions of the article. G5 may be also used at discretion, subject to meeting the criterion outlined above.
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 == List of criteria ==
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 === General ===
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-These apply to [[Wikipedia:Namespace|every type of page]] with exclusions listed for specific criteria, and so apply to articles, drafts, redirects, user pages, talk pages, files, etc. Read the specifics for each criterion to see where and how they apply.
+These apply to [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Namespace|every type of page]] with exclusions listed for specific criteria, and so apply to articles, drafts, redirects, user pages, talk pages, files, etc. Read the specifics for each criterion to see where and how they apply.
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 Deletion is reversible, but only by administrators, so other deletions occur only after discussion, unless they are [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|proposed deletion]]s. Speedy deletion is intended to reduce the time spent on deletion discussions for pages or media with [[Wikipedia:Snowball clause|no practical chance]] of surviving discussion.<ref>In this context, ''speedy'' refers to the simple decision-making process, not the length of time since the article was created.</ref>
-Before nominating a page for speedy deletion, consider whether it could be improved, reduced to a [[Wikipedia:Stub|stub]], merged or redirected elsewhere, reverted to a better previous revision, or handled in some other way (see {{section link|Wikipedia:Deletion policy|Alternatives to deletion}}). A page is eligible for speedy deletion only if all of its [[Help:Page history|revisions]] are also eligible. Users nominating a page for speedy deletion should specify which criterion/criteria the page meets, and should notify the page creator and any major contributors. If a page needs to be removed from Wikipedia for privacy reasons (e.g. non-public personal information, a child disclosing the child's age, possible libel), [[Wikipedia:Requests for oversight|request oversight]] instead.
+Before nominating a page for speedy deletion, consider whether it could be improved, reduced to a [[Wikipedia:Stub|stub]], merged or redirected elsewhere, reverted to a better previous revision, or handled in some other way. A page is eligible for speedy deletion only if all of its [[Help:Page history|revisions]] are also eligible. Users nominating a page for speedy deletion should specify which criterion/criteria the page meets, and should notify the page creator and any major contributors. If a page needs to be removed from Wikipedia for privacy reasons (e.g. non-public personal information, a child disclosing the child's age, possible libel), [[Wikipedia:Requests for oversight|request oversight]] instead.
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