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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/45px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/60px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page documents an <a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikisource:Policies and guidelines">official policy</a> on Wikisource.</b> It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that everyone should 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Except for minor edits, please make use of the <a href="/wiki/Wikisource_talk:Deletion_policy" title="Wikisource talk:Deletion policy">discussion page</a> to propose changes to this policy.</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="ws-noexport"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14835962">.mw-parser-output .wst-process-header .wst-header-mainblock{border:1px solid #966;margin:4px auto 4px auto;background-color:#DCA;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .wst-process-header .wst-header-title-text{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .wst-process-header .wst-header-notes{border-bottom:1px solid #A88;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#FFFBFC);color:inherit}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wst-process-header .wst-header-mainblock{background-color:#5B4925}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wst-process-header .wst-header-mainblock{background-color:#5B4925}}</style></div><style 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class="wst-header-forward-arrow">→</div></div></div><div class="wst-header-notes header_notes searchaux wst-unknown-notes process_notes"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14791120">.mw-parser-output .plainSister{display:block;font-size:93%;line-height:normal;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none;list-style-position:outside;border:1px solid var(--border-color-interactive--hover,#AAA);float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5ex 0 0.5ex 0.5ex;padding:0;background:var(--background-color-base,#FFFFFF);color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .sisicon,.mw-parser-output .dabicon{padding-right:1ex}</style><ul class="plainSister"><li class="sisitem"><span class="sisicon"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/Special:SiteMatrix" title="Special:SiteMatrix"><img alt="Sister Projects" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/18px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/27px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/36px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span></span><a href="/wiki/Special:SiteMatrix" title="Special:SiteMatrix">sister projects</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Wikipedia article</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_policy" class="extiw" title="c:Commons:Deletion policy">Commons gallery</a>, <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Deletion_policy" class="extiw" title="q:Wikiquote:Deletion policy">quotes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion" class="extiw" title="n:Wikinews:Criteria for deletion">news</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Page_deletion_guidelines" class="extiw" title="wikt:Wiktionary:Page deletion guidelines">definition</a>, <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Deletion_policy" class="extiw" title="b:Wikibooks:Deletion policy">textbook</a>, <a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Deletions" class="extiw" title="v:Wikiversity:Deletions">course</a>, <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Deletion_policy" class="extiw" title="voy:Wikivoyage:Deletion policy">travel guide</a>, <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5009984" class="extiw" title="d:Q5009984">Wikidata item</a>, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Deletion_policy" class="extiw" title="m:Meta:Deletion policy">Meta</a></li></ul><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14700576">.mw-parser-output .wst-shortcut{display:table;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#999);margin:2px 0px 2px 8px;float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .wst-shortcut>div{display:table-row-group;background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .wst-shortcut>div>div{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .wst-shortcut>div>div>div{display:table-cell;font-size:86%;font-weight:bold;padding:4px;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wst-shortcut>div>div>div>span{letter-spacing:1px}</style><div class="wst-shortcut noprint"><div><div><div> <p><span><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Shortcut" title="Wikisource:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: </span><br/><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:DP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:DP">WS:DP</a><br/><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:D" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:D">WS:D</a> </p> </div></div></div></div><div class="wst-header-content header_notes_content wst-header-notes-content wst-unknown-notes-content"> <p>Wikisource's deletion policy codifies the circumstances under which administrators may delete pages. Although any user can blank a page, the page remains accessible and older revisions may be accessed through the edit history. When a page is deleted, the previous edit history cannot be viewed by non-administrators. Only administrators have the ability to delete and undelete pages. </p> </div></div></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion"></span>Policy: Criteria for deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consensus" data-mw-thread-id="h-Consensus-Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Consensus-Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion"></span>Consensus<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Consensus-Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion"></span></h3></div> <p>If you suspect that a work is a copyright violation, you can place it on <a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Copyright_discussions" title="Wikisource:Copyright discussions">Wikisource:Copyright discussions</a>. If you believe that an article does not belong on Wikisource, but it doesn't match any of the criteria for speedy deletion below, you can list it at <a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Proposed_deletions" title="Wikisource:Proposed deletions">Wikisource:Proposed deletions</a>. </p><p>The discussion will be held for at least one (<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:DEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:DEL">Proposed deletions</a>) or two (<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPYVIO">Copyright discussions</a>) weeks. Although any user is welcome to discuss the nomination, only established editors may cast a vote with weight. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speedy_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Speedy_deletion-Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Speedy_deletion-Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion"></span>Speedy deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Speedy_deletion-Policy:_Criteria_for_deletion"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14700576"><div class="wst-shortcut noprint"><div><div><div> <p><span><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Shortcut" title="Wikisource:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: </span><br/>WS:CSD </p> </div></div></div></div><p>Wikisource's deletion policy allows administrators to summarily delete pages that meet one or more of the Criteria for speedy deletion (commonly CSD). If you disagree with a speedy deletion, you can appeal it at <a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Proposed_deletions" title="Wikisource:Proposed deletions">Wikisource:Proposed deletions</a> (see "<a href="#Undeletion">Undeletion</a>"). Pages matching a criterion for speedy deletion should be tagged with the criterion's appropriate template (or {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Sdelete" title="Template:Sdelete">sdelete</a>}}) and <i>not</i> reported at <a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Proposed_deletions" title="Wikisource:Proposed deletions">Wikisource:Proposed deletions</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Category:Speedy_deletion_requests" title="Category:Speedy deletion requests">category</a>). In tagging a page for speedy deletion please note the reason for deletion as follows {{sdelete|reason for deletion}}. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="General" data-mw-thread-id="h-General-Speedy_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General-Speedy_deletion"></span>General<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General-Speedy_deletion"></span></h4></div> <ol><li><span id="G1"></span><b>No meaningful content or history</b>. This includes test edits (eg, "asdf" or "Can I really create a page here?"), obvious nonsense, or simple vandalism.</li> <li><span id="G2"></span><b>Reposted content</b> previously deleted according to this deletion policy, unless it was significantly rewritten in a manner that calls into question the deletion reason.</li> <li><span id="G3"></span><b>Banned contributor:</b> content created and edited solely by a banned user after they were banned, where there is possibility of bad faith. Good contributions by a banned user should be accepted, but where bad faith is possible it should be assumed.</li> <li><span id="G4"></span><b>Redundant:</b> Two versions of the same text on different pages, with no significant differences between them. An unsourced work that is <a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Versions#Why_not.3F" title="Wikisource:Versions">redundant</a> to a sourced (scanned) version.</li> <li><span id="G5"></span><b>Beyond scope:</b> The content <i>clearly</i> lies outside the scope of Wikisource (such as advertisements or book descriptions without text). This <i>doesn't apply</i> to works which belong on other Wikimedia project (see <b>Transwikied articles</b>).</li> <li><span id="G6"></span><b>Copyright violation:</b> Content which is a <i>clear and proven</i> copyright violation, or content previously deleted as a copyright violation, or author pages for authors whose works are all copyrighted.</li> <li><span id="G7"></span><b>Author's request:</b> Deletion per request of the author, if the author is the only significant contributor, the request is not in bad faith, and the content is not to the benefit of Wikisource. If the author blanks the page, this may be taken as a request.</li> <li><span id="G8"></span><b>Person- or work-based categories:</b> Categories where the defining characteristic is person-based or work-based. See <a href="/wiki/Help:Categorization#Excluded_categories" title="Help:Categorization">Help:Categorization § Excluded categories</a>. <ul><li><b>Person-based categories:</b> Categories where the defining characteristic is person-based. This includes, but is not limited to, author-based categories like "Works by <i>author name</i>" intended to contain works by a particular author (instead, list the works on the Author page). <dl><dd>There are exceptions for categories where the person's name signifies an administration (the administration associated with a specific US president), regnal period (the government of a given British monarch), or similar, which are not subject to speedy deletion under this criterion.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>Work-based categories:</b> Categories solely intended to contain pages within a particular work (instead, provide a table of contents on the work's main page).</li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Articles_and_images" data-mw-thread-id="h-Articles_and_images-Speedy_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Articles_and_images-Speedy_deletion"></span>Articles and images<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Articles_and_images-Speedy_deletion"></span></h4></div> <ol><li><span id="A1"></span><b>Articles <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/transwiki" class="extiw" title="m:transwiki">transwikied</a></b> to another project, or images uploaded to the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="commons:">Wikimedia Commons</a> with the original contributor noted.</li> <li><span id="A2"></span><b>Non-notable content</b>, not significantly peer-reviewed or previously published in a significant edition or forum.</li> <li><span id="A3"></span><b>Works without authorship information</b>, where a reasonable attempt has been made to discover this information and contact the user who added the text. Note that this does not apply to texts whose authors are unknown.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Miscellaneous" data-mw-thread-id="h-Miscellaneous-Speedy_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Miscellaneous-Speedy_deletion"></span>Miscellaneous<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Miscellaneous-Speedy_deletion"></span></h4></div> <ol><li><span id="M1"></span><b>Process deletion:</b> deletion as part of a page move or history merge, as long as the action requiring the deletion is uncontroversial.</li> <li><span id="M2"></span><b>Unneeded redirects</b> from page titles created within the last week, or older redirects tagged with <code>{{subst:dated soft redirect|"[[new title]]"}}</code> for at least two months. Redirects to nonexistent pages may be deleted at any time. 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