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> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="//donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_si.wikipedia.org&uselang=si" class=""><span>පරිත්‍යාග</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8_%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%A7&returnto=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%3AGuide+to+deletion" title="ඔබ ගිණුමක් තනා පිවිසෙන්නේ නම් මැනවි; කෙසේ වුවත්, එය අනිවාර්ය නොවේ." class=""><span>ගිණුමක් තනන්න</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B6%BA&returnto=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%3AGuide+to+deletion" title="අඩවියට පිවිසීමට ඔබව දිරිගැන්වේ. එහෙත් පිවිසීම අනිවාර්ය නොවේ. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>පිවිසෙන්න</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="More options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="පුද්ගලික මෙවලම්" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">පුද්ගලික මෙවලම්</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="//donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_si.wikipedia.org&uselang=si"><span>පරිත්‍යාග</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8_%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%A7&returnto=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%3AGuide+to+deletion" title="ඔබ ගිණුමක් තනා පිවිසෙන්නේ නම් මැනවි; කෙසේ වුවත්, එය අනිවාර්ය නොවේ."><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>ගිණුමක් තනන්න</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B6%BA&returnto=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%3AGuide+to+deletion" title="අඩවියට පිවිසීමට ඔබව දිරිගැන්වේ. එහෙත් පිවිසීම අනිවාර්ය නොවේ. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>පිවිසෙන්න</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BA" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>දායකත්වයන්</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="මෙම අන්තර්ජාල ලිපිනයෙන් කර ඇති සංස්කරණයන් පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡාව [n]" accesskey="n"><span>සාකච්ඡාව</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">Beginning</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Summary_of_deletion_processes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Summary_of_deletion_processes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Summary of deletion processes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Summary_of_deletion_processes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Overview of the AFD deletion process</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Overview of the AFD deletion process subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Other_kinds_of_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_kinds_of_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Other kinds of pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_kinds_of_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_advice" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_advice"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>General advice</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-General_advice-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle General advice subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-General_advice-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pages_in_user_space" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pages_in_user_space"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Pages in user space</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pages_in_user_space-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Please_do_not_take_it_personally" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Please_do_not_take_it_personally"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Please do not take it personally</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Please_do_not_take_it_personally-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Please_be_tolerant_of_others" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Please_be_tolerant_of_others"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Please be tolerant of others</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Please_be_tolerant_of_others-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sockpuppeting_is_not_to_be_tolerated" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sockpuppeting_is_not_to_be_tolerated"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Sockpuppeting is not to be tolerated</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sockpuppeting_is_not_to_be_tolerated-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-You_may_edit_the_article_during_the_discussion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#You_may_edit_the_article_during_the_discussion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>You may edit the article during the discussion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-You_may_edit_the_article_during_the_discussion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deletion_process" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deletion_process"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Deletion process</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Deletion_process-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Deletion process subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Deletion_process-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nomination" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nomination"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Nomination</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nomination-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-How_to_list_pages_for_deletion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_to_list_pages_for_deletion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>How to list pages for deletion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_to_list_pages_for_deletion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Discussion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Discussion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Discussion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Discussion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Closure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Closure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Closure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Closure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recommendations_and_outcomes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recommendations_and_outcomes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Recommendations and outcomes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recommendations_and_outcomes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-If_you_disagree_with_the_consensus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#If_you_disagree_with_the_consensus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>If you disagree with the consensus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-If_you_disagree_with_the_consensus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shorthands" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shorthands"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Shorthands</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shorthands-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Miscellaneous_advice" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Miscellaneous_advice"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Miscellaneous advice</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Miscellaneous_advice-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیلمک اوچون تعلیمات – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیلمک اوچون تعلیمات" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion – ඉංග්‍රීසි" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="ඉංග්‍රීසි" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gu%C3%ADa_para_el_borrado" title="Wikipedia:Guía para el borrado – ස්පාඤ්ඤ" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Guía para el borrado" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="ස්පාඤ්ඤ" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81" title="ویکی‌پدیا:راهنمای حذف – පර්සියානු" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:راهنمای حذف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="පර්සියානු" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide:Suppression_de_page" title="Aide:Suppression de page – ප්‍රංශ" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aide:Suppression de page" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="ප්‍රංශ" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sletting/Veiledning" title="Wikipedia:Sletting/Veiledning – නෝර්වීජියානු බොක්මල්" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Sletting/Veiledning" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="නෝර්වීජියානු බොක්මල්" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajuda:Guia_de_elimina%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Ajuda:Guia de eliminação – පෘතුගීසි" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ajuda:Guia de eliminação" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="පෘතුගීසි" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajutor:%C8%98tergere" title="Ajutor:Ștergere – රොමේනියානු" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ajutor:Ștergere" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="රොමේනියානු" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B1%DB%81%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81_%D8%B4%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C" title="ویکیپیڈیا:رہنمائے حذف شدگی – උර්දු" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ویکیپیڈیا:رہنمائے حذف شدگی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="උර්දු" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%88%A0%E9%99%A4%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97" title="Wikipedia:删除指南 – චීන" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="Wikipedia:删除指南" data-language-autonym="中文" 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deletion">Articles</a> • (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2024_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 නොවැම්බර් 28 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">today</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2024_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_21&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 නොවැම්බර් 21 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">in closing</a></i>)<br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Templates_for_discussion" title="විකිපීඩියා:Templates for discussion">Templates</a> • (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 නොවැම්බර් 28 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">today</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_21&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 නොවැම්බර් 21 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">in closing</a>)</i><br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Files_for_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Files for deletion">Files</a> • (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Files_for_deletion/2024_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Files for deletion/2024 නොවැම්බර් 28 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">today</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Files_for_deletion/2024_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_21&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Files for deletion/2024 නොවැම්බර් 21 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">in closing</a></i>)<br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Categories_for_discussion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Categories for discussion">Categories</a> • <i>(<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 නොවැම්බර් 28 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">today</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Categories_for_discussion/Previous_8_to_21_days&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Categories for discussion/Previous 8 to 21 days (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">in closing</a>)</i><br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Redirects_for_discussion" title="විකිපීඩියා:Redirects for discussion">Redirects</a> • (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2024_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 නොවැම්බර් 28 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">today</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2024_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A_19&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 නොවැම්බර් 19 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">in closing</a></i>)<br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Stub_types_for_deletion" title="විකිපීඩියා:Stub types for deletion">Stub types</a><br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Miscellany_for_deletion" title="විකිපීඩියා:Miscellany for deletion">Miscellany</a><br/> </p> <hr/> <p><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Requests_for_undeletion" title="විකිපීඩියා:Requests for undeletion">Undeletion</a><br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_review" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion review">Deletion review</a><br/> </p> <hr/> <p><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%89%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:ඉක්මන් මකාදැමීමේ උපමානය">ඉක්මන් මකාදැමීමේ උපමානය</a> • (<i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BA:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion" title="ප්‍රවර්ගය:Candidates for speedy deletion">ඉල්ලීම්</a></i>)<br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Proposed_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> • (<i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Proposed_deletion_(books)" title="විකිපීඩියා:Proposed deletion (books)">books</a></i>) </p> <hr/> <p><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9D%E0%B7%94_%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%B1/delete" title="විශේෂ:ලඝු සටහන/delete">මකාදැමුම් ලඝු සටහන</a><br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion policy">Policy</a> | <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_process" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion process">Process</a> | <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guide</a><br/> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Administrator guidelines</a> </p> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Summary_of_deletion_processes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Summary_of_deletion_processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Summary_of_deletion_processes"></span>Summary of deletion processes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Summary_of_deletion_processes"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=1" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Summary of deletion processes"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Deleting an entire Wikipedia page or file: </p> <dl><dd><ul><li><i>Any user may suggest deletion of a page for good cause</i>. However, pages may only be deleted summarily via the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:CSD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:CSD">speedy deletion</a> process if certain criteria are met. In cases of a borderline article, a notice of <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:PROD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:PROD">proposed deletion</a> may be used, giving time for response. In all other cases where removal of an entire page is being considered, a "deletion discussion" happens. The main deletion process for encyclopedia articles is known as "<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:AFD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:AFD">articles for deletion</a>" (AFD). Other kinds of pages have <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_discussions#List_of_deletion_discussions" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion discussions">similar processes</a>.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>An "appeal" process (<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:DRV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:DRV (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">deletion review</a>) also exists.</li></ul></dd></dl> <p>Deleting specific text within a page: </p> <dl><dd><ul><li>Undesirable text can be <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Be_Bold&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Be Bold (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">reversed by anyone</a>. If this is inadequate, then any administrator can delete inappropriate content, which can then only be seen by administrators. This may be requested to any administrator, for example at the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:ANI" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:ANI">administrators' noticeboard for incidents</a>.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>A form of extreme deletion known as <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:OVERSIGHT&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:OVERSIGHT (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Oversight</a> also exists, which is operated by a very few specially authorized users. Users with Oversight access can often remove certain serious privacy-breaching and defamatory material so that even administrators cannot see the material. This is requested by email (monitored 24/7) via <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:RFO&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:RFO (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">requests for oversight</a>.</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process" data-mw-thread-id="h-Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process"></span>Overview of the AFD deletion process<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=2" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Overview of the AFD deletion process"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All text created in the Wikipedia main <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Namespace">namespace</a> is subject to several important rules, including three cardinal content policies (<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Neutral_point_of_view" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Neutral point of view">Wikipedia:Neutral point of view</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Verifiability" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Verifiability">Wikipedia:Verifiability</a>, and <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_original_research" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:No original research">Wikipedia:No original research</a>) and the copyright policy (<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Copyrights" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Copyrights">Wikipedia:Copyrights</a>). Together, these policies govern the admissibility of text in the main body of the encyclopedia, and only text conforming to all four policies is allowed in the main namespace. </p><p>A failure to conform to a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Neutral_point_of_view" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a> is usually remedied through <i>editing</i> for neutrality, but text that does not conform to any of the remaining three policies is usually <i>removed</i> from Wikipedia, either by removing a passage or section of an otherwise satisfactory article or by removing an entire article if nothing can be salvaged. </p><p>This guide deals with the process of addressing articles that contravene <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Verifiability" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Verifiability">Wikipedia:Verifiability</a> and <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_original_research" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:No original research">Wikipedia:No original research</a>, which are often listed or "<a href="#Nomination">nominated</a>" on <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Articles_for_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Articles for deletion">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion</a>. Articles that violate <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Copyrights" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Copyrights">Wikipedia:Copyrights</a> are listed on the project page for <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:CP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:CP (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">copyright problems</a> for further action. </p><p>When an article is nominated for deletion, the Wikipedia community may discuss its merits for a period usually no less than seven days, in order to come to a public <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators#Rough_consensus" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion guidelines for administrators">rough consensus</a> about whether the article is unsuited to Wikipedia. Following seven days of discussion, an experienced Wikipedian will determine if a consensus was reached and will "<a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Closure">close</a>" the discussion accordingly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_kinds_of_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_kinds_of_pages-Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_kinds_of_pages-Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process"></span>Other kinds of pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_kinds_of_pages-Overview_of_the_AFD_deletion_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=3" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Other kinds of pages"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A list of similar processes for other kinds of pages, including user pages, templates, categories, and redirects, is <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_discussions#List_of_deletion_discussions" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion discussions">here</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="General_advice" data-mw-thread-id="h-General_advice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General_advice"></span>General advice<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General_advice"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=4" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: General advice"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pages_in_user_space" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pages_in_user_space-General_advice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pages_in_user_space-General_advice"></span>Pages in user space<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pages_in_user_space-General_advice"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=5" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Pages in user space"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If the page is in your own user space, or talk space, then it is a suitable candidate for <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:SPEEDY" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:SPEEDY">speedy deletion</a>. Edit the page putting {{db|reason for deletion}} at the top of the page. Such a reason might be, "subpage I created in error" or "subpage I created is no longer required". </p><p>An administrator will see that the page is in your own user space and delete it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Please_do_not_take_it_personally" data-mw-thread-id="h-Please_do_not_take_it_personally-General_advice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Please_do_not_take_it_personally-General_advice"></span>Please do not take it personally<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Please_do_not_take_it_personally-General_advice"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=6" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Please do not take it personally"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Please remember that the deletion process is about the appropriateness of the <b>article</b> for inclusion in Wikipedia. A deletion nomination is <i>not</i> a rejection of the author or an attack on his/her value as a member of the Wikipedia community. Therefore, please do not take it personally if an article you've contributed to is nominated for deletion. </p><p>Over time, Wikipedians have invested a great deal of thought in the question of what may and may not be included in the encyclopedia. The cardinal article policies mentioned above form the core requirements for textual contributions to the mainspace. However, some Wikipedians have also written a number of standards and guidelines that are intended to provide guidance in specific areas; note that such guidelines cannot supersede the requirements of the above policies. Please take the time to review the standards Wikipedians abide by in evaluating content. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:What_Wikipedia_is_not" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Criteria_for_inclusion_of_biographies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Criteria for inclusion of biographies (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:WikiProject_Music/Notability_and_Music_Guidelines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Notability and Music Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:WikiProject_Numbers#How_far_to_go.3F" title="විකිපීඩියා:WikiProject Numbers">Wikipedia:WikiProject Numbers How Far To Go</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Companies,_corporations_and_economic_information/Notability_and_inclusion_guidelines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Companies, corporations and economic information/Notability and inclusion guidelines (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikipedia:Companies, corporations and economic information/Notability and inclusion guidelines</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Please_be_tolerant_of_others" data-mw-thread-id="h-Please_be_tolerant_of_others-General_advice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Please_be_tolerant_of_others-General_advice"></span>Please be tolerant of others<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Please_be_tolerant_of_others-General_advice"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=7" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Please be tolerant of others"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Please remember that AFD is a busy and repetitive place. The people who volunteer to work the AFD process may seem terse, gruff and abrupt. They are not (usually) being intentionally rude. We value <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Civility" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Civility">civility</a> and always try to <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Assume_good_faith" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Assume good faith">assume good faith</a>. However, over a hundred articles are nominated for deletion each day. Experienced <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Wikipedian" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Wikipedian">Wikipedians</a> have been through thousands of deletion discussions and have read and thought through many of the same arguments many times before. For speed, some employ shorthands (described below) rather than typing out the same reasoning and arguments again and again. They are trying to be efficient, not rude. </p><p>Deletion discussions follow the normal Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Talk page">talk page</a> etiquette. Please be familiar with the policies of <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="විකිපීඩියා:Please do not bite the newcomers">not biting the newcomers</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Wikiquette&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Wikiquette (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikiquette</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_personal_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:No personal attacks">no personal attacks</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Biographies_of_living_persons" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Biographies of living persons">biographies of living persons</a> and <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Civility" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Civility">civility</a> before contributing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sockpuppeting_is_not_to_be_tolerated" data-mw-thread-id="h-Sockpuppeting_is_not_to_be_tolerated-General_advice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Sockpuppeting_is_not_to_be_tolerated-General_advice"></span>Sockpuppeting is not to be tolerated<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Sockpuppeting_is_not_to_be_tolerated-General_advice"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=8" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Sockpuppeting is not to be tolerated"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One exception to the principle of <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Assume_good_faith" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Assume good faith">assume good faith</a> concerns the use of <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Sockpuppet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Sockpuppet (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">sockpuppets</a>. This tactic is commonly employed by vandals and bad-faith contributors who create multiple user accounts in an attempt to bias the decision process. A close variation is to enlist "<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Sock_puppet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Sock puppet (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">meatpuppets</a>", people from outside Wikipedia to "run in" (for example, if my article about a web forum is up for deletion and I post a call for other forum members to "help keep our website in Wikipedia"). Signs of these tactics are that a contributor's account was created after discussion began, that a contributor has few edits or that a contributor's other edits have been <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Vandalism" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Vandalism">vandalism</a>. Other Wikipedians will draw attention to such facts and may even recommend deletion simply because apparent sock- or meat-puppets piled in with "do not delete" or other similar comments. </p><p>Unfortunately, (vandalism aside) such cases are notoriously hard to distinguish from good-faith contributors writing their first article or from anonymous users who finally decide to log in. If someone does point out your light contribution history, please take it in the spirit it was intended - a fact to be weighed by the closing admin, not an attack on the person. </p><p>Because of our past problems, <i>opinions</i> offered by new or anonymous users are often met with suspicion and may be discounted during the closing process. This decision is made at the discretion of the closing admin after considering the contribution history and pattern of comments. In practice, civil comments and logical arguments are often given the benefit of doubt while hostile comments are presumed to be bad-faith. Please note that <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Verifiable" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Verifiable">verifiable</a> <i>facts and evidence</i> are welcome from anybody and <b>will</b> be considered during the closing process. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="You_may_edit_the_article_during_the_discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-You_may_edit_the_article_during_the_discussion-General_advice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-You_may_edit_the_article_during_the_discussion-General_advice"></span>You may edit the article during the discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-You_may_edit_the_article_during_the_discussion-General_advice"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=9" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: You may edit the article during the discussion"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>You and others are welcome to continue editing the article during the discussion period. Indeed, if you can address the points raised during the discussion by improving the article, you are <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Be_bold_in_updating_pages&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Be bold in updating pages (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">encouraged to edit</a> a nominated article (noting in the discussion that you have done so if your edits are significant ones). </p><p>There are, however, a few restrictions upon how you may edit an article: </p> <ul><li>You must not blank the article (unless it is a copyright infringement).</li> <li>You must not modify or remove the AfD notice.</li> <li>You should not turn the article into a redirect. A functioning redirect will overwrite the AFD notice. It may also be interpreted as an attempt to "hide" the old content from scrutiny by the community.</li> <li>Moving the article while it is being discussed can produce confusion. If you do this, please note it on the AfD page, preferably both at the top of the discussion (for new participants) and as a new comment at the bottom (for the benefit of the closing admin).</li> <li>AfD participants should not circumvent consensus by merging or copying material to another article unilaterally, before the debate closes. Such action may cause contention, extra process steps, and additional admin work if undoing any copying is necessary. <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:PRESERVE" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:PRESERVE">Preservation</a> is often worthwhile but copying causes an <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Copying_within_Wikipedia" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Copying within Wikipedia">attribution dependency</a> between articles that may require retaining some article history that would otherwise be deleted. If you see a debate leaning toward <i>Delete</i> rather than <i>Merge</i>, offer a specific proposal, negotiate with the other participants, and wait for the discussion to be closed. Even if the debate ends with <i>Delete</i>, you can ask the closing admin how to save material that might be used elsewhere, and the admin can advise on any further review steps that might be needed to justify that reuse. This is not an issue, however, if the merged content is not merely copied and pasted, but instead completely rewritten so that only uncopyrightable facts are transferred, not copyrightable expression.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Deletion_process" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion_process"></span>Deletion process<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion_process"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=10" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Deletion process"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion policy">Wikipedia:Deletion policy</a></i></dd></dl> <p>Deletion of articles from Wikipedia occurs through one of four processes. </p> <ol><li>So-called <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Criteria for speedy deletion">speedy deletion</a> involves the scrutiny of only a few people before an article is deleted. The allowable criteria for speedy-deletion are deliberately very narrow. The list of candidates for speedy deletion can be viewed at <a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BA:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion" title="ප්‍රවර්ගය:Candidates for speedy deletion">Category:Candidates for speedy deletion</a>.</li> <li>Another quick method is the use of <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Proposed_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Proposed deletion">proposed deletion</a>: simply add {{subst:<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Prod" class="mw-redirect" title="සැකිල්ල:Prod">prod</a>|<i>reason goes here</i>}} to the top of the article. This is meant for articles where the deletion is believed to be uncontroversial, yet does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion. A proposed deletion can be contested by any user by removing the {{prod}} tag within seven days, and if anyone still wants the article deleted the full AFD process is required. See <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:BLPPROD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:BLPPROD">WP:BLPPROD</a> for more detail.</li> <li>For unsourced <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:BLP">articles about living persons</a> created after 18 March 2010, adding <code>{{subst:<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Prod_blp" title="සැකිල්ල:Prod blp">prod blp</a>}}</code> will <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:BLPPROD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:BLPPROD">propose the BLP for deletion</a>. If sources are not added within 10 days, the article may be deleted.</li> <li>Articles which do not meet the narrow criteria for speedy deletion and whose deletion is (or might be) contested are discussed by the community through the AFD process.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nomination" data-mw-thread-id="h-Nomination-Deletion_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Nomination-Deletion_process"></span>Nomination<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Nomination-Deletion_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=11" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Nomination"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r716087"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r706293"><table class="sidebar nomobile help-box noprint plainlist" style="clear:right;width:200px;"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability">Notability</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability#General_notability_guideline" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability">General notability guideline</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability#Subject-specific_notability_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability">Subject-specific guidelines</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist hlist-separated"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(academics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (academics) (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Academics</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(astronomical_objects)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (astronomical objects) (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Astronomical objects</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(books)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (books) (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(events)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (events) (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(films)" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (films)">Films</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(geographic_features)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (geographic features) (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Geographic features</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(music)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (music) (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(numbers)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (numbers) (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Numbers</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (organizations and companies)">Organizations and companies</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (people)">People</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(sports)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (sports) (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Sports and athletes</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability_(web)" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability (web)">Web content</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> See also</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essay_directory#Notability" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essay directory">Notability essays</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guide to deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Common deletion outcomes</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Why_was_the_page_I_created_deleted%3F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Why was the page I created deleted? (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Why was my article deleted?</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r573293">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · 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.navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-නරඹන්න"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Notability_sidebar" class="mw-redirect" title="සැකිල්ල:Notability sidebar"><abbr title="මෙම සැකිල්ල නරඹන්න">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-සාකච්ඡාව"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80:Notability_sidebar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="සැකිලි සාකච්ඡාව:Notability sidebar (පිටුව නොපවතියි)"><abbr title="මෙම සැකිල්ල සාකච්ඡා කරන්න">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-සංස්කරණය"><a class="external text" href="https://si.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Notability_sidebar&action=edit"><abbr title="මෙම සැකිල්ල සංස්කරණය කරන්න">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Before nominating an article for AFD, please: </p> <ul><li>strongly consider if an alternative deletion process (<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Criteria for speedy deletion">speedy deletion</a>, or <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Proposed_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Proposed deletion">proposed deletion</a>) should be used.</li> <li>check the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion policy">deletion policy</a> to see what things are <b>not reasons for deletion</b>. Consider whether you actually want the article to be <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Duplicate_articles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Duplicate articles (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">merged</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Requests_for_expansion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Requests for expansion (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">expanded</a>, or <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Cleanup" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Cleanup">cleaned up</a> rather than deleted, and use the appropriate mechanism instead of AFD. <ul><li>before nominating a recently created article, please consider that many good articles started their Wikilife in pretty bad shape. Unless it is obviously <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Speedy_deletions" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Speedy deletions">a hopeless case</a>, consider sharing your reservations with the article creator, mentioning your concerns on the article's discussion page, and/or adding a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BA:Cleanup_templates" title="ප්‍රවර්ගය:Cleanup templates">"cleanup" template</a>, instead of bringing the article to AfD.</li> <li>familiarize yourself with the frequently cited guidelines <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:BIO" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:BIO">WP:BIO</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:COI" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:COI">WP:COI</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:CORP" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:CORP">WP:CORP</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:MUSIC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:MUSIC (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">WP:MUSIC</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:RS">WP:RS</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:WEB" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:WEB">WP:WEB</a>, and <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:NOT" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:NOT">WP:NOT</a>.</li> <li>consider adding a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Template_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Template messages">tag</a> such as {{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Template_messages/Cleanup" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Template messages/Cleanup">cleanup</a>}}, {{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Template_messages/Disputes" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Template messages/Disputes">disputed</a>}} or {{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Expert-subject" class="mw-redirect" title="සැකිල්ල:Expert-subject">expert-subject</a>}} instead; this may be preferable if the article has some useful content.</li> <li>consider making the page a useful <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Redirect" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Redirect">redirect</a> or proposing it be <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Merge" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Merge">merged</a> rather than deleted. Neither of these actions requires an AfD.</li></ul></li> <li>if an article content happens to fit any of our <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:SISTER" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:SISTER">sister wikis</a>, consider <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Transwiki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Transwiki (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">copying</a> it there before proceeding. You can replace an article with a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Soft_redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Soft redirect">soft redirect</a> to a sister wiki in some cases.</li> <li>investigate the possibility of rewriting the article yourself (or at least creating a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Stub" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Stub">stub</a> on the topic and requesting expansion) instead of deleting it.</li> <li>first do the necessary homework and look for sources yourself, and invite discussion on the talk page by using the {{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Notability" class="mw-redirect" title="සැකිල්ල:Notability">notability</a>}} template, if you are disputing the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:N" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:N">notability</a> of an article's subject. The fact that you haven't heard of something, or don't personally consider it worthy, are not criteria for deletion. You must look for, and demonstrate that you couldn't find, any <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Independent_sources" title="විකිපීඩියා:Independent sources">independent sources</a> of sufficient depth.</li> <li>check the "<b>what links here</b>" link to see how the article is being used within Wikipedia.</li> <li>check <a href="/w/index.php?title=Interwiki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interwiki (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">interwiki</a> links to pages "in other languages" which may provide additional material for translation.</li> <li>read the article's <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Talk page">talk page</a>, which may provide reasons why the article should or should not be deleted.</li> <li>check that what you wish to delete is <i>an article</i>. <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:TFD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:TFD">Templates</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:CFD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:CFD">categories</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:IFD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:IFD">images</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:RFD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:RFD">redirects</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:MfD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:MfD (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">pages not in the main article space</a> (including user and Wikipedia namespace pages) have their own deletion processes separate from AFD.</li> <li>note that if you are editing under an <a href="/wiki/IP_address" class="mw-redirect" title="IP address">IP address</a> because you have not yet created a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Username" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Username">user account</a>, you will not be able to complete the AfD process, as anonymous contributors are currently unable to create new pages (as required by step 2 of "How to list pages for deletion," below). If this is the case, consider creating a user account before listing an article on AfD.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="How_to_list_pages_for_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_list_pages_for_deletion-Nomination"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_list_pages_for_deletion-Nomination"></span>How to list pages for deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_list_pages_for_deletion-Nomination"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=12" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: How to list pages for deletion"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After reviewing the above section, if you still think the article should be deleted, you must nominate it and open the AFD discussion. Nomination is a three-stage process. Please carefully follow the instructions on the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Articles_for_deletion#How_to_list_pages_for_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Articles for deletion">Articles for deletion</a> page. You <i>must</i> perform all three stages of the process. Nominations follow a very specific format because we <a href="/w/index.php?title=Transclusion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Transclusion (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">transclude</a> the discussion page onto a consolidated list of deletion discussions. This makes it more efficient for other participants to find the discussion and to determine if they have anything relevant to add. Incomplete nominations may be discarded or ignored. If you need help, ask. </p> <ul><li>It is generally considered civil to notify the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Assume_good_faith" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Assume good faith">good-faith</a> creator and any main contributors of the articles that you are nominating for deletion. Do not notify <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Bot_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Bot policy">bot accounts</a> or people who have made only insignificant 'minor' edits. To find the main contributors, look in the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Page_history" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Page history">page history</a> or <a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Talk page">talk page</a> of the article. For your convenience, you may use {{subst:<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:AFDWarningNew&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="සැකිල්ල:AFDWarningNew (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">AFDWarningNew</a>|<i>Article title</i>}} (for creators who are totally new users), {{subst:<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:AFDWarning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="සැකිල්ල:AFDWarning (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">AFDWarning</a>|<i>Article title</i>}} (for creators), or {{subst:<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Adw" class="mw-redirect" title="සැකිල්ල:Adw">Adw</a>|<i>Article title</i>}} (for contributors or established users).</li> <li>To avoid confusing newcomers, the reasons given for deletion should avoid Wikipedia-specific acronyms.</li> <li>Place a notification on significant pages that link to your nomination, to enable those with related knowledge to participate in the debate.</li> <li>If recommending that an article be speedily deleted, please give the criterion or criteria that it meets, such as "A7" or "biography not asserting importance".</li></ul> <p><i>Anyone can make a nomination</i>, though anonymous users can not complete the process without help from a logged-in user. The nomination, however, must be in good faith. Nominations that are clearly <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Vandalism" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Vandalism">vandalism</a> may be discarded. Anonymous users cannot complete the process, as they are technically prohibited from creating new pages. </p><p>Nominations already imply a recommendation to delete the article, unless the nominator specifically says otherwise, and to avoid confusion nominators should refrain from explicitly indicating this recommendation again in the bulleted list of recommendations. (Some nominations are performed by experienced users on behalf of others, either because they are inexperienced with the AFD process or because the deletion recommendation was the result of a separate discussion.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Discussion-Deletion_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Discussion-Deletion_process"></span>Discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Discussion-Deletion_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=13" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Discussion"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Discussion occurs on a dedicated discussion page, a sub-page of <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Articles_for_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Articles for deletion">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion</a> named after the article. </p><p>For consistency, the form for the discussion is a bulleted list below the nomination text. You may indent the discussion by using multiple bullets. Mixing of bullets and other forms of indentation is discouraged because it makes the discussion much harder for subsequent readers to follow. </p><p><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Sign_your_posts_on_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Sign your posts on talk pages">Sign any contribution</a> that you make by adding ~~~~ to the comment. Unsigned contributions may be discounted at the discretion of the volunteer who closes the discussion. </p><p>Anyone acting in good faith can contribute to the discussion. The author of the article can make his/her case like everyone else. As discussed <a href="#Sockpuppets_are_bad">above</a>, relevant facts and evidence are welcome from anyone but the <i>opinions</i> of anonymous and/or suspiciously new users may be discounted by the closing admin. Please bear in mind that administrators <i>will</i> discount any obviously bad faith contributions to the discussion when closing the discussion. On the other hand, a user who makes a well-argued, fact-based case based upon Wikipedia policy and does so in a civil manner may well sway the discussion despite being anonymous. </p><p>Unlike speedy deletion, which can potentially involve just a single editor, AFD involves multiple editors. The purpose of this is in part to ensure that articles are not erroneously deleted or kept. Editors are not expected to know everything. AFD is designed to place "multiple layers of swiss cheese" (see the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Swiss_Cheese_model&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swiss Cheese model (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Swiss Cheese model</a>) in the process, to reduce the possibility of an erroneous conclusion being reached. Other editors can find things that one editor has overlooked or not been aware of. This process does not work when editors merely echo the rationales of others, and do not double-check things for themselves. The best way to help AFD to continue to work is always to check things out for yourself before presenting a rationale. (For example: If the assertion is that the subject is unverifiable, have a look yourself to see whether you can find sources that other editors may have missed.) </p><p>Always explain your reasoning. This allows others to challenge or support facts, suggest compromises or identify alternative courses of action that might not yet have been considered. It also allows administrators to determine at the end of the discussion, whether your concerns have been addressed and whether your comments still apply if the article was significantly rewritten during the discussion period. "Votes" without rationales may be discounted at the discretion of the closing admin. </p><p>The purpose of the discussion is to achieve <b>consensus</b> upon a course of action. Individuals will express strong opinions and may even "vote". To the extent that voting occurs (see <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Polls_are_evil" class="extiw" title="meta:Polls are evil">meta:Polls are evil</a>), the votes are merely a means to gauge the degree of consensus reached so far. <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not a democracy</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Majority_voting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Majority voting (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">majority voting</a> is not the determining factor in whether a nomination succeeds or not. </p><p>Please do not "spam" the discussion with the same comment multiple times. Make your case clearly and let other users decide for themselves. </p><p>Experienced AFD participants re-visit discussions that they have already participated in. They are looking for new facts, evidence or changes to the article which might change their initial conclusion. In this situation, strike through your previous comment using <s>...</s> (if you are changing your mind) or to explicitly comment "no change" to confirm that you have considered the new evidence but remain unconvinced. </p><p>Do not remove or modify other people's comments even if you believe them to be in bad faith — unless the user has been banned from editing the relevant pages, is making a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Remove_personal_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Remove personal attacks">blatantly offensive personal attack</a> or a <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Remove_unsourced_or_poorly_sourced_negative_material">defamatory comment about a living person</a><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pagana&diff=74713507&oldid=74532842">[1]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nabble.com/AFD-courtesy-problem-t939597.html#a2434386">[2]</a>. </p><p>It <b>is</b> acceptable to correct the formatting in order to retain consistency with the bulleted indentation. It is also acceptable to note the contribution history of a new user or suspected sockpuppet as an aid to the closing admin. </p><p>Please do not refactor the discussion into lists or tables of recommendations, however much you may think that this helps the process. Both the context and the order of the comments are essential to understanding the intents of contributors, both at the discussion closure and <i>during</i> the discussion. Refactoring actually makes the job of making the decision at the closure of discussion much harder, not easier. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Closure" data-mw-thread-id="h-Closure-Deletion_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Closure-Deletion_process"></span>Closure<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Closure-Deletion_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=14" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Closure"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Main articles: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators</a> and <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_process" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion process">Wikipedia:Deletion process</a></i></dd></dl> <p>After seven days of discussion, a volunteer will move the day's list of deletion discussions from the active page to the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Articles_for_deletion/Old" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Articles for deletion/Old">/Old page</a>. Depending on the backlog, it may sit there for several more days, during which it is still acceptable to add comments to the discussion. Another volunteer (the "closing admin") will review the article, carefully read the discussion, weigh all the facts, evidence and arguments presented and determine if consensus was reached on the fate of the article. </p><p>The desired standard is <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators#Rough_consensus" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion guidelines for administrators">rough consensus</a>, not <a href="/w/index.php?title=Consensus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Consensus (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">perfect consensus</a>. Please also note that closing admins are expected and required to exercise their judgment in order to make sure that the decision complies with the spirit of all Wikipedia policy and with the project goal. A good admin will transparently explain how the decision was reached. </p><p>A decision is either to "keep" or "delete" the article. Discussions which fail to reach rough consensus default to "keep". The decision may also include a strong recommendation for an additional action such as a "merge" or "redirect". In many cases, the decision to "keep" or "delete" may be conditional on the community's acceptance of the additional action. These recommendations do represent the community consensus and also should not be overturned lightly. However, these are actions which can be taken by any editor and do not require "admin powers". If they are challenged, the decision should be discussed and decided on the respective article Talk pages. A second deletion discussion is unnecessary. </p><p>The discussion is preserved for future reference in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_process" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion process">deletion process</a>, both for consultation as non-binding precedent and for determining when a previously deleted article has been re-created. (In some rare cases in the past, such as <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rational_objectivism&diff=prev&oldid=37001030">this one</a>, deletion discussions have been blanked as a courtesy, leaving the history available. However, <a href="https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4776" class="extiw" title="bugzilla:4776">discussions are no longer indexed by web search engines</a>.) The closing admin will also perform any necessary actions to carry out the decision. If the consensus is to merge the article and the merger would be non-trivial, it is acceptable for the admin to only begin the <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Duplicate_articles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Duplicate articles (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">article merger process</a> by tagging the article. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Recommendations_and_outcomes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Recommendations_and_outcomes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Recommendations_and_outcomes"></span>Recommendations and outcomes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Recommendations_and_outcomes"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=15" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Recommendations and outcomes"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Delete</b> means simply that the user thinks the article should be deleted. He or she may state reasons or simply leave it at this statement. Because the deletion process is a discussion and not a vote, simply stating "delete" without any further comment is discouraged.</li> <li><b>Keep</b> means simply that the user thinks the article should not be deleted. He or she may state reasons or simply leave it at this statement. Because the deletion process is a discussion and not a vote, simply stating "keep" without any further comment is discouraged.</li> <li><b>Merge</b> is a recommendation to <b>keep</b> the article's content but to move it into some more appropriate article. It is either inappropriate or insufficient for a stand-alone article. After the merger, the article will be replaced with a redirect to the target article (in order to preserve the attribution history).</li> <li><b>Redirect</b> is a recommendation to <b>keep</b> the article's history but to blank the content and replace it with a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Redirect" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Redirect">redirect</a>. Users who want to see the article's history destroyed should explicitly recommend <b>Delete then Redirect</b>.</li> <li><b>Transwiki</b> is a recommendation to <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Transwiki" class="extiw" title="m:Transwiki">copy</a> the article to a sister project in Wikimedia (such as <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary">Wiktionary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikibooks" title="Wikibooks">Wikibooks</a>, or one of the foreign language projects) and remove it from Wikipedia, either by deleting it or redirecting it to another article. It has also been used to recommend a transfer to a wiki aimed at a more specific audience (for example, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wookieepedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wookieepedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wookieepedia</a> for <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a> topics, <a href="//en.wikifur.com/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikifur:">WikiFur</a> for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Furry_fandom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Furry fandom (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">furry fandom</a> topics).</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Userfication" title="විකිපීඩියා:Userfication">Userfy</a></b> is a recommendation to <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Renaming_(moving)_a_page&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Renaming (moving) a page (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">move</a> the article to the author's user page. Wikipedia allows greater leniency in the userspace than the main article space. The resultant redirect is always deleted.</li></ul> <table> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"><b>Delete</b> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"><b>Redirect</b> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"><b>Merge</b> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"><b>Keep</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Page history</td> <td>Delete</td> <td>Keep</td> <td>Keep</td> <td>Keep </td></tr> <tr> <td>Article state</td> <td>Deleted/None</td> <td>Redirect</td> <td>Redirect<sup id="cite_ref-move_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-move-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>t 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Full article </td></tr> <tr> <td>Stand-alone article</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td>Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td>Content</td> <td>0%</td> <td>0%</td> <td>0–100%</td> <td>100% </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-move-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-move_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">If necessary, the resulting redirect may be removed per <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Merge_and_delete" title="විකිපීඩියා:Merge and delete">Wikipedia:Merge and delete</a>.</span> </li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="If_you_disagree_with_the_consensus" data-mw-thread-id="h-If_you_disagree_with_the_consensus"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-If_you_disagree_with_the_consensus"></span>If you disagree with the consensus<span data-mw-comment-end="h-If_you_disagree_with_the_consensus"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=16" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: If you disagree with the consensus"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The consensus opinion of the community about an article's disposition is generally respected, and should not be overturned or disregarded lightly. Sometimes, however, users disagree with the consensus opinion arrived at in the AFD quite strongly. What can you do if you disagree with the consensus opinion? First, it is a good idea to try to understand why the community made its decision. You may find that its reasoning was sensible. However, if you remain unsatisfied with the consensus decision, there are a few options open to you. </p><p>If you think that an article was wrongly <i>kept</i> after the AFD, you could wait to see if the article is improved to overcome your objections; if it isn't, you can renominate it for deletion. If and when you do renominate, be careful to say why you think the reasons proffered for keeping the article are poor, and why you think the article must be deleted. </p><p>If you think that an article was wrongly <i>deleted</i>, you can recreate the article. If you do decide to recreate it, pay careful attention to the reasons that were proffered for deletion. Overcome the objections, and show that your new, improved work meets Wikipedia article policies. It can help to write down the reasons you think the article belongs on Wikipedia on the article's discussion page. If you manage to improve on the earlier version of the article and overcome its (perceived) shortcomings, the new article cannot be <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:CSD" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:CSD">speedily deleted</a>, and any attempt to remove it again must be settled before the community, on AFD. </p><p>Finally, if you are unsatisfied with the outcome of an AFD because you believe that a <i>procedural issue</i> interfered with the AFD or with the execution of its decision, you can appeal the decision at <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_review" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion review">Wikipedia:Deletion review</a>, where deletion decisions are reviewed by the community over a period of around five days. The review has the authority to overturn AFD decisions. Note, however, that by long tradition and consensus, deletion review only addresses procedural problems that may have hampered an AFD. For example, if the participants of an AFD arrived at one decision but the closing administrator wrongly executed another, Deletion Review can opt to overturn the administrator's action. It must be emphasized that the review exists to address <i>procedural</i> (or "process") problems in AFDs that either made it difficult for the community to achieve a consensus, or prevented a consensus that was achieved from being correctly applied. <i>It does not exist to override community consensus</i>. If an AFD decision was arrived at fairly and applied adequately, it is unlikely that the decision will be overturned at the Review. For more information, please see <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_policy#Deletion_review" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion policy">Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Deletion review</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Shorthands" data-mw-thread-id="h-Shorthands"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Shorthands"></span>Shorthands<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Shorthands"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=17" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Shorthands"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r582804"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">මේවාත් බලන්න: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Glossary" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Glossary">Wikipedia:Glossary</a></div> <p>As discussed above, experienced Wikipedians use specialized jargon in an effort to communicate efficiently. Often, if a wikipedian uses capitalized letter abbreviations, you can find what they are talking about by affixing <tt>WP:</tt> in front of their capitalized abbreviation and searching for an article of that name. "NPOV", for example, can be found at <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:NPOV">WP:NPOV</a>. Be sure to match capitalization. Other examples of shorthand in general include: </p> <ul><li><b>Copyvio</b> or <b>CV</b> means that the user thinks the article is a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Copyright_problems" title="විකිපීඩියා:Copyright problems">copyright violation</a>. In general, the copyvio deletion process takes precedence over the AFD process.</li> <li><b>-cruft</b> (for example, "<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Fancruft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Fancruft (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">fancruft</a>", "gamecruft" or "forumcruft") is shorthand for "This article is trivia of interest only to hardcore fans of a specific film, television series, book, game, pop singer, web forum, etc."</li> <li><b>Delete</b> means simply that the user thinks the article should be deleted. He or she may state reasons or simply leave it at this statement. Because the deletion process is a discussion and not a vote, simply stating "delete" without any further comment is discouraged.</li> <li><b>Deprodded</b> means the article was <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Proposed_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Proposed deletion">proposed for deletion</a></i> (or "prodded", see below), but someone contested this by removing the {{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Prod" class="mw-redirect" title="සැකිල්ල:Prod">prod</a>}} message from the article.</li> <li><b>Dicdef</b> is shorthand for "This is a dictionary definition and <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" title="විකිපීඩියා:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">Wikipedia is not a dictionary</a>".</li> <li><b>Essay</b> and <b>original research</b> are opinions that "This article contravenes the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_original_research" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:No original research">no original research</a> policy or is an essay that promotes a particular point of view, contravening the <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Neutral_point_of_view" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view policy</a>". Both policies are fundamental Wikipedia policies.</li> <li><b>Keep</b> means simply that the user thinks the article should not be deleted. He or she may state reasons or simply leave it at this statement. Because the deletion process is a discussion and not a vote, simply stating "keep" without any further comment is discouraged.</li> <li><b>Merge</b> is a recommendation to <b>keep</b> the article's content but to move it into some more appropriate article. It is either inappropriate or insufficient for a stand-alone article. After the merger, the article will be replaced with a redirect to the target article (in order to preserve the attribution history).</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Avoid_neologisms&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Avoid neologisms (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Neologism</a></b> means that the user considers this article to be about a word or phrase that is not well-established enough to merit a Wikipedia article. May be either a literal <a href="/w/index.php?title=Neologism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neologism (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">neologism</a> (a very new word) or a protologism (a word coined in a small community but not used outside it).</li> <li><b>Non-<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Importance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Importance (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">notable</a></b> or <b>nn</b> mean that the user thinks the subject fails to meet Wikipedia's inclusion guidelines either due to its obscurity or lack of differentiation from others of its type. <i>Note:</i> <b>Avoid using the word "vanity" in a deletion discussion even if you think it's the case</b> — AFD gets <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/weekinreview/08word.html">media attention</a>, and the word "vanity" in AFDs has caused real problems for the Foundation.</li> <li><b>Patent nonsense</b> refers to <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Patent_nonsense" title="විකිපීඩියා:Patent nonsense">Wikipedia:patent nonsense</a>.</li> <li><b>Per nomination</b>, <b>per nominator</b>, or simply <b>per nom</b> means the user agrees with and wishes to express the same viewpoint as the user who nominated the article for deletion.</li> <li><b>per <user></b> means that the user agrees with the reasoning or comments of the other user named, who will have commented earlier in the discussion, and wishes to express the same opinion.</li> <li><b>POV</b> means that the user considers the article's title and/or the article's mere existence to be inherently biased and to violate Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Neutral_point_of_view" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Neutral point of view">neutral-point-of-view policy</a>.</li> <li><b>POV fork</b> is shorthand for "This article is on the same topic as an existing article and was created in an attempt to evade the spirit of <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:NPOV">WP:NPOV</a>."</li> <li><b>Prodded</b> means the article was previously <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Proposed_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Proposed deletion">proposed for deletion</a></i>, a half-way house between <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Speedy_deletion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Speedy deletion (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">speedy deletion</a> and <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Articles_for_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Articles for deletion">Articles for deletion</a> for uncontroversial proposals. The name comes from the {{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Prod" class="mw-redirect" title="සැකිල්ල:Prod">prod</a>}} template the process uses.</li> <li><b>Protect</b>, or <b>salt the Earth</b> (<b>"salt"</b>) means that the user thinks that the article, if deleted, should be <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:PP" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:PP">protected against recreation</a>. This is for cases where the article may be persistently re-created.</li> <li><b>Redirect</b> is a recommendation to <b>keep</b> the article's history but to blank the content and replace it with a <a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Redirect" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Redirect">redirect</a>. Users who want to see the article's history destroyed should explicitly recommend <b>Delete then Redirect</b>.</li> <li><b>Smerge</b> is a "slight merge" or "selective merge", and is used when a user thinks the article's topic deserves mention in another article, but doesn't think that all of the information is needed (or wanted). This is a recommendation for merging the essentials of an article, but not the whole thing. It was coined by <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9A:R._fiend&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="පරිශීලක:R. fiend (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">R. fiend</a>.</li> <li><b>Speedy delete</b>, <b>Speedy</b> or <b>CSD</b> mean that the user thinks the article qualifies for one of the narrow speedy deletion criteria. If there are no objections, the deletion discussion may be closed early. If the decision is contested, the AFD discussion continues. See also: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Criteria for speedy deletion">Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion</a>.</li> <li><b>Speedy keep</b> is rarely used. It implies that the user thinks the nomination was in bad-faith (vandalism, disruption, edits by banned users, and so forth) and that the deletion discussion can be closed early. See also <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Speedy_keep" title="විකිපීඩියා:Speedy keep">Wikipedia:Speedy keep</a>. It is sometimes, even more rarely, used for cases where a discussion has led to all parties being in favour of keeping. However, that is usually not indicated by a third party coming along and using a shorthand.</li> <li><b>Snowball</b> is a request for application of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Snowball_clause&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Snowball clause (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikipedia:snowball clause</a> (for either keeping or deletion). However, an AfD should be closed early only by reference to <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Speedy_keep" title="විකිපීඩියා:Speedy keep">Wikipedia:Speedy keep</a> or <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Criteria for speedy deletion">Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion</a>.</li> <li><b>Transwiki</b> is a recommendation to <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Transwiki" class="extiw" title="m:Transwiki">copy</a> the article to a sister project in Wikimedia (such as <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary">Wiktionary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikibooks" title="Wikibooks">Wikibooks</a>, or one of the foreign language projects) and remove it from Wikipedia, either by deleting it or redirecting it to another article. It has also been used to recommend a transfer to a wiki aimed at a more specific audience (for example, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wookieepedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wookieepedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wookieepedia</a> for <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a> topics, <a href="//en.wikifur.com/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikifur:">WikiFur</a> for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Furry_fandom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Furry fandom (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">furry fandom</a> topics).</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Userfication" title="විකිපීඩියා:Userfication">Userfy</a></b> is a recommendation to <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Renaming_(moving)_a_page&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Renaming (moving) a page (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">move</a> the article to the author's user page. Wikipedia allows somewhat greater leniency in the userspace than the main article space. The resultant redirect is always deleted.</li> <li><b>Vanity</b> is a potentially defamatory term that should be avoided in deletion discussions.</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:POINT&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:POINT (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">WP:POINT</a></b> refers to the rule that one should not disrupt Wikipedia to make a point.</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Without_prejudice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Without prejudice (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Without prejudice</a></b>. When used in Wikipedia AfD debates, it suggests that the result of this particular debate does not preclude a particular option (for example, without prejudice of re-creation) and should NOT be used as an example in other and future AfD debates due to its unique situation or issues.</li></ul> <p>As a courtesy, when dealing with articles written by new contributors, one should avoid shorthand to facilitate their learning Wikipedia policy and improve their future contributions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Miscellaneous_advice" data-mw-thread-id="h-Miscellaneous_advice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Miscellaneous_advice"></span>Miscellaneous advice<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Miscellaneous_advice"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=18" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: Miscellaneous advice"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>If you expect the AfD page will be edited by newcomers to Wikipedia (perhaps because the article is linked from some visible place outside Wikipedia), or if you notice this happening, you might want to insert the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Not_a_ballot" title="සැකිල්ල:Not a ballot">Not a ballot</a>}}</code> template into it.</li> <li>If you are not logged in, you won't be able to create the AfD discussion page. You could either <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B6%BA" title="විශේෂ:පරිශීලක ප්‍රවිෂ්ටය">log in, sign up</a>, or <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Request_an_account" title="විකිපීඩියා:Request an account">request an account</a> first, or request that a logged in user complete the nomination on the article talk page.</li> <li>It is recommended that you describe the steps you have taken to check that your nomination is appropriate, including any search for reliable sources you have done. This may prevent duplication of effort and inoculate your nomination from being labelled as spurious or thoughtless.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion&action=edit&section=19" title="ඡේදය සංස්කරණය: See also"><span>සංස්කරණය</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BA:Pages_for_discussion" title="ප්‍රවර්ගය:Pages for discussion">Category:Pages for discussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Centralized_discussion" title="විකිපීඩියා:Centralized discussion">Wikipedia:Centralized discussion</a> for a number of discussions on groups of articles</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Google_test&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Google test (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikipedia:Google test</a> for a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of Google hit-counts as supporting evidence</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Alternative_outlets&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Alternative outlets (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Alternative outlets to recreate deleted articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="විකිපීඩියා:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Arguments_to_avoid_in_image_deletion_discussions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Closing_discussions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Closing discussions (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Closing discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Deletion common outcomes</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_debates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion debates (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Deletion debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Deletion guidelines for administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_process" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion process">Deletion process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_review" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion review">Deletion review</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9A:GRBerry/DRVGuide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="පරිශීලක:GRBerry/DRVGuide (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Deletion review guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Introduction_to_deletion_process" title="විකිපීඩියා:Introduction to deletion process">Introduction to deletion process</a></li> <li><a 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