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mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2670095">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2289424">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid #aaa;background:#fff;padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain>ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WV:D"></span><span id="WV:DEL"></span><span id="WV:DELETE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:D&redirect=no">WV:D</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:DEL&redirect=no">WV:DEL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:DELETE&redirect=no">WV:DELETE</a></span></li></ul></div> <b>This page documents a <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Policies" title="Wikiversity:Policies">Wikiversity guideline</a></b> that <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Who_are_Wikiversity_participants%3F" title="Wikiversity:Who are Wikiversity participants?">participants</a> recommend you follow with occasional exceptions and common sense. Please propose and <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity_talk:Deletions" title="Wikiversity talk:Deletions">discuss</a> before making significant changes to ensure your revisions reflect <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Consensus" title="Wikiversity:Consensus">consensus</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2670095"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nutshell.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mmm, nuts!"><img alt="Mmm, nuts!" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nutshell.svg/30px-Nutshell.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nutshell.svg/45px-Nutshell.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nutshell.svg/60px-Nutshell.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40"/></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>guideline In a nutshell</b>: While deletion is sometimes permissible when a good reason is given, resources can often blossom when participants are taught good wiki practices and how to implement concrete improvements. These templates are recommended for use by those involved with page deletions: <ul><li><b>Speedy delete</b> <b><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Delete" title="Template:Delete">delete</a>}}</code></b> for pages you authored, as well as for pages that clearly don't belong in <a href="/wiki/Help:Namespaces" title="Help:Namespaces">mainspace</a></li> <li><b>Proposed deletions</b> <b><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Prod" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Prod">prod</a>}}</code></b> for pages that perhaps should be deleted (or moved to draft or user space) unless they are improved</li> <li><b>Deletion requests</b> <b><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Dr" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Dr">dr</a>}}</code></b> for large projects and difficult decisions</li> <li><b>Move to draft or user space</b> <b><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Pagemove_announcement" title="Template:Pagemove announcement">Pagemove announcement</a>}}</code></b> for research and student efforts (templates and policy guidelines under construction)</li></ul> <b>Don't worry if you use the wrong template!</b> It is far more important that you help than that you pick the "right" template. Moreover, the question of which template to pick is highly subjective. There is usually more than one "right" template.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This <b>deletion guideline</b> explains when and why <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Custodians" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikiversity:Custodians">custodians</a> may delete and restore resources or specific revisions of a resource. The <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/delete" title="Special:Log/delete">deletion log</a> allows anyone to track deletions and restorations at Wikiversity. Deletion removes access while keeping resources and their development histories intact. Access can be restored through undeletion. Deletions and undeletions are discussed at <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Requests_for_Deletion" title="Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion">Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Types_of_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Types_of_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Types_of_deletion"></span>Types of deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Types_of_deletion"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speedy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Speedy-Types_of_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Speedy-Types_of_deletion"></span>Speedy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Speedy-Types_of_deletion"></span></h3></div> <p>Resources may be subject to speedy deletion when a good reason is given by adding {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Delete" title="Template:Delete">delete</a>|<var><i>your good reason</i></var>}}. You may <a href="#Discussion">request community feedback</a>, or object with or without explanation by removing the speedy deletion suggestion from the resource. Resources may not be subject to speedy deletion when a reasonable objection is made or is likely because participants may be able to learn how to implement concrete improvements when taught appropriate practices. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Criteria_for_speedy_deletion-Speedy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Criteria_for_speedy_deletion-Speedy"></span>Criteria for speedy deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Criteria_for_speedy_deletion-Speedy"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WV:CSD"></span><span id="WV:DB"></span><span id="WV:SD"></span><span id="WV:SPEEDY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:CSD&redirect=no">WV:CSD</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:DB&redirect=no">WV:DB</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:SD&redirect=no">WV:SD</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:SPEEDY&redirect=no">WV:SPEEDY</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>A non-exhaustive list of possible reasons custodians may speedy delete resources include: </p> <ol><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:What_is_Wikiversity" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikiversity:What is Wikiversity">No educational</a></b> objectives or discussion in history. <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Welcome_templates" title="Wikiversity:Welcome templates">Welcome users and resources</a> when likely to be expanded shortly.</li> <li><b>Solicitation</b> for products, services, companies, events, people or other things with no educational merit or which generate direct financial benefit to the contributor.</li> <li><b>Copyright work</b> which do not satisfy <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Terms of use">Wikimedia's Terms of Use</a>.</li> <li><b>Resource <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/transwiki" class="extiw" title="m:transwiki">moved</a></b> to another project due to <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Scope" title="Wikiversity:Scope">scope</a>, or file uploaded to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="commons:">Wikimedia Commons</a> with history intact and links fixed.</li> <li><b>Author request</b> by an only contributor or only substantial contributor, or arising from an expressed consensus of contributors.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Vandalism" title="Wikiversity:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></b> and user pages for vandalism-only accounts.</li> <li><b>Sandbox</b> that tests the wiki software outside user space and <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Sandbox" title="Wikiversity:Sandbox">Wikiversity:Sandbox</a>.</li> <li><b>Discussion</b> about deleted resources where context is lost and becoming an independent resource is unlikely.</li> <li><b>Repost</b> with no concrete improvements to merit keeping.</li> <li><b>Archaic redirect</b> with no educational histories, no links, and either no appropriate targets or not likely to be searched for.</li> <li><b>Empty category</b> with no notice suggesting the category may be occasionally empty.</li> <li><b>Unused file</b> lacking either a license or a source may be deleted one week after uploader is notified.</li> <li><b>Reasonable maintenance task</b> such as repairing cut-and-paste moves, and moving resources over a redirect.</li> <li><b>Serious ethical breach,</b> where a resource standing undeleted may cause harm.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_deletion_(prod)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Proposed_deletion_(prod)-Types_of_deletion"><span id="Proposed_deletion_.28prod.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Proposed_deletion_(prod)-Types_of_deletion"></span><span class="anchor" id="Proposed_deletion"></span>Proposed deletion (prod)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Proposed_deletion_(prod)-Types_of_deletion"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WV:PROD"></span><span id="WV:PRD"></span><span id="WV:PD"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:PROD&redirect=no">WV:PROD</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:PRD&redirect=no">WV:PRD</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:PD&redirect=no">WV:PD</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Resources may be eligible for proposed deletion when education objectives and learning outcomes are scarce, and objections to deletion are unlikely. You may add <code>{{subst:<a href="/wiki/Template:Prod" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Prod">prod</a>}}</code> to the top of resources to propose deletion. A custodian may examine the resource after 90 days, and either delete the resource or remove the proposal. Anyone may object by removing the proposed deletion template from the resource, with or without an explanation on the resource's discussion page. Anyone still considering that the resource should be deleted may <a href="#Discussion">discuss deletion</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_discuss" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_discuss"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_discuss"></span><span class="anchor" id="Deletion_discussions"></span><span class="anchor" id="Discussion"></span>How to discuss<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_discuss"></span></h2></div> <p>You should <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:AGF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikiversity:AGF">ask questions and discuss concerns</a> with participants, make an effort to <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Be_bold" title="Wikiversity:Be bold">resolve problems yourself</a>, and try <a href="#Alternatives_to_deletion">alternatives</a> as appropriate before suggesting deletion for resources with substantial development histories and contributions from multiple participants. You may ask for guidance and advice, explain what you have done or will do, and discuss options at <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Requests_for_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikiversity:Requests for deletion">Wikiversity:Requests for deletion</a>. Resources are generally kept when a community <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Consensus" title="Wikiversity:Consensus">decision</a> is inconclusive. Add {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Rfd" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Rfd">rfd</a>}} to the top of resources to draw attention to the discussion. As a courtesy, you may also notify any participants directly. </p><p>Be concise and specific when suggesting solutions, because the preferred outcome is one participants can learn from to implement concrete improvements. On occasion, deletion might be permissible when productivity from a fresh start is likely and concerns relate to Wikiversity's <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Mission" title="Wikiversity:Mission">mission</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Scope" title="Wikiversity:Scope">scope</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Process" title="Wikiversity:Process">process</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Policies" title="Wikiversity:Policies">policy</a> in some way. If you can raise concerns not addressed by a previous discussion, you may begin a new discussion at <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Requests_for_Deletion" title="Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion">Requests for Deletion</a>. Reasonable requests for resources to be restored during discussion are honored, where possible. Please only participate if you are willing to keep an open mind and make an effort to improve resources. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Alternatives_to_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Alternatives_to_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span>Alternatives to deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="ATD"></span><span id="WV:ATD"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=ATD&redirect=no">ATD</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:ATD&redirect=no">WV:ATD</a></span></li></ul></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Who_are_Wikiversity_participants%3F" title="Wikiversity:Who are Wikiversity participants?">Participants</a> can often implement concrete improvements and develop resources further when taught appropriate practices. Possible alternatives to deletion include: </p> <table style="border:5px solid #cccccc; border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:1em 1em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>What </th> <th>Solution </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Broken redirects </td> <td valign="top">Redirect to another appropriate target </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">In a foreign language </td> <td valign="top">Translate to English, move to target language Wikiversity, or move to <a href="https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="betawikiversity:">Beta Wikiversity</a> if there is no Wikiversity in that language </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Outside learning project's scope </td> <td valign="top">Merge with another learning project or use to start a new learning project </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Missing or incomplete license information </td> <td valign="top">Assist user in supplying information, supply it if possible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Outside of Wikiversity's <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Scope" title="Wikiversity:Scope">scope</a> </td> <td valign="top">Move to another Wikimedia project or website as appropriate. Some resources may be appropriate in userspace, like personal essays </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Insufficient or unclear </td> <td valign="top">If the potential educational value of resources is insufficient or unclear, consider moving to Split big resources into smaller resources or reorganize </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Too big or small </td> <td valign="top">Split big resources into smaller resources or reorganize into subpages. Merge small resources or redirect to a bigger resource. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Anyone may <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Be_bold" title="Wikiversity:Be bold">boldly</a> implement concrete improvements that reasonably encourages collaborative education, or discuss alternative solutions on a resource's discussion page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Deletion_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion_templates-20221220060700"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion_templates-20221220060700"></span>Deletion templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion_templates-20221220060700"></span></h2><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><i>This section is still subject to approval by the community. Visit <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity_talk:Deletions" title="Wikiversity talk:Deletions">Wikiversity talk:Deletions</a> to discuss.</i></div> <p>An effort is underway to provide visitors to Wikiversity with a more satisfying experience by removing resources from mainspace that cannot be directly used by teachers and instructors. Those who wish to volunteer may consider using the following templates: </p> <ul><li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Delete" title="Template:Delete">delete</a>}}</code> for <i>speedy deletion</i></li> <li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Prod" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Prod">prod</a>}}</code> for a <i>proposed deletion</i></li> <li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Dr" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Dr">dr</a>}}</code> for a <i>deletion request</i></li> <li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Pagemove_announcement" title="Template:Pagemove announcement">pagemove announcement</a>}}</code> informs the editors that their page or resource is likely to be moved to either draftspace or userspace. Wikiversity is a complex interaction between instructor teaching materials, student efforts, and even research. There is a (growing?) consensus that mainspace focus on teaching resources.</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Draftify" title="Template:Draftify">draftify</a>}}</code> for <i>proposed moving to the Draft: namespace</i></li> <li><code>{{<a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Draft_archive&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Draft archive (page does not exist)">draft archive</a>}}</code> for proposal for <i> moving under Draft:Archive/ </i> (proposal is under construction)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speedy_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Speedy_deletion-Deletion_templates"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Speedy_deletion-Deletion_templates"></span>Speedy deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Speedy_deletion-Deletion_templates"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>Use <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Delete" title="Template:Delete">delete</a>}}</code> or <code>{{delete|(with optional explanation)}}</code></li></ul> <p>Use <b>Speedy deletion</b> for uncontroversial deletions. Placing <b><code>{{delete|suggested reasons go here ...}}</code></b> at the top of a page creates this banner: </p> <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-speedy" style=""> <tbody><tr> <td class="mbox-image"><div style="width: 52px;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ambox_warning_pn.svg/40px-Ambox_warning_pn.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ambox_warning_pn.svg/60px-Ambox_warning_pn.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ambox_warning_pn.svg/80px-Ambox_warning_pn.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="445"/></span></span></div></td> <td class="mbox-text" style=""> This wikiversity page may qualify for <a class="mw-selflink selflink">speedy deletionsuggested</a> reasons go here...<br/>If you disagree or intend to fix it, and <b>you have not contributed to it before</b>, you may remove this notice. If you have contributed before and disagree, please explain why on <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity_talk:Deletions" title="Wikiversity talk:Deletions">the discussion page</a>, after adding <span style="font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Hangon" title="Template:Hangon">hangon</a>}}</span> to the top of the wikiversity. This will alert <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Support_staff" title="Wikiversity:Support staff">curators and custodians</a> to your intention, and may permit you the time to write your explanation. Try to make your explanation more eloquent and less hysterical than the example shown above. <span class="plainlinks"><i>Before <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Deletions&action=delete">deleting</a> check the <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity_talk:Deletions" title="Wikiversity talk:Deletions">discussion page</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Wikiversity:Deletions" title="Special:WhatLinksHere/Wikiversity:Deletions">what links here</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Deletions&action=history">history</a> (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Deletions&diff=0">last edit</a>), the <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikiversity:Deletions">page log</a>, and <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wikiversity:Deletions</a>. </i></span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>The most common use of <b>Speedy deletion</b> is for pages written by a single author and which include copyright violations, pseudoscientific claims, inappropriate language, advertisements, or slander or other efforts to harass living persons. </p><p>Anything that potentially causes harm should be immediately deleted, and <i>Speedy deletion</i> is the fastest way to nominate a page for removal. But a <i>speedy deletion</i> is also the most time-consuming to revert (if the resource actually gets deleted). A good rule of thumb is never to speedy delete a resource that might be <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salvable" class="extiw" title="wikt:salvable">salvable</a> or has had active edits in the past three years. Also, hesitate before you <i>speedy delete</i> a project or a large number of subpages, as reverting such deletions can be extremely time-consuming. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Proposed_deletion-Deletion_templates"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Proposed_deletion-Deletion_templates"></span>Proposed deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Proposed_deletion-Deletion_templates"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>Uses <code><code>{{subst:<a href="/wiki/Template:Prod" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Prod">prod</a>}}</code></code></li></ul> <p><b>Proposed deletion</b> (or "prod") is for pages that may or may not belong in mainspace. It creates allows editors to debate the deletion on the talk page and ponder other options such as moving to the user or draft namespace. <i>Prod</i> draws attention and can result in an effort to improve the resource. <i>Prod</i> places the discussion about whether to delete on the talk page. <i>Prod's</i> greatest disadvantage is it causes projects to remain in mainspace until the question is resolved. A simple remedy for this is to move the project into user or draft space until an outcome has been decided. Custodians can move a resource with up to 100 subpages.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To understand how <i>proud</i> works, suppose that on January 1, 2000 you placed <b><code>{{subst:<a href="/wiki/Template:Prod" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Prod">prod</a>}}</code></b> at the top of a page to create this banner: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2670095"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-delete" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="No license"><img alt="No license" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Orologio_rosso.svg/45px-Orologio_rosso.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Orologio_rosso.svg/68px-Orologio_rosso.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Orologio_rosso.svg/90px-Orologio_rosso.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></span><figcaption>No license</figcaption></figure></td><td class="mbox-text">Please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Deletions&action=edit">help improve</a> the <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:WIW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikiversity:WIW">educational quality</a> of this resource to increase <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Learning" title="Wikiversity:Learning">engagement</a> by <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Who_are_Wikiversity_participants%3F" title="Wikiversity:Who are Wikiversity participants?">participants</a>. Any concrete improvements made by <b>March 31, 2000</b> may allow it to be <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:PROD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikiversity:PROD">kept</a>. <br/> You may remove {{proposed deletion}} from this resource's source text to contest this proposal, with or without <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity_talk:Deletions" title="Wikiversity talk:Deletions">discussion</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Wikiversity:Deletions" title="Special:PrefixIndex/Wikiversity:Deletions"><i>Link to any subpages this page might have</i></a></div> <p>Note that the deadline for improving the page is 90 days after the template was inserted. This gives editors time to improve the page or defend its virtues. </p><p><b>IMPORTANT:</b> The proper venue for all discussions is the <a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_page" title="Help:Talk page">talk page</a> of the article under consideration. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deletion_request" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion_request-Deletion_templates"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion_request-Deletion_templates"></span>Deletion request<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion_request-Deletion_templates"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>Uses <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Dr" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Dr">dr</a>}}</code></li></ul> <p>Use <b>Deletion request</b> if you think a developed page should be deleted or if the topic is complicated in some way. Begin by placing <b><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Dr" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Dr">dr</a>}}</code></b> at the top of the page to create: </p> <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-notice" style=""> <tbody><tr> <td class="mbox-image"><div style="width: 52px;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/User-trash.svg/50px-User-trash.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/User-trash.svg/75px-User-trash.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/User-trash.svg/100px-User-trash.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></span></span></div></td> <td class="mbox-text" style=""> <b>Please <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Requests_for_Deletion#Wikiversity:Deletions" title="Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion">share your thoughts</a> about whether to <a class="mw-selflink selflink">keep this resource or not</a></b>. Resources are likely to remain at Wikiversity when you <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Be_bold" title="Wikiversity:Be bold">boldly</a> address reasonable concerns through concrete improvements. We encourage you to give resources a chance to receive fair reviews and concrete improvements by keeping nomination notices intact. </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Wikiversity:Deletions" title="Special:PrefixIndex/Wikiversity:Deletions"><i>Link to any subpages this page might have</i></a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="Deletion_request"></span><span id="Dr"></span><span id="DR"></span><span id="Rfd"></span><span id="RfD"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Deletion_request&redirect=no">Deletion request</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Dr&redirect=no">Dr</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=DR&redirect=no">DR</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Rfd&redirect=no">Rfd</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=RfD&redirect=no">RfD</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Click the words <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Requests_for_Deletion" title="Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion"><b>share your thoughts</b></a> in the box. This will lead to a page called <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Requests_for_Deletion" title="Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion">Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion</a>. Follow the instructions for starting a discussion. Explain why you think the page should be deleted. Be prepared to engage in discussion about the page's value. At some point the discussion will be closed. Sometimes the decision may be to place the article in <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Drafts" title="Wikiversity:Drafts">draft space</a> or on a subpage of their <a href="/wiki/Help:User_page" title="Help:User page">user page</a>. </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"> </span><i>See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A DEMOCRACY</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pagemove_announcement" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pagemove_announcement-Deletion_templates-20221220060700"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pagemove_announcement-Deletion_templates-20221220060700"></span>Pagemove announcement<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pagemove_announcement-Deletion_templates-20221220060700"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Guy_vandegrift-20221220060700-Pagemove_announcement"></span>Uses <code>{{subst:Pagemove announcement}}</code></li></ul> <p>The advantage of moving material into the users or draft namespace is that less time is spent discussing and more time cleaning up. Wikiversity has a limited staff of volunteers, and the quicker decisions are made, the more that can be done. There is a lot of work to do and the work is important. Too many obscure pages in mainspace degrades gives others a bad impression of Wikiversity. On the other hand, people should be encouraged write on Wikiversity about all sorts of topics. The goal is to separate materials recommend for teachers and learners from the discovery, research, and introspection done by Wikiversity users. </p><p>A procedure and guidelines for moving mainspace resources into user and draft space is under construction. </p><p><b><code>{{subst:Pagemove announcement}}</code></b> is used to communicate with all the page's main authors' talk pages and looks like this: </p> <table style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 2px;margin:0em 0em 0em 0em; width:100%; height:auto; {{{style}}};"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" style="padding:0; width:100%; height:auto; vertical-align:top; border:1px solid #E78A69; background-color:Seashell;"> <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #E78A69; background-color:Peachpuff; padding:0.2em 0.9em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold;">Removal of a project from mainspace</div> <p>To <i>Somebody's username</i>: </p><p>The project <b>[[Some page]]</b> has been moved to <b>[[User:Somebody's username/Some page]]</b> </p><p>A tentative decision has been made to remove this project from <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Namespaces" title="Wikiversity:Namespaces">mainspace</a>. If this move is not under discussion at <b><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Requests_for_Deletion" title="Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion">Wikiversity:Requests for Deletion</a></b>, you may make a request regarding this project at <b><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Request_custodian_action" title="Wikiversity:Request custodian action">Wikiversity:Request custodian action</a></b>. </p><p>Yours truly, --<a href="/wiki/User:Guy_vandegrift" title="User:Guy vandegrift">Guy vandegrift</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Guy_vandegrift" title="User talk:Guy vandegrift">discuss</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Guy_vandegrift" title="Special:Contributions/Guy vandegrift">contribs</a>) <a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Deletions#c-Guy_vandegrift-20221220060700-Pagemove_announcement" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">06:07, 20 December 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Guy_vandegrift-20221220060700-Pagemove_announcement"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Guy_vandegrift-20221220060700-Pagemove_announcement"></span> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <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></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown" title="MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown">MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown</a> - List of common deletion reasons displayed in the deletion interface.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion" title="Category:Candidates for speedy 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