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English Wikipedia about deletion</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:DP" and "WP:DEL" redirect here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DP_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:DP (disambiguation)">WP:DP (disambiguation)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DEL_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:DEL (disambiguation)">WP:DEL (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.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 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This page documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy</a>.</b><div style="font-size: 90%;">It describes a widely accepted standard that all editors should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">normally</a> follow. Changes made to it should reflect <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PGCHANGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PGCHANGE">consensus</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#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 var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);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;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DP"></span><span id="WP:DEL"></span><span id="WP:DELETE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DP&redirect=no">WP:DP</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DEL&redirect=no">WP:DEL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DELETE&redirect=no">WP:DELETE</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> Administrators have the ability to delete and undelete articles and other Wikipedia pages. 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living people">Proposed deletion (BLP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .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 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style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0; font-weight:normal;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa; display:block;margin-bottom:0.3em;"> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:XfD_today" title="Wikipedia:XfD today">Deletion today</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion">Undeletion</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">Deletion review</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:Log/delete" title="Special:Log/delete">Deletion log</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div style="display:inline-block; padding:0.2em 0.4em; line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administrators_willing_to_provide_copies_of_deleted_articles" title="Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles">Request a copy of a<br>deleted article</a></div></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size: 110%"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Articles</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;font-size: 110%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 November 23">today</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:AfD_debates" title="Category:AfD debates">all</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/User:SDZeroBot/AfD_sorting" title="User:SDZeroBot/AfD sorting">sorted</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 November 16">closing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log">log</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size: 110%"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion">Templates and modules</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;font-size: 110%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 23">today</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Templates_for_discussion" title="Category:Templates for discussion">all</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 16">closing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Holding_cell" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell">holding</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size: 110%"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Files for discussion">Files</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;font-size: 110%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2024 November 23">today</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_files_for_discussion" title="Category:Wikipedia files for discussion">all</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2024 November 16">closing</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size: 110%"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion">Categories</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;font-size: 110%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 23">today</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/All_current_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/All current discussions">all</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Categories_for_discussion" title="Category:Categories for discussion">category</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 16">closing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Speedy" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy">speedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Working" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working">working</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Working/Manual" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working/Manual">manual</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size: 110%"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion">Redirects</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;font-size: 110%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 November 23">today</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Redirects_for_discussion" title="Category:Redirects for discussion">all</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 November 16">closing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log" title="Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log">log</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size: 110%"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion">Miscellany</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;font-size: 110%;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion#November_23,_2024" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion">today</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Miscellaneous_pages_for_deletion" title="Category:Miscellaneous pages for deletion">all</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion#Old_business" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion">closing</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size: 110%;display:block;margin-top:0.4em;"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Speedy deletion</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;font-size: 110%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion" title="Category:Candidates for speedy deletion">candidates</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size: 110%"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;font-size: 110%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_proposed_for_deletion" title="Category:All articles proposed for deletion">all</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/User:SDZeroBot/PROD_sorting" title="User:SDZeroBot/PROD sorting">sorted</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">BLPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;font-weight:normal;padding-bottom:0.5em;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Policy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Process</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion">Guide</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_image_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion">Images</a>)</li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Administrator guidelines</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Deletion_debates" title="Template:Deletion debates"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Deletion_debates" title="Template talk:Deletion debates"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Deletion_debates" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Deletion debates"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>deletion policy</b> describes how articles, media, and other pages that do not meet the relevant criteria for content of the encyclopedia are identified and removed from Wikipedia. On Wikipedia, many pages are deleted each day through the processes outlined below. </p><p>Deletion of a Wikipedia article removes the current version and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Page history">all previous versions</a> from public view. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism#Blanking,_illegitimate" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Page blanking</a> can be performed (or reverted) by any user, but only <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a> can perform deletion,<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> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Viewing_deleted_content" title="Wikipedia:Viewing deleted content">view deleted pages</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Undeletion_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Undeletion policy">reverse ("undelete") any deletion</a>. All such actions (other than viewing) are recorded in the <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/delete" title="Special:Log/delete">deletion log</a>, and deletion statistics are recorded at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_statistics" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Deletion statistics">Wikipedia:Deletion statistics</a>. If in doubt as to whether there is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> to delete a page, administrators will not normally delete it. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Reasons_for_deletion"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Reasons for deletion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Alternatives_to_deletion"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Alternatives to deletion</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Editing_and_discussion"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Editing and discussion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Tagging"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tagging</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Merging"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Merging</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Redirection"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Redirection</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Incubation"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Incubation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Other_projects"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">Other projects</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Processes"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Processes</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Copyright_violations"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Copyright violations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Speedy_deletion"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Speedy deletion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Proposed_deletion"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Proposed deletion</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people"><span class="tocnumber">3.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Proposed deletion of biographies of living people</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Deletion_discussion"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Deletion discussion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Page_deletion"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Page deletion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Deletion_of_biographies_and_BLPs"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Deletion of biographies and BLPs</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Deletion_of_drafts"><span class="tocnumber">3.7</span> <span class="toctext">Deletion of drafts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Deletion_review"><span class="tocnumber">3.8</span> <span class="toctext">Deletion review</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19"><a href="#Undeletion"><span class="tocnumber">3.8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Undeletion</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Process_interaction"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Process interaction</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Other_issues"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Other issues</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Access_to_deleted_pages"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Access to deleted pages</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Courtesy_blanking_of_talkpage_or_deletion_debates"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Courtesy blanking of talkpage or deletion debates</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Revision_deletion"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Revision deletion</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Reasons_for_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reasons_for_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reasons_for_deletion"></span>Reasons for deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reasons_for_deletion"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p><span class="anchor" id="REASON"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DEL-REASON"></span><span id="WP:DEL#REASON"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DEL-REASON&redirect=no">WP:DEL-REASON</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DEL&redirect=no#REASON">WP:DEL#REASON</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability#Article_content_does_not_determine_notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Wikipedia:Notability § Article content does not determine notability</a></div> <p>Reasons for deletion include, but are not limited to, the following (subject to the condition that improvement or deletion of an offending section, if practical, is preferable to deletion of an entire page): </p> <ol><li><span class="anchor" id="1"></span> Content that meets at least one of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="2"></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a> and other material violating Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria">non-free content criteria</a></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="3"></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a>, including inflammatory <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">redirects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">pages that exist only to disparage their subject</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">patent nonsense</a>, or gibberish</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="4"></span> Advertising or other <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam" title="Wikipedia:Spam">spam</a> without any relevant or encyclopedic content</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="5"></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content forking">Content forks</a> (unless a merger or redirect is appropriate)</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="6"></span> Articles that cannot possibly be attributed to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_neologisms" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid neologisms">neologisms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">original theories and conclusions</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_create_hoaxes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Don't create hoaxes">hoaxes</a></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="7"></span> Articles for which thorough attempts to find <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verify</a> them have failed</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="8"></span> Articles with subjects that fail to meet the relevant <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">notability guidelines</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">WP:N</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GNG">WP:GNG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BIO">WP:BIO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MUSIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MUSIC">WP:MUSIC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CORP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CORP">WP:CORP</a>, and so forth)</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="9"></span> Articles that breach Wikipedia's policy on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="10"></span> Redundant or otherwise useless <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">templates</a></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="11"></span> Categories representing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overcategorization" title="Wikipedia:Overcategorization">overcategorization</a></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="12"></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Files" title="Help:Files">Files</a> that are unused, obsolete, or violate the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">non-free</a> policy</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="13"></span> Any other use of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Main namespace">article</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">template</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">project</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User page">user</a> namespace that is contrary to the established separate policy for that namespace</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="14"></span> Any other content <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">not suitable</a> for an encyclopedia</li></ol> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Alternatives_to_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Alternatives_to_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span><span id="ATD"></span>Alternatives to deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ATD"></span><span id="WP:DEL-CONTENT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ATD&redirect=no">WP:ATD</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DEL-CONTENT&redirect=no">WP:DEL-CONTENT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Editing_and_discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Editing_and_discussion-Alternatives_to_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Editing_and_discussion-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span>Editing and discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Editing_and_discussion-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="CONTENT"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Wikipedia:Editing policy</a></div> <p>If editing can address all relevant <a href="#Reasons_for_deletion">reasons for deletion</a>, this should be done rather than deleting the page. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a> to a page's content can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revert" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Revert">reverted</a> by any user. </p><p>Disputes over page content are usually not dealt with by deleting the page, except in severe cases. The content issues should be discussed at the relevant talk page, and other methods of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Resolving_disputes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Resolving disputes">dispute resolution</a> should be used first, such as listing on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comments" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comments">Wikipedia:Requests for comments</a> for further input. Deletion discussions that are really unresolved content disputes may be closed by an uninvolved editor, and referred to the talk page or other appropriate forum. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ATD-E"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ATD-E&redirect=no">WP:ATD-E</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If an article on a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">notable</a> topic severely fails the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verifiability</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">neutral point of view</a> policies, it may be reduced to a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:STUB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:STUB">stub</a>, or completely deleted by consensus at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AfD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AfD">Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion</a>. </p><p>Disagreement over a policy or guideline is not dealt with by deleting it. Similarly, issues with an inappropriate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User page">user page</a> can often be resolved through discussion with the user. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tagging" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tagging-Alternatives_to_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tagging-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span>Tagging<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tagging-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ATD-T"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ATD-T&redirect=no">WP:ATD-T</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages">A variety of tags</a> can be added to articles to note the problem. Tags, however, are not intended as permanent solutions; they are intended to warn the readers and to allow interested editors to easily locate and fix the problems. Tags are listed <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup">here</a>. Some of the more common ones include: </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Copyedit" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Copyedit">copyedit</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">poor writing</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Expert_needed" title="Template:Expert needed">Expert needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for articles needing <a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_needing_expert_attention" title="Category:Articles needing expert attention">expert attention</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Not_English" title="Template:Not English">Not English</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for articles written in a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation" title="Wikipedia:Translation">foreign language</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:POV" title="Template:POV">POV</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">bias</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Stub" title="Template:Stub">Stub</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">short article</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:More_citations_needed" title="Template:More citations needed">More citations needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for lack of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiability</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Merge" title="Template:Merge">Merge</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for a small article that could be merged into a larger one</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cleanup" title="Template:Cleanup">Cleanup</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for other issues.</li></ul> <p>Pages with incorrect names can simply be <a href="/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Moving a page">renamed</a>. Naming disputes are discussed on the articles' talk pages or listed at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_moves" title="Wikipedia:Requested moves">requested moves</a>. </p><p>Be mindful when adding tags to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">biographies of living persons</a>. Certain tags are known to produce <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VRT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VRT">VRT</a> complaints from the article's subject; for instance <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Notability" title="Template:Notability">notability</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, because it may be interpreted as Wikipedia passing judgement on the person. An alternative is nominating the article for deletion so that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> may be more quickly established. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merging" data-mw-thread-id="h-Merging-Alternatives_to_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Merging-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span>Merging<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Merging-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ATD-M"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ATD-M&redirect=no">WP:ATD-M</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Articles that are short and unlikely to be expanded could be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging" title="Wikipedia:Merging">merged</a> into larger articles or lists. For example, information about family members of a celebrity who are not otherwise <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (people)">notable</a> is generally included in, or merged into, the article on that celebrity. Pages about non-notable fictional elements are generally merged into list articles or articles covering the work of fiction in which they appear. </p><p>If two pages are duplicates or otherwise redundant, one should be merged and redirected to the other, using the most common, or more general page name. This does <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">not require</a> process or formal debate beforehand. </p><p>Note that an outcome of "merge and delete" may potentially cause <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">licensing</a> problems if <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia">attribution for the merged content</a> is lost in the process. The essay <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merge_and_delete" title="Wikipedia:Merge and delete">Wikipedia:Merge and delete</a> discusses this, whereas the essay <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Delete_or_merge" title="Wikipedia:Delete or merge">Wikipedia:Delete or merge</a> discusses a different case that causes no such licensing problems. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redirection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Redirection-Alternatives_to_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Redirection-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span>Redirection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Redirection-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ATD-R"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ATD-R&redirect=no">WP:ATD-R</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>A page can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLANKANDREDIRECT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLANKANDREDIRECT">blanked and redirected</a> if there is a suitable page to redirect to, and if the resulting redirect is not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:R#DELETE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:R">inappropriate</a>. If the change is disputed via a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REVERT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REVERT">reversion</a>, an attempt should be made to reach a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> before blank-and-redirecting again. Suitable venues for doing so include the article's talk page and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incubation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Incubation-Alternatives_to_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Incubation-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span>Incubation<span class="anchor" id="Wikipedia:ATD-I"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Incubation-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ATD-I"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ATD-I&redirect=no">WP:ATD-I</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts#Moving_articles_to_draftspace" title="Wikipedia:Drafts">Wikipedia:Drafts § Moving articles to draftspace</a></div> <p>Recently created articles that have potential, but do not yet meet Wikipedia's quality standards, may be moved to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts" title="Wikipedia:Drafts">draft namespace</a> ("draftified") for improvement, with the aim of eventually moving them back to the main namespace, optionally via the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC">articles for creation</a> (AfC) process. If drafts are not edited for a period of six months, they are eligible for deletion under <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CSD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CSD">criteria for speedy deletion</a> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:G13" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:G13">G13</a>. In comparison to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user space</a> drafts, the draft namespace makes these proto-articles easier to find and work on collaboratively. Moving to user space is still preferred for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template">templates</a> that seem to serve a single editor's needs or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Essay">essays</a> that only reflect a particular editor's viewpoint. Drafts in user space are not subject to G13 deletion unless submitted to AfC. </p> <p><span class="anchor" id="NOTBACKDOOR"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"></p><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTBACKDOOR"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTBACKDOOR&redirect=no">WP:NOTBACKDOOR</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Incubation must not be used as a "backdoor to deletion". Because abandoned drafts are deleted after six months, moving articles to draft space should generally be done only for newly created articles (typically as part of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol">new page review</a>) or as the result of a deletion discussion.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Older articles—as a rule of thumb those older than 90 days—should not be draftified without prior consensus at AfD.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_projects" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_projects-Alternatives_to_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_projects-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span>Other projects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_projects-Alternatives_to_deletion"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ATD-TRANS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ATD-TRANS&redirect=no">WP:ATD-TRANS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Transwiki_log" title="Wikipedia:Transwiki log">Wikipedia:Transwiki log</a></div> <p>Some articles do not belong on Wikipedia but fit one of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects">Wikimedia sister projects</a>. They may be copied there using <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/transwiki" class="extiw" title="m:transwiki">transwiki</a> functionality before considering their merger or deletion. If an article to be deleted is likely to be re-created under the same name, it may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Soft_redirect" title="Wikipedia:Soft redirect">turned into a soft redirect</a> to a more appropriate sister project's article. </p><p>Please note that articles that seem transwiki-appropriate to editors of the English Wikipedia may not be: </p> <ul><li>Wiktionary <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Help:Transwiki" class="extiw" title="wikt:Help:Transwiki">does not accept transwikis</a></li> <li>Wikinews <a href="/wiki/User:Tom_Morris/Don%27t_transwiki_to_Wikinews,_thanks" title="User:Tom Morris/Don't transwiki to Wikinews, thanks">has recency requirements for stories and uses a different license</a>, the latter of which rules out transwiki closes in virtually all cases</li> <li>Wikivoyage <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/WV:DP" class="extiw" title="voy:WV:DP">almost never accepts articles on individual attractions</a>; destinations should be either places or, rarely, exceptionally high-profile attractions, neither of which are likely to be deleted from Wikipedia</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Processes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Processes"></span>Processes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Processes"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p><span class="anchor" id="PROCESSES"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Wikipedia:Deletion process</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_image_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion">Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DEL-PROCESSES"></span><span id="WP:DEL#PROCESSES"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DEL-PROCESSES&redirect=no">WP:DEL-PROCESSES</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DEL&redirect=no#PROCESSES">WP:DEL#PROCESSES</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>There are four basic processes for deletion and two to review and overturn the outcome of these processes and other deletions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Copyright_violations" data-mw-thread-id="h-Copyright_violations-Processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Copyright_violations-Processes"></span>Copyright violations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Copyright_violations-Processes"></span></h3></div> <p>For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot host content that is in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">violation of copyright</a>. </p> <ul><li><b>Where to find them</b>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems" title="Wikipedia:Copyright problems">Wikipedia:Copyright problems</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Files for discussion">Wikipedia:Files for discussion</a></li> <li><b>How to do this</b>: See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Files for discussion">Wikipedia:Files for discussion</a>. For other pages, remove the violation if possible, or edit the page to <i>replace</i> its entire content with <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Copyvio" title="Template:Copyvio">subst:copyvio</a>}}</code>. For blatant, whole-page copyright violation, you can simply tag it for speedy deletion with <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Db-copyvio" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Db-copyvio">db-copyvio</a>|url=...}}</code> after checking that there are no non-copyvio versions in the page history.</li> <li><b>If you disagree</b>: Try to contact the authors of the text or image and see if they are willing to release their work (1) under an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:C" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:C">acceptable license</a> (for text, this is CC BY-SA and GFDL co-licensed, CC BY-SA alone, or CC BY-SA-compatible), or (2) into the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>. Permission to use a work "on Wikipedia only" or "for non-commercial use only" isn't enough, as it is incompatible with our license.</li> <li><b>Renominations</b>: Recreations of copyrighted content are speedily deleted, as below. It is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">disruptive</a> to persist in recreating such content.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speedy_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Speedy_deletion-Processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Speedy_deletion-Processes"></span>Speedy deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Speedy_deletion-Processes"></span></h3></div> <p>Pages can be deleted without any discussion if they meet one or more of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">criteria for speedy deletion</a>. Speedy deletion is meant to remove pages that are so obviously inappropriate for Wikipedia that they have no chance of surviving a deletion discussion. Speedy deletion should not be used except in the most obvious cases. </p><p>If a page has survived a prior deletion discussion, it must not be speedy deleted except for newly discovered copyright violations. Pages currently on proposed deletion or deletion discussion (see below) may be deleted through speedy deletion. </p> <ul><li><b>Where to find them</b>: A list of all pages flagged for speedy deletion can be found in <a href="/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion" title="Category:Candidates for speedy deletion">Category:Candidates for speedy deletion</a>.</li> <li><b>How to do this</b>: Administrators can delete such pages on sight. Other editors can request speedy deletion by editing the relevant page to add a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Speedy deletion">speedy deletion template</a> to the top of the page.</li> <li><b>If you disagree</b>: Anyone except a page's creator may contest the speedy deletion of a page by removing the deletion notice from the page. If a page you created is tagged for speedy deletion, you may either improve the page or explain your reasoning on the relevant talk page. The page may still be deleted if it meets the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">speedy deletion criteria</a>. If a page has been speedily deleted and there is disagreement over whether or not it should have been, this is discussed at deletion review, described below.</li> <li><b>Renominations</b>: Either a page fits the speedy deletion criteria or it does not. If there is a dispute over whether a page meets the criteria, the issue is typically taken to deletion discussions, mentioned below, rather than being deleted.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Proposed_deletion-Processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Proposed_deletion-Processes"></span>Proposed deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Proposed_deletion-Processes"></span></h3></div> <p>An editor who believes a page obviously and uncontroversially does not belong in an encyclopedia can <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">propose its deletion</a>. Such a page can be deleted by any administrator if, after seven days, no one objects to the proposed deletion. Once there is an objection or a deletion discussion, a page may not be proposed for deletion again. This process only applies to pages in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Main namespace">main namespace</a> (article namespace) and the <a href="/wiki/Help:Files" title="Help:Files">file namespace</a>. Redirects are not eligible for proposed deletion (for information on deleting redirects, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect#When_should_we_delete_a_redirect?" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">Wikipedia:Redirect § When should we delete a redirect?</a>). </p> <ul><li><b>Where to find them</b>: A list of all pages flagged for proposed deletion can be found in <a href="/wiki/Category:Proposed_deletion" title="Category:Proposed deletion">Category:Proposed deletion</a>, as well as in an automatically generated <a href="/wiki/User:DumbBOT/ProdSummary" title="User:DumbBOT/ProdSummary">summary table</a>.</li> <li><b>How to do this</b>: Edit the page to add the following text to the top: <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Prod" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Prod">subst:prod</a>|<i>reason</i>}}</code>, writing your reasoning in the "reason" field.</li> <li><b>If you disagree</b>: Any editor who disagrees with a proposed deletion can simply remove the tag. Even after the page is deleted, any editor can have the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Viewing_and_restoring_deleted_pages" title="Wikipedia:Viewing and restoring deleted pages">page restored</a> by any administrator simply by asking. In both cases, the editor is encouraged to fix the perceived problem with the page. It is also desirable to add <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Old_prod" title="Template:Old prod">old prod</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> at the top of the article's talk page (or beneath WikiProject banners).</li> <li><b>Renominations</b>: Once the proposed deletion of a page has been objected to by anyone, it may not be proposed for deletion again. If an editor still feels the page ought to be deleted, a deletion discussion should be used, as indicated below.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" data-mw-thread-id="h-Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people-Proposed_deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people-Proposed_deletion"></span>Proposed deletion of biographies of living people<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people-Proposed_deletion"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLPPROD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLPPROD">proposed deletion process for unsourced biographies</a> requires all <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">biographies of living persons</a> to have at least one source in <i>any</i> form (as references, external links, etc., reliable or otherwise). Once the article is tagged in this manner, the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Prod_blp" title="Template:Prod blp">prod blp</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> tag may not be removed until at least one <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Reliable source">reliable source</a> that supports at least one statement about the subject is provided. If none is forthcoming, the article may be deleted after seven days. This does not affect any other deletion process. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deletion_discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion_discussion-Processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion_discussion-Processes"></span>Deletion discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion_discussion-Processes"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#How_to_nominate_a_single_page_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion § How to nominate a single page for deletion</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DPAFD"></span><span id="WP:DELAFD"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DPAFD&redirect=no">WP:DPAFD</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DELAFD&redirect=no">WP:DELAFD</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Pages that do not fall in the above three categories may be deleted after community discussion at one of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_discussions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Deletion discussions">deletion discussion venues</a>, the results of which may be reviewed after the fact at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">Wikipedia:Deletion review</a> (see below). This includes contested speedy or proposed deletions. Here, editors who wish to participate can give their opinions on what should be done with the page. </p><p>These processes are <i>not</i> decided through a head count, so participants are each encouraged to explain their opinion and refer to policy. The discussion lasts at least seven full days. If there is consensus to delete pages, this is done afterwards by an administrator. A nomination that gets little response after the discussion period has ended can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relisted" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Relisted">relisted</a> if the closing editor believes that more time would be likely to generate a clearer consensus. </p><p>It is considered inappropriate to ask people outside of Wikipedia to come to the discussion to sway its outcome; such <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Meatpuppet" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Meatpuppet">meatpuppet</a> comments may be ignored. They are not removed, but may be tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Spa" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Spa">spa</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, noting that a user "has made few or no other edits". In extreme cases, a deletion debate can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Semi-protected" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Semi-protected">semi-protected</a>. </p><p>It is also inappropriate to request deletion because of an editorial dispute. Such disputes are not resolved by deleting the whole page; instead, use <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a>. </p> <ul><li><b>Where to find them</b>: There are separate processes for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFD">articles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CFD">categories</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FFD">files</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFD">redirects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TFD">templates</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MFD">everything else</a>.</li> <li><b>How to do this</b>: Follow the instructions at the top of the relevant process page.</li> <li><b>If you disagree</b>: Go to the relevant process page and explain why you disagree. Do not remove the tag from the page. For more information on this process, read the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion">guide to deletion</a>.</li> <li><b>Renominations</b>: After a deletion debate concludes and there is no consensus or the consensus is in favor of keeping the page, users should allow a reasonable amount of time to pass before nominating the same page for deletion again, to give editors time to improve the page. Renominations shortly after the earlier debate are generally closed quickly. It can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive">disruptive</a> to repeatedly nominate a page in the hope of getting a different outcome.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Page_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Page_deletion-Processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Page_deletion-Processes"></span>Page deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Page_deletion-Processes"></span></h3></div> <p>The deletion of a page based on a deletion discussion should be done only when there is consensus to delete. Therefore, if there is no <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators#Rough_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators">rough consensus</a>, the page is kept and is again subject to normal editing, merging, or redirecting as appropriate. In certain circumstances,<sup id="cite_ref-NOQUORUM_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOQUORUM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> poorly-attended deletion discussion may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOQUORUM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOQUORUM">treated as proposed deletions</a> (PRODs). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deletion_of_biographies_and_BLPs" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion_of_biographies_and_BLPs-Processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion_of_biographies_and_BLPs-Processes"></span><span class="anchor" id="BIODEL"></span>Deletion of biographies and BLPs<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion_of_biographies_and_BLPs-Processes"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Summary_deletion,_creation_prevention,_and_courtesy_blanking" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons § Summary deletion, creation prevention, and courtesy blanking</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BIODEL"></span><span id="WP:BIODELETE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BIODEL&redirect=no">WP:BIODEL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BIODELETE&redirect=no">WP:BIODELETE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Discussions concerning <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">biographical articles</a> of relatively unknown, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPF">non-public figures</a>, where the subject has requested deletion and there is <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248585704">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{font-family:Georgia,"DejaVu Serif",serif;color:#008560;quotes:none}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-italic{font-family:inherit;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-marks{quotes:"\"""\""}</style><q class="inline-quote-talk">no clear consensus to keep</q> may be closed as delete. Poorly sourced <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BIO">biographical articles</a> of unknown, non-public figures, where the discussions have no editor opposing the deletion, <i>may</i> be deleted after discussions have been completed. If a deletion discussion of any biographical article (of whether a well-known or less-known individual) has received few or no comments from any editor besides the nominator, then the closing editor may generally <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOQUORUM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOQUORUM">treat the nomination as a PROD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NOQUORUM_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOQUORUM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deletion_of_drafts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion_of_drafts-Processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion_of_drafts-Processes"></span>Deletion of drafts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion_of_drafts-Processes"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts#Deleting_drafts" title="Wikipedia:Drafts">Wikipedia:Drafts § Deleting drafts</a></div> <p>If an article isn't acceptable<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon.">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> in mainspace, it can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DRAFTIFY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DRAFTIFY">moved to the draft namespace</a>; and if it sits there without being worked on for six months, it will be eligible for speedy deletion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deletion_review" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion_review-Processes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion_review-Processes"></span>Deletion review<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion_review-Processes"></span></h3></div> <p>If you believe that a page was wrongly deleted, or should have been deleted but wasn't, or that a deletion discussion was improperly closed, you should discuss this with the person who performed the deletion, or closed the debate, on their talk page. If this fails to resolve the issue, you may be able to request review of the closure at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">Wikipedia:Deletion review</a>. </p><p>If a page was obviously deleted "out of process" (per this policy), an administrator may choose to undelete it immediately. In such a case, the administrator who deleted the page should be informed. However, such undeletions without gaining consensus may be viewed as disruptive, so they should be undertaken with care. </p><p>If an article was deleted for lacking content or for having inappropriate content (which applies to most <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">speedy deletions</a>) and you wish to create a better article about the same subject, you can simply go ahead and do so, with no need for review. It is especially wasteful to go to deletion review over an unsourced stub when the alternative of creating a sourced article is available. </p><p>The deletion review process is not decided solely by head count but by consensus. The review normally lasts for seven days, sometimes longer if the outcome is unclear. </p><p>Overturned deletions may go to a deletion discussion if someone still wishes to delete and chooses to nominate. </p> <ul><li><b>Where to find them</b>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">Wikipedia:Deletion review</a></li> <li><b>How to do this</b>: Follow the instructions at the top of the page.</li> <li><b>If you disagree</b>: Go to the review page and explain why you disagree.</li> <li><b>Renominations</b>: As with deletion discussions, a certain amount of time should pass between repeated requests for deletion review, and these requests should be carefully considered in light of policy. Renominations that lack new arguments or new evidence are likely to be closed quickly.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Undeletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Undeletion-Deletion_review"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Undeletion-Deletion_review"></span>Undeletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Undeletion-Deletion_review"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UDP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UDP&redirect=no">WP:UDP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:UDP" redirects here. For undisclosed paid editing, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure</a>.</div> <p>In the case of pages deleted as a result of summary decisions and not following community discussions, undeletion may be requested at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion">Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion</a>. This serves two primary functions: the restoration of content deleted without discussion, and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userfication#Userfication_of_deleted_content" title="Wikipedia:Userfication">userfication</a> of content that is unfit for restoration. Requests for undeletion should be used to appeal most instances of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">proposed deletion</a> and some <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">speedy deletions</a>. However, appeals of the outcomes of deletion discussions and other deletion matters requiring community review should be made at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">Wikipedia:Deletion review</a>. Be aware that pages restored to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Main namespace">articlespace</a> may immediately be subject to a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">deletion discussion</a>. </p> <ul><li><b>Where to find them</b>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion">Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion</a></li> <li><b>How to do this</b>: Follow the instructions at the top of the page.</li> <li><b>If you disagree</b>: Take the matter to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">Wikipedia:Deletion review</a></li> <li><b>Renominations</b>: Unlike deletion discussions, there is no suggested waiting period between requests, although requests that have been declined should not be resubmitted unless circumstances such as undeletion norms or the motivation for undeletion have changed.</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Process_interaction" data-mw-thread-id="h-Process_interaction"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Process_interaction"></span>Process interaction<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Process_interaction"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <ul><li>Issues that are on the wrong process (e.g., templates on the article-deletion page) are simply moved to the proper one.</li> <li>A page on deletion review should not be listed on a deletion discussion page until the review closes, and a page on a deletion discussion page should not be listed on deletion review until the discussion closes.</li> <li>Deletion discussion trumps proposed deletion, so for a page listed on both, deletion discussion takes precedence.</li> <li>Pages that meet the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">criteria for speedy deletion</a> can be deleted regardless of other circumstances. If a page on a deletion debate is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Glossary#Speedy" title="Wikipedia:Glossary">speedied</a>, the debate is closed.</li> <li>If it is doubtful whether a page is or is not speedily deletable, a deletion discussion takes precedence. In practice, this means that a page that had a deletion discussion resulting in "keep" or "no consensus" should not be speedily deleted, although some criteria are exempt from this rule.</li> <li>Pages that violate copyright can be deleted regardless of circumstances or earlier discussion.</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Other_issues" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_issues"></span>Other issues<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_issues"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Access_to_deleted_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Access_to_deleted_pages-Other_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Access_to_deleted_pages-Other_issues"></span>Access to deleted pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Access_to_deleted_pages-Other_issues"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DELACCESS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DELACCESS&redirect=no">WP:DELACCESS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Viewing_and_restoring_deleted_pages" title="Wikipedia:Viewing and restoring deleted pages">Wikipedia:Viewing and restoring deleted pages</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:7312_deleted_edits.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/7312_deleted_edits.png/300px-7312_deleted_edits.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="90" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="284"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 90px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/7312_deleted_edits.png/300px-7312_deleted_edits.png" data-width="300" data-height="90" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/7312_deleted_edits.png/450px-7312_deleted_edits.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/7312_deleted_edits.png/600px-7312_deleted_edits.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Deleted pages look like this to administrators</figcaption></figure> <p>Because many deleted articles are found to contain defamatory or other legally suspect material, deleted pages are not permitted to be generally viewed. However, they remain in the database (at least temporarily) and are accessible to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a>, along with their edit history unless they are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">oversighted</a>, a form of enhanced deletion which, unlike normal deletion, expunges information from any form of usual access even by administrators. Any user with a genuine reason to view a copy of a deleted page may request a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Temporary_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">temporary review</a> (or simply <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administrators_willing_to_provide_copies_of_deleted_articles" title="Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles"> ask an administrator</a> to supply a copy of the page). Note that these requests are likely to be denied if the content has been deleted on legal grounds (such as defamation or copyright violation), or if no good reason is given for the request. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Courtesy_blanking_of_talkpage_or_deletion_debates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Courtesy_blanking_of_talkpage_or_deletion_debates-Other_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Courtesy_blanking_of_talkpage_or_deletion_debates-Other_issues"></span><span class="anchor" id="Courtesy_blanking"></span>Courtesy blanking of talkpage or deletion debates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Courtesy_blanking_of_talkpage_or_deletion_debates-Other_issues"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CBLANK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CBLANK&redirect=no">WP:CBLANK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>From time to time, a discussion will have its content hidden from view based on the judgment of the community, an administrator, or another functionary. This generally is not done except under rare circumstances, such as where public view of the discussion may cause harm to some person or organisation. To avoid having such text in the most recent version and thus being <a href="/wiki/Search_engine_indexing" title="Search engine indexing">indexed by search engines</a>, the debate will be blanked out of courtesy. For <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">deletion discussions</a>, the entire debate can be replaced with the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Xfd-privacy" title="Template:Xfd-privacy">xfd-privacy</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template. When either courtesy blanking or xfd-blanking is used, the actual content remains accessible via the edit history. In more serious cases, the entire history of the page may be deleted. Courtesy blanking, history blanking, or oversighting should be rare, and should be performed only after due consideration. </p><p>On occasion, pages in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">project namespace</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">requests for adminship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests">requests for arbitration</a>, will be blanked as a courtesy, for reasons similar to those outlined above. </p><p><b>How to do this:</b> Remove all text from the subpage and then add <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Courtesy_blanked" title="Template:Courtesy blanked">subst:Courtesy blanked</a>}}</code>; for deletion discussions, use <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Xfd-privacy" title="Template:Xfd-privacy">subst:xfd-privacy</a>|<i>article</i>|<i>result</i>}}</code> with the correct parameters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revision_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Revision_deletion-Other_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Revision_deletion-Other_issues"></span>Revision deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Revision_deletion-Other_issues"></span></h3></div> <p>It is possible to delete some parts of a page's history, while leaving the current revision of the page intact, so that readers are unaware of the partial deletion (unless they attempt to visit a deleted <a href="/wiki/Help:Permanent_link" title="Help:Permanent link">old page revision</a>). Administrators have access to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REVDEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REVDEL">Revision Deletion</a> tool, which makes it possible for them to remove selected old revisions of a page (and/or edit summaries or user names). The Revision Deletion policy strictly covers the circumstances in which this is permitted. </p><p>Revision Deletion replaces the previous method of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Selective_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Selective deletion">selective undeletion</a>, which involved deleting the entire page and then selectively undeleting/restoring revisions. Selective undeletion still has a few valid uses that Revision Deletion cannot cover (such as complex history merges). However, due to its relative lack of transparency and poor efficiency, selective undeletion is no longer used to remove revisions from page histories. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note that there is a way for a non-admin to appear in the <a href="/wiki/Help:Deletion_log" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Deletion log">deletion log</a>, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MOR">WP:MOR</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The current wording is from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Deletion_policy/Archive_49#Redirecting" title="Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy/Archive 49">January 2020</a>. The suitability of AfD was clarified in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/Archive_71#%22AFD_is_not_for_redirecting%22?" title="Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Archive 71">a June 2018 RfC</a> and further discussed <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Merging/Archive_3#Request_for_comment:_Proposed_blank_and_redirects" title="Wikipedia talk:Merging/Archive 3">in 2020</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/978262119#Resolve_the_inconsistency_between_WP:DRAFTIFY_and_WP:ATD" title="Special:PermanentLink/978262119">this August–September 2020 Village Pump discussion</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts#Moving_articles_to_draft_space" title="Wikipedia:Drafts">Wikipedia:Drafts § Moving articles to draft space</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Discussed in <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1078979320#Proposal_to_ban_draftifying_articles_more_than_90_days_old_without_consensus" title="Special:PermanentLink/1078979320">Wikipedia:Village Pump (policy)#Proposal to ban draftifying articles more than 90 days old without consensus</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NOQUORUM-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NOQUORUM_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NOQUORUM_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Exceptions include discussions that appear controversial and articles that have previously been subject to proposed deletion (PROD). See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process#No_quorum" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Wikipedia:Deletion process § No quorum</a> for full details.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><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><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion">Guide to deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_delete_a_page" title="Wikipedia:How to delete a page">How to delete a page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_was_the_page_I_created_deleted%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?">Why was the page I created deleted?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction_to_deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Introduction to deletion process">Introduction to deletion process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recreation_of_previously_deleted_pages" title="Wikipedia:Recreation of previously deleted pages">Recreation of previously deleted pages</a> (a failed proposal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Deletion guidelines for administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes">Deletion precedents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Deletion process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:GRBerry/DRVGuide" title="User:GRBerry/DRVGuide">Deletion review guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternative_outlets" title="Wikipedia:Alternative outlets">Alternative outlets to recreate deleted articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_image_deletion_discussions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_demolish_the_house_while_it%27s_still_being_built" title="Wikipedia:Don't demolish the house while it's still being built">Don't demolish the house while it's still being built</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines_to_cite_in_deletion_debates" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines to cite in deletion debates">List of policies and guidelines to cite in deletion debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overzealous_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Overzealous deletion">Overzealous deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_by_redirection" title="Wikipedia:Deletion by redirection">Deletion by redirection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy#Try_to_fix_problems" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Try to fix problems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output 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aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Project content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="protocols related to administration">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="G" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project namespace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a 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center;;font-weight: normal;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of all policies and guidelines</a></b> <ul><li><b><span style="color:#118811;"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></b></li> <li><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Summaries of values and principles</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Deletion_discussionsAll_deletion_discussions_today" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background: #F0F2F5;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Deletion_debates_navbar" title="Template:Deletion debates navbar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Deletion_debates_navbar" title="Template talk:Deletion debates navbar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Deletion_debates_navbar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Deletion debates navbar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Deletion_discussionsAll_deletion_discussions_today" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Deletion discussions<br><span style="font-size:99%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:XfD_Today" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:XfD Today">All deletion discussions today</a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Articles</a>:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 November 23">Today</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Category:AfD_debates" title="Category:AfD debates">all</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/User:Cyberbot_I/Current_AfD%27s" title="User:Cyberbot I/Current AfD's">table</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 November 16">closing</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log">log</a></big></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ark-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ark-icon.svg/60px-Ark-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 60px;height: 60px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ark-icon.svg/60px-Ark-icon.svg.png" data-width="60" data-height="60" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ark-icon.svg/90px-Ark-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ark-icon.svg/120px-Ark-icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion">Templates</a>:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 23">Today</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Category:Templates_for_discussion" title="Category:Templates for discussion">all</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 16">closing</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Holding_cell" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell">holding</a></big></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Files for discussion">Files</a>:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2024 November 23">Today</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_files_for_discussion" title="Category:Wikipedia files for discussion">all</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2024 November 16">closing</a></big></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion">Categories</a>:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 23">Today</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Category:Categories_for_discussion" title="Category:Categories for discussion">all</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CFDALL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CFDALL">CFDALL</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 November 16">closing</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Speedy" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy">speedy</a></big></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion">Redirects</a>:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_23" title="Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 November 23">Today</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Category:Redirects_for_discussion" title="Category:Redirects for discussion">all</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_16" title="Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 November 16">closing</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log" title="Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log">log</a></big></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion">Miscellany</a>:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion#November_23,_2024" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion">Today</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Category:Miscellaneous_pages_for_deletion" title="Category:Miscellaneous pages for deletion">all</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion#Old_business" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion">closing</a></big></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Speedy deletion</a>:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a href="/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion" title="Category:Candidates for speedy deletion">Candidates</a></big></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a>:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_proposed_for_deletion" title="Category:All articles proposed for deletion">All</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">BLPs</a></big></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Pages:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion">Guide</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion">Undeletion</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">Deletion review</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Special:Log/delete" title="Special:Log/delete">Deletion log</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administrators_willing_to_provide_copies_of_deleted_articles" title="Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles">Request copy of deleted article</a></big></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #F0F2F5;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Guidelines and policies:</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><big><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Policy</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Process</a></big></li> <li><big><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Administrator guidelines</a></big></li></ul> 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title="Wikipedia:History merging">History merging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Protecting" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Protecting">Protecting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_reading_list" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list">Reading list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback">Rollback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Tools" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Tools">Tools, scripts and gadgets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Viewing_deleted_pages" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Viewing deleted pages">Viewing deleted pages and contributions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Policies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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class="minerva-languages"></ul> <ul class="minerva-languages"><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verwyderingsbeleid" title="Wikipedia:Verwyderingsbeleid – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Wikipedia:Verwyderingsbeleid" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81" title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة الحذف – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة الحذف" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:বিলোপন নীতি – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:বিলোপন নীতি" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:P%C3%A1xines_pa_borrar" title="Wikipedia:Páxines pa borrar – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Wikipedia:Páxines pa borrar" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:S%C9%99hif%C9%99_silm%C9%99" title="Vikipediya:Səhifə silmə – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Səhifə silmə" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li 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%D9%87_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیلمه سیاستی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیلمه سیاستی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:অপসারণ নীতি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:অপসারণ নীতি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kawicaksanan_kanggo_mbusak_kaca" title="Wikipedia:Kawicaksanan kanggo mbusak kaca – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Wikipedia:Kawicaksanan kanggo mbusak kaca" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D3%99%D1%80%D2%99%D0%B5_%D1%8E%D0%B9%D1%8B%D1%83" title="Википедия:Биттәрҙе юйыу – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Биттәрҙе юйыу" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%92%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Вікіпедыя:Выдаленне старонак – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікіпедыя:Выдаленне старонак" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%92%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%9E" title="Вікіпэдыя:Выдаленьне артыкулаў – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вікіпэдыя:Выдаленьне артыкулаў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपीडिया:हटावे के नीति – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:हटावे के नीति" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5" title="Уикипедия:Изтриване на страници и файлове – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Изтриване на страници и файлове" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pravila_za_brisanje" title="Wikipedia:Pravila za brisanje – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Pravila za brisanje" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Esborrar_p%C3%A0gines" title="Viquipèdia:Esborrar pàgines – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Esborrar pàgines" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:L%C3%B6schregeln" title="Wikipedia:Löschregeln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Löschregeln" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Artiklite_kustutamise_kord" title="Vikipeedia:Artiklite kustutamise kord – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Artiklite kustutamise kord" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AE%CF%82" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική διαγραφής – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική διαγραφής" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pol%C3%ADtica_de_borrado" title="Wikipedia:Política de borrado – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Política de borrado" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Reguloj_pri_forigado" title="Vikipedio:Reguloj pri forigado – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Reguloj pri forigado" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</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%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81" title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست حذف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست حذف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" 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/Wikip%C3%A9dia:D%C3%A9bat_d%27admissibilit%C3%A9/Aide" title="Wikipédia:Débat d'admissibilité/Aide – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Débat d'admissibilité/Aide" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Borrar" title="Wikipedia:Borrar – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Borrar" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:Deletion_policy" title="विकिपीडिया:Deletion policy – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="विकिपीडिया:Deletion policy" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EC%82%AD%EC%A0%9C_%EC%A0%95%EC%B1%85" title="위키백과:삭제 정책 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:삭제 정책" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D5%8B%D5%B6%D5%BB%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Ջնջման կանոնակարգ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա:Ջնջման կանոնակարգ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपीडिया:पृष्ठ हटाने की नीति – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:पृष्ठ हटाने की नीति" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Annuroten_ti_panagikkat" title="Wikipedia:Annuroten ti panagikkat – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Wikipedia:Annuroten ti panagikkat" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kebijakan_penghapusan" title="Wikipedia:Kebijakan penghapusan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Kebijakan penghapusan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vi%C3%B0mi%C3%B0_um_ey%C3%B0ingu_greina" title="Wikipedia:Viðmið um eyðingu greina – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Wikipedia:Viðmið um eyðingu greina" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Regole_per_la_cancellazione" title="Wikipedia:Regole per la cancellazione – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Regole per la cancellazione" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94" title="ויקיפדיה:מדיניות המחיקה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:מדיניות המחיקה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81" title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಅಳಿಸುವಿಕೆಯ ನಿಯಮಗಳು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಅಳಿಸುವಿಕೆಯ ನಿಯಮಗಳು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90:%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="ვიკიპედია:გვერდის წაშლა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვიკიპედია:გვერდის წაშლა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%8E" title="Уикипедия:Бетті жою – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Бетті жою" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kufuta_makala" title="Wikipedia:Kufuta makala – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wikipedia:Kufuta makala" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia:Deletio/en" title="Vicipaedia:Deletio/en – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vicipaedia:Deletio/en" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikip%C4%93dija:Rakstu_dz%C4%93%C5%A1anas_vadl%C4%ABnijas" title="Vikipēdija:Rakstu dzēšanas vadlīnijas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vikipēdija:Rakstu dzēšanas vadlīnijas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:T%C3%B6rl%C3%A9s" title="Wikipédia:Törlés – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipédia:Törlés" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%9A%D0%B5" title="Википедија:Начела за бришење – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Начела за бришење" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%B4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:ഒഴിവാക്കൽ നയം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:ഒഴിവാക്കൽ നയം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Politika_dwar_it-t%C4%A7assir" title="Wikipedija:Politika dwar it-tħassir – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Wikipedija:Politika dwar it-tħassir" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3" title="विकिपीडिया:वगळण्याविषयीचे धोरण – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विकिपीडिया:वगळण्याविषयीचे धोरण" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AD" title="ويكيبيديا:مسح – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:مسح" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Menghapuskan_laman" title="Wikipedia:Menghapuskan laman – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Menghapuskan laman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kabijakan_dalam_maapuih_laman" title="Wikipedia:Kabijakan dalam maapuih laman – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Wikipedia:Kabijakan dalam maapuih laman" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%81_%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE" title="Википедиа:Хуудас устгахтай холбоотой баримтлах бодлого – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Википедиа:Хуудас устгахтай холбоотой баримтлах бодлого" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:Deletion_policy" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:Deletion policy – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:Deletion policy" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-na mw-list-item"><a href="https://na.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy – Nauru" lang="na" hreflang="na" data-title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy" data-language-autonym="Dorerin Naoero" data-language-local-name="Nauru" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dorerin Naoero</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपिडिया:पृष्ठ हटाउने नीति – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया:पृष्ठ हटाउने नीति" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%89%8A%E9%99%A4%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E9%87%9D" title="Wikipedia:削除の方針 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:削除の方針" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Retningslinjer_for_sletting" title="Wikipedia:Retningslinjer for sletting – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Retningslinjer for sletting" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajuda:Coss%C3%AD_suprimir_una_pagina" title="Ajuda:Cossí suprimir una pagina – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Ajuda:Cossí suprimir una pagina" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Sahifalarni_o%CA%BBchirish_qoidalari" title="Vikipediya:Sahifalarni oʻchirish qoidalari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vikipediya:Sahifalarni oʻchirish qoidalari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%DB%90%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%A7:%DA%93%D9%86%DA%AB%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%AA%DA%AB%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="ويکيپېډيا:ړنګولو تګلار – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ويکيپېډيا:ړنګولو تګلار" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Zasady_usuwania_stron" title="Wikipedia:Zasady usuwania stron – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Zasady usuwania stron" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pol%C3%ADtica_de_elimina%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Wikipédia:Política de eliminação – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Política de eliminação" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" 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/Wikipedia:%C8%98tergere" title="Wikipedia:Ștergere – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Ștergere" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A3%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86" title="Википедия:Удаление страниц – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Удаление страниц" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/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%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%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA" title="විකිපීඩියා:මකා දැමීමේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:මකා දැමීමේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%DA%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A" title="وڪيپيڊيا:ڊليشن پاليسي – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا:ڊليشن پاليسي" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Pravila_brisanja" title="Wikipedija:Pravila brisanja – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Wikipedija:Pravila brisanja" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Xeerka_Tirtirka" title="Wikipedia:Xeerka Tirtirka – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Wikipedia:Xeerka Tirtirka" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DA%95%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%95%D9%88%DB%95" title="ویکیپیدیا:سیاسەتی سڕینەوە – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:سیاسەتی سڕینەوە" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Правила брисања – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Правила брисања" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Poistok%C3%A4yt%C3%A4nt%C3%B6" title="Wikipedia:Poistokäytäntö – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wikipedia:Poistokäytäntö" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Raderingar" title="Wikipedia:Raderingar – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Wikipedia:Raderingar" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pagbura_ng_mga_pahina" title="Wikipedia:Pagbura ng mga pahina – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Wikipedia:Pagbura ng mga pahina" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88" title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:நீக்கல் கொள்கை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:நீக்கல் கொள்கை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Regole_per_la_cancellazione" title="Wikipedia:Regole per la cancellazione – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Wikipedia:Regole per la cancellazione" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9C%D3%99%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D3%99_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D2%AF" title="Википедия:Мәкалә бетерү – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Википедия:Мәкалә бетерү" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A7%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%82" title="వికీపీడియా:తొలగింపు విధానం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="వికీపీడియా:తొలగింపు విధానం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li 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title="Wukipedia:Deletion – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Wukipedia:Deletion" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F:%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D1%97_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Вікіпедія:Критерії вилучення статей – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вікіпедія:Критерії вилучення статей" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</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%AD%D8%B0%D9%81_%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%AA_%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C" title="ویکیپیڈیا:حذف حکمت عملی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ویکیپیڈیا:حذف حکمت عملی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Quy_%C4%91%E1%BB%8Bnh_x%C3%B3a_trang" title="Wikipedia:Quy định xóa trang – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Wikipedia:Quy định xóa trang" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%88%A0%E9%99%A4%E5%87%86%E5%88%99" title="Wikipedia:删除准则 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="Wikipedia:删除准则" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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