User:Gaia Octavia Agrippa/Adoption/Deletion policy

Reasons for deletion

Below are some, but not all, of the reasons to delete a page on wikipedia.

Copyright violations and other material violating Wikipedia's fair-use policy
Vandalism, including inflammatory redirects, pages which exist only to attack their subject, patent nonsense, or gibberish
Advertising or other spam (but not articles about advertising-related subjects)
Content forks (unless a merge or redirect is appropriate)
Articles which cannot possibly be attributed to reliable sources, including neologisms, original theories and conclusions, and articles which are themselves hoaxes (but not articles describing notable hoaxes)
Articles for which all attempts to find reliable sources to verify them have failed
Articles whose subject fails to meet the relevant notability guideline (WP:N, WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:CORP and so forth)
Articles which breach Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons
Redundant, repetitive or otherwise useless templates
Categories representing overcategorization
Images that are unused, obsolete, or violate fair-use policy
Any other use of article, template, project, or user namespace that is contrary to the established separate policy for that namespace.
Any other content not suitable for an encyclopedia

Speedy deletion

Speedy deletion describes the process when admins can delete an article, or file, without discussion. Non-admins can label articles with a speedy deletion template, and an admin will delete it for you.

Templates and criteria

General

Template	Other names	Criteria	Usage
{{db}}	{{db-reason\|reason}} {{deletebecause\|reason}} {{delbecause\|reason}} {{delete\|reason}} {{d\|reason}} {{Speedy deletion\|reason}} {{Speedy\|reason}} {{csd\|reason}}		Replace reason with a specific reason for speedy deletion. This is a non-specific template for speedy deletion.
{{db-g1}}	{{db-nonsense}}	CSD G1	Patent nonsense. You can put {{subst:nonsensepage\|page name}}~~~~ on the creator's talk page.
{{db-g2}}	{{db-test}}	CSD G2	Test page. You can put {{subst:uw-create1\|page name}}~~~~ on the creator's talk page.
{{db-g3}}	{{db-vandalism}}	CSD G3	Vandalism. You can put {{subst:uw-creation2\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g3}}	{{db-pagemove}}	CSD G3	Nonsense redirects that are created from the cleanup of page move vandalism. You can put {{subst:mp2-n\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g4}}	{{db-repost}}	CSD G4	Copies of material that was previously deleted after an XfD discussion. Articles that were only previously speedily deleted do not fall under this category. You can put {{subst:repost-warn\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g5}}	{{db-banned\|name of banned user}}	CSD G5	Contributions made by a banned user while they were banned.
{{db-g6}}	{{db-histmerge\|page to merge history from}}	CSD G6	History merge.
	{{db-move\|page to be moved\|reason for move}}	CSD G6	Making way for a non-controversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved and the reason for the move.
	{{db-copypaste\|page to be moved}}	CSD G6	Cleaning up copy-and-paste page moves to make way for a clean, non-controversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved.
	{{db-xfd}}	CSD G6	An admin has closed a deletion debate as a "delete" but not deleted the page.
	{{db-maintenance}} {{db-house}}	CSD G6	Other non-controversial "housekeeping" tasks, such as reversing a redirect.
{{db-g7}}	{{db-author}} {{db-self}}	CSD G7	Speedy request by only editor.
{{db-g7}}	{{db-blanked}}	CSD G7	Page blanked by only editor.
{{db-g8}}	{{db-talk}}	CSD G8	Talk page of a deleted or nonexistent page.
	{{db-subpage}}	CSD G8	Subpage of a deleted or nonexistent page.
	{{db-imagepage}}	CSD G8	Image page without a corresponding image.
	{{db-redirnone}}	CSD G8	Redirect to non-existent page. You can put {{subst:redirnone-warn\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
	{{db-templatecat}}	CSD G8	Category that is populated solely by a template that has been deleted.
{{db-g10}}	{{db-attack}}	CSD G10	Attack page intended to disparage its subject. You can put {{subst:attack\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g11}}	{{db-spam}}	CSD G11	Blatant advertising. You can put {{subst:spam-warn\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g12\|url=URL of source}}	{{db-copyvio\|url=URL of source}}	CSD G12	Blatant copyright violation. You can put {{subst:uw-copyright\|page name\|url=URL of source}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.

Articles

Template	Other names	Criteria	Usage
{{db-a1}}	{{db-empty}} {{db-nocontext}}	CSD A1	Very short articles without context. Use {{subst:empty-warn\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-a2}}	{{db-foreign}}	CSD A2	Foreign language article duplicated on other Wikimedia project.
{{db-a3}}	{{db-nocontent}} {{db-contact}}	CSD A3	No content other than external links of whatever kind, or an attempt to contact subject of article.
{{db-a5}}	{{db-transwiki}}	CSD A5	Transwikification completed (if article is a dictionary definition only and has been transwikied, with or without an Articles for deletion discussion).
{{db-a7}}	{{db-bio}}	CSD A7	Article about a person, group, company, or web content that does not indicate the importance of the subject. Try to use one of the more specific templates rather than {{db-a7}}. You can put {{subst:nn-warn\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page, or, if it seems that someone has created a user page in the encyclopedia section instead of their user page, you can put {{subst:nn-userfy\|page name}}-- ~~~~ on their talk page.
	{{db-person}} – for people
	{{db-band}} – for bands
	{{db-club}} – for clubs, societies, groups, and organizations
	{{db-inc}} – for companies and corporations
	{{db-web}} – for websites
{{db-a9}}	{{db-album}} {{db-song}}	CSD A9	Article about a musical recording (album, single, etc.) that does not indicate the importance of the subject.

Redirects

Template	Other names	Criteria	Usage
{{db-r2}}	{{db-rediruser}}	CSD R2	Redirect to a article talk page, image description page, image talk page, mediawiki page, mediawiki talk page, category talk page, portal talk page, template talk page, help talk, user page, or user talk. You can put {{subst:rediruser-warn\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-r3}}	{{db-redirtypo}} {{db-redirmisnomer}}	CSD R3	Recently created redirect that is a result of an implausible typo or misnomer. You can put {{subst:redirtypo-warn\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.

Files

Template	Other names	Criteria	Usage
{{db-f1\|replacement image name.ext}}	{{db-redundantimage\|replacement image name.ext}} {{isd\|replacement image name.ext}}	CSD F1	Same or better image exists on Wikipedia (see {{db-i8}} for images now on Commons).
{{db-f2}}	{{db-noimage}}	CSD F2	Corrupt or empty image.
{{db-f3}}	{{db-noncom}}	CSD F3	"No commercial use" or "by permission" images uploaded after target date.
{{db-f4}}	{{db-unksource}}	CSD F4	Lack of licensing – Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{no license}}, {{no source}}, or a similar template.
{{db-f5}}	{{db-unfree}}	CSD F5	Unused copyright image – Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{or-cr}}, {{or-fu}}, or a similar template.
{{db-f6}}	{{db-norat}}	CSD F6	Image with fair use tag but no fair use rationale - must have been tagged as such for seven days and uploaded after May 4, 2006.
{{db-f7}}	{{db-badfairuse}}	CSD F7	Bad fair use template – image tagged as fair use with a template that is patently irrelevant to the actual image, like {{game-screenshot}} on a photo of a celebrity. Please notify uploader on their talk page using {{subst:badfairuse\|File:image name\|tag that was on the image}}.
{{db-f8}}	{{db-nowcommons}} {{db-nowcommons\|name of image on Commons.ext}}	CSD F8	Identical image has been moved to or is otherwise available on Commons.
{{db-f9\|url=URL of source}}	{{db-imgcopyvio\|url=URL of source}}	CSD F9	Blatant copyright infringements.
{{db-f10}}	{{db-badfiletype}}	CSD F10	Uploaded file that is not an image, video or sound, is unused, and has no foreseeable encyclopedic use.
{{db-f11}}	{{db-nopermission}}	CSD F11	No evidence of permission from copyright holder to publish under license asserted by uploader – image must have been tagged with {{no permission}}, and uploader notified for seven days.

User pages

Template	Other names	Criteria	Usage
{{db-u1}}	{{db-userreq}}	CSD U1	User page or subpage requested to be deleted by the user with whom it is associated.
{{db-u2}}	{{db-nouser}}	CSD U2	Userpages of users who do not exist.
{{db-u3}}	{{db-gallery}}	CSD U3	Fair use galleries in user space.

Templates

Template	Other names	Criteria	Usage
{{db-t2}}	{{db-policy}}	CSD T2	Templates that are blatant misrepresentations of established policy.
{{db-t3\|~~~~~ \|OtherTemplate}}	{{db-duplicatetemplate\|~~~~~ \|OtherTemplate}}	CSD T3	Templates that are duplicates of, hard-coded instances of, or an inferior alternative to another template.

Portals

Template	Other names	Criteria	Usage
{{db-p2}}	{{db-emptyportal}}	CSD P2	Underpopulated portal.

Non-criteria

The following are not by themselves enough to justify speedy deletion.

Reasons derived from Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Wikipedia is not: "a dictionary", "an indiscriminate collection of information", "a crystal ball", etc.
Hoaxes. If even remotely plausible, a suspected hoax article should be subjected to further scrutiny in a wider forum. Note that "blatant and obvious hoaxes and misinformation" are subject to speedy deletion as vandalism.
Original research. It is not always easy to tell whether an article consists of material that violates the policy against novel theories or interpretations or is simply unsourced.
Neologisms. If not obviously ridiculous, new specialized terms should have a wider hearing.
Notability. Articles that seem to have obviously non-notable subjects are eligible for speedy deletion only if the article does not give a reasonable indication of why the subject might be important or significant.
Failure to assert importance but not an A7 or A9 category. There is no consensus to speedily delete articles of types not specifically listed in A7 or A9 under those criteria.
Author deletion requests made in bad faith. Author deletion requests made in bad faith, out of frustration, or in an attempt to revoke their GFDL contributions are not granted. However, anyone may request deletion of pages in their userspace.
Author deletion requests after others have contributed substantially. If other editors have substantially edited an article (i.e. more than just minor corrections or maintenance tagging), the original author may not request deletion under G7 because the work of others is involved.
Very short articles. Short articles with sufficient content and context to qualify as stubs may not be speedily deleted under criteria A1 and A3; other criteria may still apply.
Copies that are not copyright violations. If content appears both here and somewhere else (possibly in modified form), consider the possibility that Wikipedia's is the original version and the other site copied from us. Alternately, the same author may have written both versions, or the original may be free content.
PNGs/GIFs replaced by JPEGs. JPEG encoding discards information that may be important later. Do not delete the original PNG/GIF files.
Questionable material that is not vandalism. Earnest efforts are never vandalism, so to assume good faith, do not delete as vandalism unless reasonably certain.
User pages of IP addresses. Although users are encouraged to create Wikipedia accounts, unregistered users are still allowed to edit Wikipedia, and are identified by their IP addresses. If an unregistered user has a static IP address, it may have a user page and/or user talk page associated with it. IP user talk pages may be deleted only if all of the specific criteria from WP:OLDIP are true.
Reasons based on essays. Wikipedia:Listcruft, Wikipedia:Obscure topics, Wikipedia:Deny recognition etc. are not valid reasons for speedy deletion.

Template	Other names	Criteria	Usage
{{db-c1}}	{{db-catempty}}	CSD C1	Category that has been empty for at least four days.
{{db-c2}}	{{db-speedyrename}}	CSD C2	Category being speedily renamed (typo fix, expanding abbreviation, capitalisation fix, compliance with "by country" format, singular to plural conversion or vice versa).