Wikipedia:Update/1/Deletion policy changes during March 2009

• Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion
  • Added: "For requests to hide the contents of edit summaries, see Wikipedia:Oversight."
  • Removed from WP:CSD#G6: "Talk pages of anonymous users may be deleted if all of the specific criteria are satisfied." (Another similar sentence was also removed.)
  • Added to WP:CSD#R2: pointer to Wikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects
  • Added: "DO NOT DELETE PROTECTED IMAGES, even if there is an identical copy on Commons. They are usually locally uploaded and protected here since they are used in the interface or in some widely used high-risk template."
  • Added to WP:CSD#Marking an article for speedy deletion: "[In order to alert administrators that a page meets one of the criteria for speedy deletion, place one of the following relevant templates at the top of the page] (within <noinclude>…</noinclude> for templates)."
  • Added to See also: essay, Wikipedia:Deletion of pages under construction

• Wikipedia:Oversight
  • Added: "[The permission is granted ...] and beginning in February 2009 with a community election following vetting by the arbitration committee ..."
  • Added: "A description of the current and historical processes for appointing new Oversighters can be found at Wikipedia:CheckUser/Appointments; the process is the same for both."
  • Small change to the list of oversighters

• Wikipedia:Proposed deletion
  • Changed "only articles" to "only articles, lists, and disambiguation pages"