Wikipedia:Update/1/Deletion policy changes during May 2009
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- Wikipedia:Category deletion policy
- Changed "five days" to "seven days" throughout
- Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion
- Changed the lead section substantially
- Added to WP:CSD#G3: "and blatant hoaxes"
- Added to WP:CSD#G4: link to the proposal called WP:RECREATE
- In WP:CSD#A9, changed "has never existed or has been deleted" to "does not exist"
- Added to WP:CSD#F3: "Files licensed under versions of the GFDL prior to 1.3, without allowing for later versions, may be deleted."
- Removed from WP:CSD#F8: "The image is under a valid free license or public domain. Non-free images should not be deleted under this criterion, because they are not allowed on Commons. Instead, the copy on Commons should be deleted."
- Wikipedia:Deletion policy
- Changed 5 days to 7 days throughout; the standard duration for deletion discussions of all kinds is now 7 days
- Added to See also: link to the proposal called WP:RECREATE
- Wikipedia:Office actions
- Minor wording changes
- Wikipedia:Oversight
- The entire page was expanded and rewritten.