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3043:; it is important to be reasonably sure that there is little or no chance of accidentally excluding significant input or perspectives, or changing the weight of different views, if closed early. Especially, closers should beware of interpreting "early pile on" as necessarily showing how a discussion will end up. This can sometimes happen when a topic attracts high levels of attention from those engaged (or having a specific view) but slower attention from other less involved editors, perhaps with other points of view. It can sometimes be better to allow a few extra days even if current discussion seems very clearly to hold one opinion, to be sure that it really will be a snowball and as a courtesy to be sure that no significant input will be excluded if closed very soon. 72: 34: 1371:" the page under discussion), in order to notify others about the discussion. And pay close attention to this for group nominations, as it is not uncommon for only one of the pages in question to have been tagged. In general, if this happens, all the pages under discussion should be tagged, and once that is done, 1600:(this is likely to be seen as lacking good faith or offensive if the case is not clear). If unsure, report as usual for suspected sock-puppetry, and indicate your concern and reason in the discussion for the closer and future participants, but in a way that addresses the page under discussion, rather than 1709:
is a special kind of deletion which may be used after an article's deletion discussion. If a deletion discussion receives minimal participation, the article may be deleted. However, in this case, the article can be restored for any reason on request. If your article was soft-deleted, you can request
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Close the discussion, and place a notice on the nominator's talk page. It is entirely possible that they may have mistyped the page name, or that the page was already deleted before they could start the deletion discussion. If the former was the case, politely tell the nominator to properly start a
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applies to articles and files that do not meet the stringent criteria for speedy deletion, but for which it is believed that deletion would be uncontroversial. In this process, an editor places a tag on the article or the file, and any editor can remove the tag to save the page. If the tag remains
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Issues to be addressed by changing the page title (and perhaps then expanding or improving its content). This can happen at AFD especially, if the article could be suitable for Knowledge (XXG), but is created under an inappropriate title, and was nominated for deletion, but consensus agrees it is
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In addition, it can sometimes be useful to provide a brief explanatory note, to make the rationale for the decision clear. This is especially true in heated and high public profile discussions, or where many views will be given little weight (or a few views given substantial weight), or where you
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A rough consensus to remove (i.e. not retain) a page, including its entire revision history. To implement a 'delete' outcome: close the deletion discussion as 'delete'; delete the page, and link to the deletion discussion in the deletion summary; and, if the page should not be recreated, remove
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closure. If the closer feels there has been substantive discussion, and disparate opinions supported by policy have been expressed, but consensus has not been achieved, a no-consensus close may be preferable. A relisted discussion may be closed once consensus is determined, without necessarily
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If the nomination has received very few or no comments but appears controversial to the closing administrator, or has been declined for proposed deletion in the past, the discussion may be closed at the closer's discretion and best judgement. Common options include, but are not limited to:
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Established policies, guidelines, and process pages, along with templates related to them, should not be nominated at deletion venues, because it is outside of their prerogative to modify or revoke policy. Instead, start a discussion on the talk page of the concerned page or at the
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If an administrator has deleted a page (including by speedy deletion) but neglected to close the discussion, anyone with a registered account may close the discussion provided that the administrator's name and deletion summary are included in the closing rationale.
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may show that the page is an oft-referred part of the encyclopedia, or may show other similar pages that warrant deletion. For pages that should not be recreated, incoming links in other pages (except in discussions, archives and tracking pages) should be
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In general, deletion discussions should remain open for at least seven days (168 hours) to allow interested editors adequate time to participate. However, under certain circumstances, discussions may be closed prior to the seven-day timeframe.
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no one other than the nominator recommends that the page be deleted or redirected. A "speedy keep" outcome is also appropriate when the nomination unquestionably is an attempt to vandalize or to otherwise create disruption. For example:
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and speedily deleted as a banned contribution. However, if subsequent editors have added substantive comments in good faith, the nomination should not be speedily closed (though the nominator's opinion will be discounted in the closure
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to retain (i.e. not delete) a page, though not necessarily in its current form. To implement a 'keep' outcome: close the deletion discussion as 'keep'; edit the page to remove the deletion notice; and record the outcome on the page's
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List the topic at the correct venue, notify the nominator, and close the discussion providing a link to the new discussion. Never close a discussion as a wrong venue without opening a discussion at an appropriate one.
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the discussion. If circumstances indicate that relisting may be inappropriate, then instead just close (depending on tagging) part or all of the discussion as "no action", due to the lack of tagged notification.
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nominations (recently featured articles, for example). This includes re-nominating the same page with the same arguments immediately after they were strongly rejected in a recently closed deletion discussion.
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on a page is not harmful, its presence over several weeks can become disheartening for potential editors. Therefore, repeatedly relisting discussions merely in the hope of getting sufficient participation is
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For appealing the closure of a requested move, including one that resulted in a deletion or merger, if it appears to be against consensus or proper closing procedure, and after discussing with the closer.
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A "speedy keep" close is warranted when the nominator withdraws the nomination or fails to advance an argument for deletion or redirection—perhaps only proposing an alternative action such as moving or
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If the nominator appears to have genuinely changed their mind due to other views expressed, the discussion should not be considered withdrawn. Instead, consider whether to use any of the early closures
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outcome: close the deletion discussion as 'no consensus'; edit the page to remove the deletion notice; and record the outcome on the page's talk page using one of several venue-specific templates (see
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by any editor if there are no objections. This similarly applies to deletion nominations as well; if no editor suggests that the corresponding article should be kept, then redirection is an option.
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While the nominator may withdraw their nomination at any time, if subsequent editors have suggested an outcome besides keep or added substantive comments unrelated to deletion, the discussion
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When relisting for a third (or further) time, or when relisting a discussion with a substantial number of commenters, the relisting editor should write a short explanation either within the
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to close a discussion when a particular outcome is merely "likely" or "highly likely", and there is a genuine and reasoned basis for disagreement. This is because deletion discussions are
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List it at deletion review on the nominator's behalf, and link it appropriately (including linking it from the closed discussion), notify the nominator, and close the deletion discussion.
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the discussion instead of closing, in order to allow for the possibility that further discussion might lead to a discernible consensus. However, relisting should not be a substitute for a
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Other possible (non-standard) decision results, and/or "combinations" may sometimes be appropriate at the closer's discretion. For example, "Merge and delete", "Rename and merge", or "
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to have the link removed before nominating the article. If there are clearly none, or the nomination is disruptive, the nomination page should be closed early (see 'speedy close').
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Closers should apply good judgment before speedily closing a discussion, since often it is best to allow the discussion to continue for the entirety of the seven-day period.
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If a nomination has received few or no comments from any editor, and no one has opposed deletion, and the article hasn't been declined for proposed deletion in the past,
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For appealing the deletion of a page or outcome of a deletion discussion that appears to be against community consensus, if the request is outside of the scope of
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Non-admin closers should limit their closes to outcomes they have the technical ability to implement; for example, non-admins should not close a discussion as
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From that preview, activate a search. From search results, modify the query, return to the preview, or not. Preview is safe. Return and search all three.
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Deletion discussions concerning biographies of living persons who are relatively unknown, non-public figures, where the subject has requested deletion
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If the nominated page is currently linked from the Main Page, remove any tag from the page itself. Then, if there are legitimate concerns, please use
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a page through the speedy deletion process, please specify the reason for deletion in the deletion summary, so that it will be recorded into the
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If you delete a file due to copyright or non-free use issues that will not apply after some future date (for example, once the file enters the
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be reopened by the closer themselves; by an uninvolved administrator in their individual capacity, giving their reasoning; or by consensus at
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is formed through the careful consideration, dissection and eventual synthesis of different perspectives presented during the discussion, and
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The best course of action is to add the tag and note that you've done so. The time of tagging would then be treated as the nomination time.
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template, or in addition to it, on why they did not consider the current state of the discussion sufficient to determine a closure result.
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the deletion of a page if they believe that it would be an uncontroversial candidate for deletion. In some circumstances, a page may be
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The deletion of pages with long histories may impact server performance. As a precaution, therefore, deletions of pages with more than
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While primarily for renaming (moving) pages, may result in deletion (e.g. of a redirect or trivial content at the target page name) or
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to delete a page. In general, administrators are responsible for closing these discussions, though non-administrators in good standing
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for details). Pages written extensively by contributors with a history of copyright violation may also be deleted if they qualify for
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If the discussion concludes that the title can refer to many topics, it can be changed to a disambiguation page to list all of them.
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There is consensus among the community that problematic or likely problematic articles with an appropriate redirection target may be
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after seven days, the page can be deleted. For instructions on handling articles and files that have been proposed for deletion, see
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a page through the speedy deletion process, please verify that it meets at least one of the criteria for speedy deletion, check the
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Early closure is inappropriate where it appears that the withdrawal is simply an attempt to short-circuit an ongoing discussion.
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This would be used if the page has no unique and usable content, but information about the topic is found in another article.
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require the special "bigdelete" user right, which administrators do not have. Such deletions can be requested of stewards at
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The acronym "NPASR" may be also be used outside of this context, and does not necessarily refer to a close due to no quorum.
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new discussion with the correct title, and the time they start the new discussion will be treated as the nomination time.
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Nominations which are so erroneous that they indicate that the nominator has not even read the article in question.
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Nominations which are clearly an attempt to end an editing dispute through deletion (possibly in an attempt to
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are nominated, they will sometimes be moved to userspace if they are found to violate policies or guidelines.
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A deletion discussion that is poorly formatted should not be closed for this reason alone, in order to avoid
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If a file is only deleted due to copyright issues, it could be re-uploaded if these issues are resolved
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Use for all rename discussions other than for categories and stub templates (both of which are done at
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Please remove the speedy deletion tag from the page. Doing so will automatically remove the page from
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The nominated page is a policy or guideline. The deletion process is not a forum for policy concerns.
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may refer to previous deletion discussions or have ongoing discussion relevant to including the page.
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However, discussions with minimal participation where no one opposes deletion should be closed per
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When the nominated page unambiguously falls within any criteria for speedy deletion, particularly
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This changes the article into a draft to be improved so that it meets inclusion requirements.
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This would move the page into the creator's userspace so that they may make improvements. If
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involved, and search for other information which may impact the need or reason for deletion:
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in your tone – the participants may well intend to help by doing what they think is right.
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to help them process editors' CSD nominations. It makes the process smoother and quicker.
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The redirect should lead to a specific section of the page it currently targets (e.g.
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Pages may be speedily deleted in the case of unambiguous copyright infringement (see
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of interest in "all discussion types" listed above, go to the page of interest, and
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incoming links in other pages (except in discussions, archives and tracking pages).
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Nominations which are made solely to provide a forum for disruption (this includes
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if the title is changed. Categories require a different method than other pages.
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When closing a discussion, make certain that all pages under discussion have an
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in the United States) and that future date is known, please list the file at
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the closing administrator should treat the XfD nomination as an expired PROD
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This combines two separate pages into a single page. Merge votes should be
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closing as "no consensus" with "no prejudice against speedy renomination" (
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action, but experienced users in good standing may close (or relist), per
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Discussions are usually closed after seven days (168 hours). Although the
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Certain venues have made an exception to this rule: Non-admins may close
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For instructions on nominating a page for deletion, please refer to the
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should not be closed simply because the nominator wishes to withdraw it
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This means to delete the category and create a list article instead.
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Close calls and controversial decisions are better left to admins.
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Non-admin closers should indicate their non-admin status with the
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may have information about the source of or reason for the page.
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