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# If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from [[really silly article title]] to a [[better title]], in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the [[existing article]], with an edit comment like ''(moved content from [[really silly article title]] - see the page history of [[better title]] for author attribution)''. The [[really silly article title]] will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. [[better title]] would then be changed to redirect to [[existing article]]. | # If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from [[really silly article title]] to a [[better title]], in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the [[existing article]], with an edit comment like ''(moved content from [[really silly article title]] - see the page history of [[better title]] for author attribution)''. The [[really silly article title]] will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. [[better title]] would then be changed to redirect to [[existing article]]. | ||
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Revision as of 23:21, 26 October 2006
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Deletion Policy
Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either
- Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt
- Patent nonsense (total gibberish)
- Pages clearly unrelated to Homestar Runner
- Unused duplicate images
In other cases, there are more things to consider.
Deciding whether to delete
- Whether a "rough consensus" has been achieved
- Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of Wiki participants.
- When in doubt, don't delete.
On deleting pages
Here are some guidelines sysops should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not.
- When deleting a page, one may or may not want to delete its talk page or any subpages as well. If the talk page is not deleted, put a link to the deletion discussion thread on the talk page.
- Simply deleting a page does not automatically delete its talk page. If you delete these as well, do that first, and then the main page.
- When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, ensure that the following is not included:
- Any copyright infringing text
- Personal information, e.g. content was: 'John Doe smells bad and his home phone # is (481) 555-2416
- Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well.
- Redirects to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects.
- If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from really silly article title to a better title, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the existing article, with an edit comment like (moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution). The really silly article title will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. better title would then be changed to redirect to existing article.
