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== Deletion | This page outlines Halopedia's policy for when an article should be '''deleted'''. | ||
Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either | |||
*Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt | == Deletion policy == | ||
*Patent nonsense (total gibberish) | Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either: | ||
*Unused duplicate images | * Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt | ||
* Patent nonsense (total gibberish) | |||
* Unused duplicate images | |||
In other cases, there are more things to consider. | In other cases, there are more things to consider. | ||
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== Deciding whether to delete == | == Deciding whether to delete == | ||
# Whether a "rough consensus" has been achieved. | # Whether a "rough consensus" has been achieved. | ||
# Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of | # Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of wiki participants. | ||
# When in doubt, don't delete. | # When in doubt, don't delete. | ||
== On deleting pages == | == On deleting pages == | ||
Here are some guidelines sysops should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not | 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. | # 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. | ||
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# Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well. | # 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. | # 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 < | # 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 <code>really silly article title</code> to a <code>better title</code>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <code>existing article</code>, with an edit comment like ''(moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution)''. The <code>really silly article title</code> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. <code>better title</code> would then be changed to redirect to <code>existing article</code>. | ||
==Things to remember== | ==Things to remember== | ||
* | * All pages and files can be '''undeleted''', so no content is ever lost for good. | ||
*Excessive and/or unjustified deleting can result in loss of [[Halopedia:Administrators| | * Excessive and/or unjustified deleting can result in loss of [[Halopedia:Administrators|admin]] powers. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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{{Halopedia RIP}} | {{Halopedia RIP}} | ||