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{{Policy}} | {{Policy}} | ||
== Deletion Policy == | == Deletion Policy == | ||
Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either | Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either | ||
*Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt | *Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt | ||
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# Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of Wiki participants. | # 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 == | ||
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# 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. | ||
# 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. | # 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'' | # When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, ensure that the following is ''not'' included: | ||
#* Any copyright infringing text | |||
#* Any copyright infringing | |||
#* Personal information, e.g. ''<nowiki>content was: 'John Doe smells bad and his home phone # is (481) 555-2416</nowiki>'' | #* Personal information, e.g. ''<nowiki>content was: 'John Doe smells bad and his home phone # is (481) 555-2416</nowiki>'' | ||
# Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well. | # Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well. | ||
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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 <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> to a <span style="color:blue;">better title</span>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>, with an edit comment like ''(moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution)''. The <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. <span style="color:blue;">better title</span> would then be changed to redirect to <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>. | # 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 <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> to a <span style="color:blue;">better title</span>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>, with an edit comment like ''(moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution)''. The <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. <span style="color:blue;">better title</span> would then be changed to redirect to <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>. | ||
==Things to remember== | |||
*Articles & other pages can be undeleted, however once images are deleted, they are '''completely lost''', including all past versions. Please take this into consideration when thinking about deleting an image. | *Articles & other pages can be undeleted, however once images are deleted, they are '''completely lost''', including all past versions. Please take this into consideration when thinking about deleting an image. | ||
*Excessive and/or unjustified deleting can result in loss of [[Halopedia:Administrators|sysop]] powers. | *Excessive and/or unjustified deleting can result in loss of [[Halopedia:Administrators|sysop]] powers. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[:Category:Candidates for deletion]] | * [[:Category:Candidates for deletion]] | ||
* [[Special:Log/delete|Deletion log]] | * [[Special:Log/delete|Deletion log]] | ||