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**'''Inclined to oppose''' the above group: {{ping|Explicit}} it seems a strange result to rename "Mandarin-language" categories to "Mandarin Chinese-language" while allowing "Cantonese-language" below. Although your proposals matches the names of the lead articles "Mandarin Chinese" and "Cantonese", "Mandarin Chinese" is disambiguation whereas "Mandarin-language" is already unambiguous. – [[User:Fayenatic london|Fayenatic]] '''<font color="#FF0000">[[Special:Contributions/Fayenatic london|L]]</font>'''[[User talk:Fayenatic london|ondon]] 15:54, 12 October 2015 (UTC) |
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* [[:Category:Cantonese songs]] to [[:Category:Cantonese-language songs]] C2C/C2D. — [[User:Explicit|<font color="6A5ACD">'''ξ'''</font>]][[User talk:Explicit|<font color="000000"><sup>xplicit</sup></font>]] 19:14, 10 October 2015 (UTC) |
* [[:Category:Cantonese songs]] to [[:Category:Cantonese-language songs]] C2C/C2D. — [[User:Explicit|<font color="6A5ACD">'''ξ'''</font>]][[User talk:Explicit|<font color="000000"><sup>xplicit</sup></font>]] 19:14, 10 October 2015 (UTC) |
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* [[:Category:Songs written by Anitta]] to [[:Category:Songs written by Anitta (singer)]] – Match article namespace. [[User:Richhoncho|Richhoncho]] ([[User talk:Richhoncho|talk]]) 18:47, 10 October 2015 (UTC) |
* [[:Category:Songs written by Anitta]] to [[:Category:Songs written by Anitta (singer)]] – Match article namespace. [[User:Richhoncho|Richhoncho]] ([[User talk:Richhoncho|talk]]) 18:47, 10 October 2015 (UTC) |
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Categories may be listed for speedy renaming or speedy merging if they meet one or more of the criteria specified below. They must be tagged with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}} so that users of the categories are aware of the proposal. A request may be processed 48 hours after it was listed if there are no objections. This delay allows other editors to review the request to ensure that it meets the criteria for speedy deletion, renaming, or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.
Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation", categories that have been empty for four days) can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}, and no delay is required to process these. Renaming under C2E can also be processed instantly as it is a variation on G7.
Contested requests become stale, and can be un-tagged and de-listed, after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}. If the nominator wants to continue the process, s/he needs to submit the request as a regular CfD in accordance with the instructions there.
Speedy criteria
The category-specific criteria for speedy deletion, renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:
This page in a nutshell: Under certain limited conditions, a page may be deleted by an administrator without waiting for any discussion. |
The criteria for speedy deletion (CSD) specify the only cases in which administrators have broad consensus to bypass deletion discussion, at their discretion, and immediately delete Wikipedia pages or media. Because deletion is reversible only by administrators, other deletions occur only after discussion, unless they are proposed deletions. Speedy deletion is intended to reduce the time spent on deletion discussions for pages or media with no practical chance of surviving discussion.[1] Anyone can request speedy deletion by adding one of the speedy deletion templates, but only administrators may actually delete.
Before nominating a page for speedy deletion, consider whether it could be improved, reduced to a stub, merged or redirected elsewhere, reverted to a better previous revision, or handled in some other way (see Wikipedia:Deletion policy § Alternatives to deletion). A page is eligible for speedy deletion only if all of its history is also eligible. Users nominating a page for speedy deletion should specify which criterion/criteria the page meets, and should notify the page creator and any major contributors. If a page needs to be removed from Wikipedia for privacy reasons (e.g. non-public personal information, a child disclosing their age, possible libel), request oversight instead.
For most speedy deletion criteria, the creator of a page may not remove the deletion tag from it; only an editor who is not the creator of a page may do so. A creator who disagrees with the speedy deletion should instead click on the Contest this speedy deletion button that appears inside of the speedy deletion tag. This button links to the discussion page with a pre-formatted area for the creator to explain why the page should not be deleted. If an editor other than the creator removes a speedy deletion tag in good faith, it should be taken as a sign that the deletion is controversial and another deletion process should be used. The creator of a page may remove a speedy deletion tag only if the criterion in question is G6, G7, G8, G13, G14, C1 or U1.[2]
Administrators should take care not to speedily delete pages or media except in the most obvious cases. If a page has survived its most recent deletion discussion, it should not be speedily deleted except for newly discovered copyright violations and pages that meet specific uncontroversial criteria; these criteria are noted below. Contributors sometimes create pages over several edits, so administrators should avoid deleting a page that appears incomplete too soon after its creation.
Besides speedy deletion, there are the following methods of deletion:
- Wikipedia:Deletion discussions (AfD, CfD, FfD, MfD, RfD, TfD), the normal method of carrying out deletion.
- Wikipedia:Proposed deletions, for nominating articles and files for uncontroversial deletion.
- Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people, for articles on living persons without sources.
Nomenclature
Letter-number abbreviations (G12, A3...) are often used to refer to these criteria, and are given in each section. For example, "CSD G12" refers to criterion 12 under general (copyright infringement) and "CSD U1" refers to criterion 1 under user (user request). Some in-between numbers are skipped, as abbreviations denoting obsolete criteria remain unused. These abbreviations can be confusing to new editors or anyone else unfamiliar with this page; in many situations a plain-English explanation of why a specific page was or should be deleted is preferable.
Requesting speedy deletion
Immediately following each criterion below is a list of templates used to mark pages or media files for speedy deletion under the criterion being used. In order to alert administrators to the nomination, place the relevant speedy deletion template at the top of the page or media file you are nominating (but see § Pages that need to be tagged in a special manner below). Please be sure to supply an edit summary that mentions that the page is being nominated for speedy deletion. All of the speedy deletion templates are named as Db-X with Db standing for 'delete because'. A list of the Db-X templates can be found at Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Deletion templates.
If a page falls under more than one of the criteria, instead of adding multiple tags it is possible to add a single {{Db-multiple}} tag to cover them all. For example, if an article seems both to be blatantly promotional (G11) and also to fail to indicate significance of its subject (A7) then the tag {{Db-multiple|G11|A7}}
can be used to indicate both of these concerns. The article can then be speedily deleted if an administrator assesses it and decides that either or both of the criteria apply.
There is strong consensus that the creators and major contributors of pages and media files should be warned of a speedy deletion nomination (or of the deletion if not informed before). All speedy deletion templates (using criteria other than U1, G5, G6, G7, and G8) thus contain in their body a pre-formatted, suggested warning template to notify the relevant party or parties of the nomination for speedy deletion under the criterion used. You can copy and paste such warnings to the talk pages of the creators and major contributors, choose from others listed at Category:CSD warning templates, or place the unified warning template, {{subst:CSD-warn|csd|Page name}}
, which allows you to tailor your warning under any particular criterion by replacing csd
with the associated criterion abbreviation (e.g. g4, a7).
Use common sense when applying a speedy deletion request to a page: review the page history to make sure that all earlier revisions of the page meet the speedy deletion criterion, because a single editor can replace an article with material that appears to cause the page to meet one or more of the criteria.
Pages that need to be tagged in a special manner
Some pages either cannot or should not be tagged for speedy deletion in the normal manner:
- Pages that you cannot edit (e.g., due to protection), or JSON pages: place the template on the corresponding Talk page instead, along with an explanation of which page to delete.
- Template: pages: place the template within a noinclude tag, like this:
<noinclude>{{Db-x}}</noinclude>
- Module: pages (except for /doc pages): place the template with Module:Module wikitext, like this:
require('Module:Module wikitext')._addText('{{Db-x}}')
- CSS (including sanitized CSS) or JavaScript pages: place the template in a comment, like this:
/* {{Db-x}} */
Pages that have survived deletion discussions
As an exception to the norm that a page surviving its most recent deletion discussion means that it should not be speedily deleted, the following criteria apply also to those pages, with or without any specified limitations:
- § G5. Creations by banned or blocked users, or in violation of general sanctions – subject to the strict condition that the XfD participants were unaware that the article would have met the criterion and/or that the article creator's blocked
- § G6. Technical deletions – only if the deletion is temporary, or if no actual content will be removed
- § G8. Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page
- § G9. Office actions
- § G12. Unambiguous copyright infringement
- § G13. Abandoned drafts and Articles for creation submissions – if 6 months have passed since the deletion discussion and any subsequent human edits
- § F8. Files available as identical copies on Wikimedia Commons – if the image did not exist on Commons at the time of the FfD
- § F9. Unambiguous copyright infringement
- § U1. User request
These criteria may only be used in such cases when no controversy exists; in the event of a dispute, start a new deletion discussion. However, newly discovered copyright violations should be tagged for G12 if the violation existed in all previous revisions of the article. G5 may be also used at discretion, subject to meeting the criterion outlined above.
General
These apply to every type of page with exclusions listed for specific criteria, and so apply to articles, drafts, redirects, user pages, talk pages, files, etc. Read the specifics for each criterion to see where and how they apply.
G1. Patent nonsense
This applies to pages consisting entirely of incoherent text or gibberish with no meaningful content or history. It does not cover poor writing, partisan screeds, obscene remarks, implausible theories, vandalism, hoaxes, fictional material, coherent non-English material, or poorly translated material. In short, if it is understandable, G1 does not apply. It also does not apply to pages in the user namespace.
G2. Test pages
This applies to pages created to test editing or other Wikipedia functions. It applies to subpages of the Wikipedia Sandbox created as tests, but does not apply to the Sandbox itself, pages in the user namespace, or valid but unused or duplicate templates.
G3. Pure vandalism and blatant hoaxes
This applies to pages that are blatant and obvious misinformation, blatant hoaxes (including files intended to misinform), and redirects created by cleanup from page-move vandalism. Articles about notable hoaxes are acceptable if it is clear that they are describing a hoax.
- {{Db-g3}}, {{Db-vandalism}} – for vandalism
- {{Db-hoax}} – for hoaxes
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as vandalism (0), Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as hoaxes (1)
G4. Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion
This applies to sufficiently identical copies, having any title, of a page deleted via its most recent deletion discussion.[3] It excludes pages that are not substantially identical to the deleted version, and pages to which the reason for the deletion no longer applies.[4] It excludes pages in userspace and draftspace where the content was converted[5] to a draft for explicit improvement (but not simply to circumvent Wikipedia's deletion policy). This criterion also does not cover content undeleted via a deletion review, or that was only deleted via proposed deletion (including deletion discussions closed as "soft delete") or speedy deletion.
- {{Db-g4}}, {{Db-repost}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as pages previously deleted via deletion discussion (2)
G5. Creations by banned or blocked users, or in violation of general sanctions
This applies to pages created by banned or blocked users in violation of their ban or block, as well as pages created in violation of general sanctions, and that have no substantial edits by others not subject to the ban or sanctions.
- To qualify, the edit or page must have been made while the user was actually banned or blocked. A page created before the ban or block was imposed or after it was lifted will not qualify under this criterion. This excludes pages created in violation of general sanctions.
- For topic-banned editors, the page must be a violation of the user's specific ban, and must not include contributions legitimately about some other topic.
- For general sanctions, the page must have been created in violation of creation restrictions, such as the extended confirmed restriction, and the remedies must specifically permit deletion as an enforcement measure.[6]
- When a blocked or banned person uses an alternate account (sockpuppet) to avoid a restriction, any pages created via the sock account after the earliest block or ban of any of that person's accounts qualify for G5 (if not substantially edited by others); this is the most common case for applying G5.
- G5 should not be applied to transcluded templates or populated categories unless they have been transcluded or populated entirely by the banned or blocked user; these edits need to be reverted before deletion.
- {{Db-g5|name of banned user}}, {{Db-banned|name of banned user}}, {{Db-gs|contentious topic code}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as having been created by blocked or banned users (0), Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as having been created in violation of general sanctions (0)
G6. Technical deletions
This is for uncontroversial maintenance, including:
- Deleting empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
- Deleting redirects or other pages which prevent page moves. Administrators should be aware of the proper procedures where a redirect or page holding up a page move has a non-trivial page history. An administrator who deletes a page that is blocking a move should ensure that the move is completed after deleting it.
- Deleting pages unambiguously created in error or in the incorrect namespace, or redirects created by moving away from a title that was obviously unintended.
- Deleting templates orphaned as the result of a consensus at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.
- {{Db-g6|rationale=reason}} – If none of the special tags below applies, this tag should be used with a reason specified in the
|rationale=
parameter. - {{Db-copypaste|page to be moved}} – for cut-and-paste page moves that need to be temporarily deleted to make room for a clean page move.
- {{Db-move|page to be moved|reason}} – for pages that are currently holding up a non-controversial or consensual page move.
- {{Db-moved}} – for pages that were holding up a page move, until they were moved out of the way by a page mover.
- {{Db-afc-move|Draft:page to be moved}} – for pages that are currently holding up a non-controversial or consensual page move as a result of an Articles for creation (AFC) review, typically for articles in draft space.
- {{Db-xfd|fullvotepage=link to closed deletion discussion}} – for pages where a consensus to delete has been previously reached via deletion discussion, but which were not deleted.
- {{Db-error}} – for pages obviously created in error.
- Category:Candidates for technical speedy deletion (2)
G7. Author requests deletion
If requested in good faith and provided that the only substantial content of the page was added by its author. For redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move.[7] If the sole author blanks a page other than a userspace page, a category page, or any type of talk page, this can be taken as a deletion request. If an author requests deletion of a page currently undergoing a deletion discussion, the closing admin may interpret that request as agreement with the deletion rationale.
- {{Db-g7}}, {{Db-author}}, {{Db-blanked}}, {{Db-self}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user (17) (same category as U1)
G8. Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Talk pages with no corresponding subject page
- Subpages with no parent page
- File pages without a corresponding file
- TimedText pages without a corresponding file (or when the file has been moved to Commons)
- Redirects to targets that never existed or were deleted
- Editnotices of non-existent or unsalted deleted pages
- Categories populated by deleted or retargeted templates
This criterion excludes any page that is useful to Wikipedia, and in particular:
- Deletion discussions that are not logged elsewhere
- User talk pages
- Talk page archives (except article talk page archives where the corresponding article and main talk page have been deleted and the page is not otherwise useful to Wikipedia – check for page-moves and merges before using G8 on article-talk-page-archives; the parent article might still exist under a different name)
- Redirects that were broken as a result of a page move or retargeting (these should instead be retargeted to their target's new name), except where R2 speedy deletion would then immediately apply if they were fixed (e.g., redirects to articles that have been draftified)
- Plausible redirects that can be changed to valid targets
- User subpages
- Talk pages for files that exist on Wikimedia Commons
- Pages that should be moved to a different location[8]
Exceptions may be sign-posted with the template {{G8-exempt}}.
- {{Db-g8}} – for cases not covered by any of the special tags below
- {{Db-imagepage}} – for file description pages with no corresponding file
- {{Db-redirnone}} – for pages that redirect to nonexistent/deleted pages, or pages currently flagged for speedy deletion
- {{Db-subpage}} – for subpages of nonexistent/deleted pages, or pages currently flagged for speedy deletion
- {{Db-talk}} – for talk pages of nonexistent/deleted pages, or pages currently flagged for speedy deletion
- {{Db-templatecat}} – for categories populated by a deleted or retargeted template
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as dependent on a non-existent page (1), Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as broken redirects (0)
G9. Office actions
In exceptional circumstances, the Wikimedia Foundation office reserves the right to speedy-delete a page. Deletions of this type must not be reversed without permission from the Foundation.
G10. Pages that disparage, threaten, intimidate, or harass their subject or some other entity, and serve no other purpose
Examples of "attack pages" may include: libel, legal threats, material intended purely to harass or intimidate a person, or biographical material about a living person that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced. These pages should be speedily deleted when there is no neutral version in the page history to revert to. Both the page title and page content may be taken into account in assessing an attack. Articles about living people deleted under this criterion should not be restored or recreated by any editor until the biographical article standards are met. Other pages violating the Biographies of living persons policy might be eligible for deletion under the conditions stipulated at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons § Summary deletion, creation prevention, and courtesy blanking, although in most cases a deletion discussion should be initiated instead.
Redirects from plausible search terms are not eligible under this criterion. For example, a term used on the target page to refer to its subject is often a plausible redirect – see Wikipedia:RNEUTRAL.
- {{Db-g10}}, {{Db-attack}}, {{Db-attackorg}}, {{Db-personal attack}}
- {{Db-negublp}} – for articles about living persons that are unsourced, entirely negative in tone, and have no neutral version to revert to
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as attack pages (0)
G11. Unambiguous advertising or promotion
This applies to pages that are exclusively promotional and would need to be fundamentally rewritten to serve as encyclopedia articles, rather than advertisements. If a subject is notable and the content could plausibly be replaced with text written from a neutral point of view, this is preferable to deletion. Note: Any article that describes its subject from a neutral point of view does not qualify for this criterion. However, "promotion" does not necessarily mean commercial promotion: anything can be promoted, including a person, a non-commercial organization, a point of view, etc.
- {{Db-g11}}, {{Db-promo}}, {{Db-spam}}
- {{Db-spamuser}} – for userpages used only for publicity and promotion, with a username that promotes or implies affiliation with the entity being promoted
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as spam (8)
G12. Unambiguous copyright infringement
This applies to text pages that contain copyrighted material with no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a compatible free license, where there is no non-infringing content on the page worth saving. Only if the history is unsalvageably corrupted should it be deleted in its entirety; earlier versions without infringement should be retained. For equivocal cases that do not meet speedy deletion criteria (such as where there is a dubious assertion of permission, where free-content edits overlie the infringement, or where there is only partial infringement or close paraphrasing), the article or the appropriate section should be blanked with {{subst:Copyvio|url=insert URL here}}, and the page should be listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Please consult Wikipedia:Copyright violations for other instructions. Public-domain and other free content, such as a Wikipedia mirror, do not fall under this criterion, nor is mere lack of attribution of such works a reason for speedy deletion. For images and media, see the equivalent criterion in the "Files" section here, which has more specific instructions.
- {{Db-g12|url=source URL}}, {{Db-copyvio|url=source URL}}
- Note: If other criteria apply in addition to G12, the template {{Db-multiple}} should be used instead, so we do not waste time seeking copyright permission after deleting the page.
- {{Db-multiple|g12|url=source URL|other criteria}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as copyright violations (0) (same category as F9)
G13. Abandoned drafts and Articles for creation submissions
This applies to any pages that have not been edited by a human in six months found in:
- Draft namespace,
- Userspace with an {{AFC submission}} template
- Userspace with no content except the article wizard placeholder text.
Redirects are exempt from G13 deletion.[9] Adding a CSD template to a page does not reset the six-month clock, but removing a CSD template does.[10] Pages deleted under G13 may be restored upon request by following the procedure at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/G13.
- {{Db-g13}}, {{Db-afc}}, {{db-blankdraft}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as abandoned drafts or AfC submissions (0)
G14. Unnecessary disambiguation pages
This applies to the following disambiguation pages and redirects:
- Disambiguation pages that have titles ending in "(disambiguation)" but disambiguate only one extant Wikipedia page.
- Regardless of title, disambiguation pages that disambiguate zero extant Wikipedia pages.
- A redirect that ends in "(disambiguation)" but does not redirect to a disambiguation page or a page that performs a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
If a disambiguation page links to only one article and does not end in (disambiguation), it should be changed to a redirect, unless it is more appropriate to move the linked page to the title currently used for the disambiguation page.
- {{Db-g14}}, {{Db-disambig}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages (0)
Articles
These criteria apply only to pages in the article (main) namespace. They do not apply to redirects. For any articles that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Articles for deletion or Wikipedia:Proposed deletion.
A1. No context
This applies to articles lacking sufficient context to identify the subject of the article.[11] Example: "He is a funny man with a red car. He makes people laugh." It applies only to very short articles. Note that context is different from content, treated in A3. This excludes coherent non-English material, and poorly translated material. If any information in the title or on the page, including links, allows an editor, possibly with the aid of a web search, to find further information on the subject in an attempt to expand or edit it, A1 is not appropriate. Do not tag under this criterion in the first few minutes after a new article is created.[12]
A2. Foreign-language articles that exist on another Wikimedia project
This applies to articles not written in English that have essentially the same content as an article on another Wikimedia project. If the article is not the same as an article on another project, use the template {{Not English}}
instead, and list the page at Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English for review and possible translation.
- {{Db-a2}}, {{Db-foreign}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as existing on foreign Wikimedia projects (0)
A3. No content
This applies to articles consisting only of external links, category tags or "See also" sections, a rephrasing of the title, attempts to correspond with the person or group named by its title, questions that should have been asked at a noticeboard, chat-like comments, template tags, or images. This may also apply to articles consisting entirely of the framework of the Article wizard with no additional content, or no content at all. However, a very short article may be a valid stub if it has context, in which case it is not eligible for deletion under this criterion. Similarly, this criterion does not cover a page having only an infobox, unless its contents also meet another speedy deletion criterion. This criterion excludes poor writing, coherent non-English material, and poorly translated material. Do not tag under this criterion in the first few minutes after a new article is created.[12]
- {{Db-a3}}, {{Db-nocontent}}, {{Db-contact}}
- {{Db-empty}} – context-specific version: calls {{Db-c1}} for categories, and {{Db-a3}} everywhere else.
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as empty articles (0)
A7. No indication of importance (people, animals, organizations, web content, events)
This applies to any article about a real person, individual animal, commercial or non-commercial organization, web content, or organized event[13] that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant, with the exception of educational institutions.[14] This is distinct from verifiability and reliability of sources, and is a lower standard than notability. This criterion applies only to articles about the listed subjects; in particular, it does not apply to articles about albums (these may be covered by CSD A9), products, books, films, TV programs, software, or other creative works, nor to entire species of animals. The criterion does apply if the claim of significance or importance given is not credible, and any article with a blatantly false claim may be submitted for speedy deletion as a hoax instead. If the claim's credibility is unclear, you can improve the article yourself, propose deletion, or list the article at articles for deletion.
The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines.
- {{Db-a7}}
- {{Db-person}} – for people
- {{Db-band}} – for bands
- {{Db-club}} – for clubs, societies and groups
- {{Db-inc}} – for commercial and non-commercial organizations
- {{Db-web}} – for web content
- {{Db-animal}} – for individual animals
- {{Db-event}} – for events
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as importance or significance not asserted (1) (same as A9)
A9. No indication of importance (musical recordings)
This applies to any article about a musical recording or list of musical recordings where none of the contributing recording artists has an article and that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant (both conditions must be met). This is distinct from questions of verifiability and reliability of sources, and is a lower standard than notability. This criterion does not apply to other forms of creative media, products, or any other types of articles.
The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines.
- {{Db-a9}}, {{Db-album}}, {{Db-song}}, {{Db-discog}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as importance or significance not asserted (1) (same as A7)
A10. Recently created article that duplicates an existing topic
This applies to any recently created[15] article with no relevant page history that duplicates an existing English Wikipedia article, and that does not expand upon, detail or improve information within any existing article(s) on the subject, and where the title is not a plausible redirect. This does not include split pages or any article that expands or reorganizes an existing one or that contains referenced, mergeable material. It also does not include disambiguation pages.
The title chosen for the vast majority of duplicate articles will be a plausible misspelling of, or alternative name for, the existing article, and a redirect should be created instead of deletion. This criterion should, accordingly, only be used rarely, and only for pages whose titles are not plausible redirects.
A11. Obviously invented
This applies to any article that plainly indicates that the subject was invented/coined/discovered by the article's creator or someone the creator personally knows, and does not credibly indicate why its subject is important or significant. The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify under Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Note: This is not intended for hoaxes (see CSD G3).[16]
- {{Db-a11}}, {{Db-invented}}, {{Db-madeup}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as obviously invented (0)
Redirects
These criteria apply to redirects, including soft redirects, in any namespace, with exclusions listed for specific criteria. For any redirects that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion.
R2. Cross-namespace redirects
This applies to redirects (apart from shortcuts) from the main namespace to any other namespace except the Category:, Template:, Wikipedia:, Help: and Portal: namespaces.
- See also Wikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects, Category:Cross-namespace redirects, and MOS:LINKSTYLE.
- {{Db-r2}}, {{Db-rediruser}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as inappropriate cross-namespace redirects (1)
R3. Recently created, implausible typos
This applies to recently created[15] redirects from implausible typos or misnomers. However, redirects from common misspellings or misnomers are generally useful, as are some redirects in other languages. This criterion does not apply to redirects created as a result of a page move,[7] unless nothing was at the title until recently. It also does not apply to articles and stubs that have been converted into redirects, including redirects created by merges,[17] or to redirects ending with "(disambiguation)" that point to a disambiguation page.
R4. File namespace redirects with names that match Wikimedia Commons pages
This applies to redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons, provided the redirect on Wikipedia has no file links (unless the links are obviously intended for the file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons).
- {{Db-r4}}, {{Db-redircom}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as file redirects shadowing Wikimedia Commons files (0)
Other issues with redirects
- For redirects to deleted or non-existent pages, see G8.
- For redirects that end in "(disambiguation)", see G14.
- For redirects that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion.
Redirect pages that have useful page history should never be speedily deleted. In some cases it may be possible to make a useful redirect by changing the target instead of deleting it. Redirects that do not work because of software limitations, such as redirects to special pages or to pages on other wikis, may be converted to soft redirects if they have a non-trivial history or other valid uses.
For reversal of redirects, use {{Db-move}}
, a special case of {{Db-g6}}
.
Files
Note: These criteria formerly began with I (e.g. I1, I6, I9) but have since been replaced with F, without the actual criteria being changed. This was because the file namespace was formerly known as the image namespace.
For any images and other media that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Proposed deletion or Wikipedia:Files for discussion.
F1. Redundant
This applies to unused duplicates or lower-quality/resolution copies of another Wikipedia file having the same file format. This excludes images in the Wikimedia Commons; for these, see criterion F8.[18]
- {{Db-f1|replacement file name.ext}}, {{Db-redundantfile|replacement file name.ext}}, {{Isd|replacement file name.ext}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as redundant files (0)
F2. Corrupt, missing or empty file
This applies to files that are corrupt, missing, empty, or that contain superfluous and blatant non-metadata information.[19] This also includes file description pages for Commons files that do not include information that is specific to English Wikipedia (like {{FeaturedPicture}}
).[20]
- {{Db-f2}}, {{Db-nofile}}, {{Db-fpcfail}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as missing files (0)
F3. Improper license
This criterion is used to flag media licensed as "for non-commercial use only" (including non-commercial Creative Commons licenses), "no derivative use", "for Wikipedia use only" or "used with permission". These may be deleted, unless they comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. Files uploaded after 1 August 2021 licensed under versions of the GFDL earlier than 1.3, without allowing for later versions or other licenses, may be deleted.
- {{Db-f3}}, {{Db-noncom}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as files with unacceptable licenses (0)
F4. Lack of licensing information
This applies to media files lacking the necessary licensing information to verify copyright status after being identified as such for seven days. Administrators should check the upload summary, file information page, and the image itself for a source before deleting under this criterion.
- {{subst:Di-no source}}, {{subst:Nsd}} – no source
- {{subst:Di-no license}}, {{subst:Nld}} – no license
- {{subst:Di-no source no license}}, {{subst:Nsdnld}} – neither source nor license
- {{subst:Di-dw no source}}, {{subst:Dw-nsd}} – derivative work with no source for the incorporated work
- {{subst:Di-dw no license}}, {{subst:Dw-nld}} – derivative work with no license for the incorporated work
- {{subst:Di-dw no source no license}}, {{subst:Dw-nsdnld}} – derivative work with neither source nor license for the incorporated work
- Category:Wikipedia files with unknown source, Category:Wikipedia files with unknown copyright status[21]
F5. Orphaned non-free use files
This applies to images and other media that are not under a free license or in the public domain and that are not used in any article. These may be deleted after being identified as such for more than seven days or immediately if the image's only use was on a deleted article and it is very unlikely to have any use on any other valid article. This includes previous revisions of the image or files overwritten by copyright violations. Reasonable exceptions may be made for images uploaded for an upcoming article.
- {{Db-f5}} – for immediate F5 deletions
- {{subst:Di-orphaned non-free use}}, {{subst:Orfud}} – for files
- {{subst:Orphaned non-free revisions}}, {{subst:Orfurrev}} – for revisions only
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as orphaned non-free use files (0)
F6. Missing non-free use rationale
This applies to non-free files claiming fair use but without a use rationale. These may be deleted after being identified as such for seven days. The boilerplate copyright tags setting out fair use criteria do not constitute a rationale. This criterion does not apply to situations where a use rationale is provided but is disputed.
- {{Di-no non-free use rationale}}, {{subst:Nrd}} – no non-free use rationale
- {{Di-missing article links}} – missing non-free use rationale for one or more articles
- Category:All Wikipedia files with no non-free use rationale (4)
F7. Invalid fair-use claim
- Non-free images or media from a press agency or photo agency (e.g. Associated Press, Getty Images), where the file itself is not the subject of sourced commentary, are considered an invalid claim of fair use and fail the strict requirements of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria, and may be deleted immediately.
- Non-free images or media that have been identified as being replaceable by a free image and tagged with
{{Rnfu}}
may be deleted after Two days, if no justification is given for the claim of irreplaceability. If the replaceability is disputed, the nominator should not be the one deleting the image. - Invalid fair-use claims tagged with
{{Dnfu}}
may be deleted seven days after they are tagged, if a full and valid fair-use use rationale is not added.
- {{Db-f7}}, {{Db-badfairuse}} – for immediate F7 deletions
- {{subst:Di-replaceable non-free use}}, {{subst:Rnfu}} – replaceable with free images
- {{subst:Di-disputed non-free use rationale}}, {{subst:Dnfu}} – disputed non-free use rationales
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as files with clearly invalid fair-use claims (0)
F8. Files available as identical copies on Wikimedia Commons
Provided the following conditions are met:
- The Commons version is in the same file format and is of the same or higher quality/resolution.
- The file's license and source status is beyond reasonable doubt, and the license is undoubtedly accepted at Commons. To avoid deletion at Commons, please ensure the Commons page description has all of the following:
- Name and date of death of the creator of the artistic work represented by the file, or else clear evidence that a free license was given. If anonymous, ensure the page description provides evidence that establishes the anonymous status.
- Country where the artistic work represented by the file was situated, or where it was first published.
- Date when the artistic work represented by the file was created or first published, depending on the copyright law of the origin country.
- All file revisions that meet the first condition have been transferred to Commons as revisions of the Commons copy and properly marked as such.
- The file is not marked as
{{Do not move to Commons}}
or as{{Keep local}}
. - All information on the image description page is present on the Commons image description page, including the complete upload history with links to the uploader's local user pages (the upload history is not necessary if the file's license does not require it, although it is still recommended).
- If there is any information not relevant to any other project on the file description page (like
{{FeaturedPicture}}
), the image description page must be undeleted after the file deletion.
- If there is any information not relevant to any other project on the file description page (like
- If the file is available on Commons under a different name than locally, all local references to the image must be updated to point to the title used at Commons.
- The file is not protected. Do not delete protected images, even if there is an identical copy on Commons, unless the image is no longer in use (check what links here). They are usually locally uploaded and protected here since they are used in the interface or in some widely used high-risk template. Deleting the local copy of an image used in the interface does break things. More about high-risk images.
{{C-uploaded}}
images and other files may be speedily deleted as soon as they are off the Main Page.- {{Db-f8}}, {{Now Commons}}, {{Now Commons|File:name of file on Commons.ext}}
- Category:Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons, Category:Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons[22]
F9. Unambiguous copyright infringement
This applies to obviously non-free images (or other media files) that are not claimed by the uploader to be fair use. A URL or other indication of where the image originated should be mentioned. This does not include images with a credible claim that the owner has released them under a Wikipedia-compatible free license. Most images from stock photo libraries such as Getty Images will not be released under such a license. Blatant infringements should be tagged with the {{Db-filecopyvio}}
template. Non-blatant copyright infringements should be discussed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion.
- {{Db-f9|url=URL of source}}, {{Db-filecopyvio|url=URL of source}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as copyright violations (0)
F11. No evidence of permission
If an uploader has specified a license and has named a third party as the source/copyright holder without providing evidence that this third party has in fact agreed, the item may be deleted seven days after notification of the uploader. Acceptable evidence of licensing normally consists of either a link to the source website where the license is stated, or a statement by the copyright holder e-mailed or forwarded to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Such a confirmation is also required if the source is an organization that the uploader claims to represent, or a web publication that the uploader claims to be their own. Instances of obvious copyright violations where the uploader would have no reasonable expectation of obtaining permission (e.g. major studio movie posters, television images, album covers, logos that are not simple enough to be public domain, etc.) should be speedily deleted per reason F9 (unambiguous copyright infringement), unless fair-use can be claimed. Files tagged with {{Permission pending}} for more than 30 days may also be speedily deleted under this criterion. (Please note that the backlog for messages sent to the permissions-en queue is currently 0 days. You may wish to wait at least this amount of time before tagging VRT pending images for deletion.) Files tagged {{Permission received}} whose permissions have not been confirmed after 30 days may be deleted immediately under this criterion, without waiting an additional seven days, provided a check of the ticket is performed by a VRT agent to confirm that no further interaction is ongoing.
- {{subst:Di-no permission}}, {{subst:Npd}}
- {{subst:Db-no permission-VRT}}
- Category:Wikipedia files missing permission[23]
Categories
For any category pages that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.
C1. Unpopulated categories
This criterion applies to categories that have been unpopulated for at least seven days. This does not apply to disambiguation categories, category redirects, categories under discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion (or other such discussions), or project categories that by their nature may become empty on occasion (e.g. cleanup categories, or Category:Wikipedians looking for help). Place {{Possibly empty category}} (or, for administrative categories, {{Wikipedia category}}) at the top of the page to prevent such categories from being deleted.
- {{Db-c1}}, {{db-catempty}}.
- {{Db-empty}} – context-specific version: calls {{Db-c1}} for categories, and {{Db-a3}} everywhere else.
- Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion (104), and after seven days Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as empty categories (0)
C2. Speedy renaming and merging
Assorted sub-criteria that are used only at WP:CFDS; please see that page for details and instructions.
User pages
These criteria apply only to pages in the User: and User talk: namespaces. For any user pages that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion.
U1. User request
Personal user pages and subpages (but not user talk pages) upon request by their user. This also includes editnotices for user pages. In some rare cases there may be administrative need to retain the page. User talk pages are not eligible for speedy deletion under this criterion. Pages which have previously been moved are only eligible if all previous titles were in the user's userspace. Note: The template does not display on certain pages (such as .css and .js pages), but its categorization will work.
- {{Db-u1}}, {{Db-userreq}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user (17)
U2. Nonexistent user
This applies to user pages, user subpages, and user talk pages of users that do not exist on the English Wikipedia (check Special:ListUsers), except user pages for IP users who have edited, redirects from misspellings of an established user's user page, and redirects created due to a user being renamed. Pages of users who exist on other WMF wikis but do not have local accounts are eligible for deletion.[24]
Before placing one of the following templates or deleting a page under this criterion, consider whether moving the page to another location, such as a sub-page of the user page of the primary contributor, is preferable to deletion.
- {{Db-u2}}, {{Db-nouser}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as userpage or subpage of a nonexistent user (0)
U5. A non-contributor's misuse of Wikipedia as a web host
Pages in userspace consisting of writings, information, discussions, or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals, where the owner has made few or no edits outside of user pages, except for plausible drafts and pages adhering to Wikipedia:User pages § What may I have in my user pages?. It applies regardless of the age of the page in question.
Before placing this template or deleting a page under this criterion:
- Read Wikipedia:User pages § Handling inappropriate content and Wikipedia:User pages § Deletion of user pages.
- Consider blanking pages with a significant history unrelated to the content that is being deleted.
- For draft articles that are on a user's main page and which do not otherwise qualify for speedy deletion, consider moving it to a sub-page.
- {{Db-u5}}, {{Db-notwebhost}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as blatant NOTWEBHOST violations (8)
Exceptional circumstances
These temporary criteria apply to large scale cleanups of problematic pages that would overwhelm the normal deletion processes. Criteria should be deprecated when no longer needed.
X3. Redirects with no space before a parenthetical disambiguation
Examples: "Foo(bar)", "Joe Smith(disambiguation)". This does not apply to terms that will correctly or plausibly be searched for without spaces, nor does it apply if the redirect contains substantive page history (e.g. from a merge). Before nominating a redirect under this criterion:
- Create the correctly spaced version as a redirect to the same target if it would make a good redirect but does not exist
- Adjust any incoming internal links to point to the correctly spaced version
- {{db-x3}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as redirects with no space before a parenthetical disambiguation (0)
Non-criteria
Commonly denied CSD reasons
The following proposals for new speedy deletion criteria are frequently raised, but have repeatedly failed to gain consensus:
- How-to articles
- Essay articles
- Expansion of A7, A9 and A11 to include books, software, schools and/or other subjects
- Neologisms
- Unsourced articles
A7, A9 and A11 scope
A7, A9 and A11 do not apply to any other subject that does not indicate importance. Expanding the scope of A7, A9 and A11 to different subjects (such as products, software, books, schools, etc.) have been proposed several times in the past and failed to gain consensus. Amongst the reasons for those rejections were that such subjects are not created often enough to require speedy deletion (such articles can be handled by proposed deletion or by listing the article at articles for deletion), that such subjects cannot be objectively covered in A7, A9 and A11's wording and that admins are not able to assess claims of importance for certain subjects. Before proposing a change to A7, A9 and A11 to expand their scope, please check whether your proposal has not already been discussed on the talk page (archives).
The following are not by themselves sufficient to justify speedy deletion:
- Reasons based on Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not or essays. Wikipedia is not: "a dictionary", "an indiscriminate collection of information", "a crystal ball", "a how-to list"; or essays like Wikipedia:Listcruft, Wikipedia:Obscure topics, Wikipedia:Deny recognition,...; are not valid reasons for speedy deletion.
- Less-obvious hoaxes. If even remotely plausible, a suspected hoax article should be subjected to further scrutiny in a wider forum. Truth is often stranger than fiction. Note that "blatant and obvious hoaxes and misinformation" are subject to speedy deletion as vandalism.
- Original research. It is not always easy to tell whether an article consists of material that violates the policy against novel theories or interpretations or is simply unsourced.
- Notability. Articles that seem to have obviously non-notable subjects are eligible for speedy deletion only if the article does not give a credible indication of why the subject might be important or significant.
- Failure to assert importance but not an A7, A9 or A11 category. There is no consensus to speedily delete articles of types not specifically listed in A7, A9 or A11 under those criteria. Nor does it apply for neologisms that do not meet A11 because new specialized terms should have a wider hearing.
- Author deletion requests made in bad faith. Author deletion requests made in bad faith, out of frustration, after others have contributed substantially (because the work of others is involved) or in an attempt to revoke their freely-licensed contributions are not granted. However, anyone may request deletion of pages in their userspace.
- Very short articles. Short articles with sufficient content and context to qualify as stubs may not be speedily deleted under criteria A1 and A3; other criteria may still apply.
- Copies that are not copyright violations. If content appears both here and somewhere else (possibly in modified form), consider the possibility that Wikipedia's is the original version and the other site copied from Wikipedia's version. Alternatively, the same author may have written both versions, or the original may be free content.
- PNG / GIF files replaced by JPEG images. JPEG encoding discards information that may be important later. Do not delete the original PNG / GIF files.
- Questionable material that is not vandalism. Earnest efforts are never vandalism, so to assume good faith, do not delete as vandalism unless reasonably certain.
- User and user talk pages of IP addresses. Although users are encouraged to create Wikipedia accounts, unregistered users are still allowed to edit Wikipedia, and are identified by their IP addresses. If an unregistered user has a static IP address, it may have a user page and/or user talk page associated with it, and even for non-static IP addresses, the history can contain important discussions or information that may be of interest.
- An article written in a foreign language or script. An article should not be speedily deleted just because it is not written in English. Instead it should be tagged with {{Not English}} and listed at Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English. It may be reconsidered after translation whether the article merits deletion, retention or improvement by means of a suitable tag. However, if it already exists on another Wikimedia project, it might be speedily deletable under criterion A2.
- Subject request. Sometimes somebody claiming to be the subject of a biographical article requests deletion of the article, or even blanks the article. Article subjects do not have an automatic right to have their articles deleted. Nor does such a criterion apply to namespaces other than article space: for example, pages in the Wikipedia namespace devoted to a discussion about a particular editor. See also: Wikipedia:Deletion policy § Deletion of biographies and BLPs
- Orphaned pages or redirects. A page cannot be deleted just because no other pages link to it. This includes redirects – even if 'What links here' returns nothing, a redirect may be a likely search phrase, or have links to it from outside Wikipedia.
- Redirects that are poorly targeted. A redirect should not be deleted just because its target is incorrect or confusing. Instead, change the redirect to a better target. If you're not sure where it should be targeted, open a discussion at Redirects for discussion.
- Drafts covering the same topic as an existing mainspace article. These are not valid deletions under A10 (due to not being articles) nor G6. They can be replaced with a redirect to the mainspace article if necessary.
Procedure for administrators
Make sure to specify the reason for deletion in the deletion summary. Also, in general the article's creator and major contributors should have been notified.
Before deleting a page, check the page history to assess whether it would instead be possible to revert and salvage a previous version, or there was actually a cut-and-paste move involved. Also:
- The initial edit summary may have information about the source of or reason for the page.
- The talk page may refer to previous deletion discussions or have ongoing discussion relevant to including the page.
- The page log may have information about previous deletions that could warrant SALTing the page or keeping it on good reason.
- What links here 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 re-created, incoming links in other pages (except in discussions, archives and tracking pages) should be removed.
If speedy deletion is inappropriate for a page:
- Please remove the speedy deletion tag from the page. Doing so will automatically remove the page from Category:Candidates for speedy deletion.
- Consider notifying the nominator, using {{speedy-decline}} or {{uw-csd}}. (If you're using CSD Helper, it will usually notify the nominator for you; it will normally use its own notification template.)
When deleting 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 deletion log. Quoting page content in the deletion summary may be helpful, but must not be done for attack content or copyrighted text. In some cases, it would be appropriate to notify the page's creator of the deletion.
Twinkle or CSDHelper can be used to process nominations more quickly and smoothly. When processing a nomination:
- Twinkle can delete the page.
- Twinkle can notify the page creator if the page is deleted.
- CSDH can delete the page, convert the nomination into a PROD nomination, or decline the nomination.
- CSDH can notify the nominator if the nomination is converted or declined.
Obsolete
In the past, criteria beginning with the following letters were used:
- "P" for portals
- "T" for templates and modules
All criteria in these groups have been obsoleted; as such, these groups are not currently in use. Some criteria in the active groups were also used in the past but are no longer valid. They are kept here for historical reference and to preserve numbering. Two of the repealed criteria did not have consensus before being enacted, and two were meant to be temporary. The remainder were merged into broader criteria or deprecated entirely.
- A4. Attempts to correspond with the person or group named by its title
- Merged with and later superseded by "No content" (A3) in November 2005[25] as part of a bold rewrite that was made to simplify the CSD criterion (archived discussion 1, discussion 2, discussion 3).
- A5. Transwikied articles
- Was repealed in December 2022 due to lack of use (unopposed proposal). Instead, use Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Deleted articles that are temporarily restored to allow for a transwiki can be re-deleted under "technical deletion" (G6).
- A6. Attack articles
- Superseded by "Attack pages" (G10) in March 2006 (discussion).
- A8. Blatant copyright infringement articles
- Superseded by "Unambiguous copyright infringement" (G12) in October 2006 (unopposed proposal).
- R1. Redirects to non-existent pages
- Merged into "Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page" (G8) in September 2008 (discussion).
- F7a. Non-free images or media with a clearly invalid fair-use tag
- Repealed in March 2021 due to the problem being easily surmountable (discussion). Instead, the invalid tag should be corrected. Once the tag is corrected, other speedy deletion criteria may apply.
- F10. Useless non-media files
- Deprecated in favor of proposed deletion in February 2023 following rare usage and added technical restrictions on what file types can be uploaded (discussion).
- C3. Categories solely populated from a template
- Merged into "Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page" (G8) in October 2008 (discussion).
- T1. Divisive and inflammatory templates
- Enacted by Jimbo Wales without formally assessing consensus during the userbox wars. Was repealed in February 2009 (discussion). Instead, "attack pages" (G10) may be applicable in some cases; otherwise, use Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion for userboxes and Wikipedia:Templates for discussion for all other templates.
- T2. Misrepresentation of policy
- Was repealed in July 2020 following rare, often incorrect, use (discussion). Instead, "pure vandalism" (G3) may be applicable in some cases; otherwise, use Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.
- T3. Duplication and hardcoded instances
- Was repealed in December 2020 due to misuse and the seven day hold (discussion). Instead, use an existing applicable criterion or submit the template to Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.
- T4. Subpages of non-existent pages
- Merged into "Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page" (G8) in September 2008 (discussion).
- U3. Non-free galleries
- Was repealed in July 2021 since a bot automatically removes non-free images from user pages (discussion).
- U4. Old IP address talk pages that meet specific criteria
- Never enacted as policy anywhere, but deletions occurred nonetheless. Was repealed in March 2009 (discussion).
- P1. Any portal that would be subject to speedy deletion as an article
- Repealed in February 2023 following rare usage (discussion).
- P2. Underpopulated portal
- Repealed in February 2023 following rare usage (discussion).
- X1. Redirects created by Neelix
- Created as a G6 extension in December 2015 shortly after the discovery and arbitration case regarding 50,000+ questionable redirects created by the user Neelix, and later split into its own criterion. Was repealed in April 2018 after cleanup was completed (discussion). Instead, use Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion.
- X2. Pages created by the content translation tool
- Created to delete pages created by the content translation tool prior to 27 July 2016. Was deprecated in July 2017 when consensus agreed to move most of the remaining pages to the draft namespace (discussion).
See also
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes
- Wikipedia:Alternative outlets
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
- Category:CSD warning templates
- Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Deletion templates
- Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators
- Wikipedia:Deletion review
- Wikipedia:No blank pages
- Wikipedia:Proposed deletion
- Wikipedia:Undeletion policy
- Wikipedia:What to do if your article gets CSD tagged
- Wikipedia:Over-hasty Speedy Deleters
- Wikipedia:Field guide to proper speedy deletion
Footnotes
- ^ In this context, speedy refers to the simple decision-making process, not the length of time since the article was created.
- ^ The current wording of this paragraph dates to an April 2020 discussion. G14 was added in October 2020. C1 was added in August 2022.
- ^ The result of the most recent deletion discussion controls. This means that if the most recent discussion was "keep" or a default to keep through no consensus, G4 does not apply. Likewise, an article that was deleted through its most recent discussion, but was kept in earlier discussions, is subject to the criterion and may be deleted (discussion).
- ^ For the avoidance of doubt, if a page is deleted at AfD and subsequently recreated as a redirect, G4 does not apply, even if that option was discussed and rejected in the AfD (discussion).
- ^ A conversion to draft is when a page from a different namespace is moved, or its content copied, as a draft.
- ^ The arbitration committee and the community have included the following when deciding a topic area should be covered by the extended confirmed restriction: "Non-extended-confirmed editors may not create new articles, but administrators may exercise discretion when deciding how to enforce this remedy on article creations. Deletion of new articles created by non-extended-confirmed editors is permitted but not required."
- ^ a b Page moves are excluded because of a history of improper deletions of these redirects. A move creates a redirect to ensure that any external links that point to Wikipedia remain valid; should such links exist, deleting these redirects will break them. Such redirects must be discussed at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion before deletion. However, redirects that were obviously made in error can be deleted as G6, technical deletions.
- ^ Note that new editors sometimes mistakenly start article drafts on talk pages that have no article. If you see this, move the draft to the draft space or to the user's userspace, making sure the new user is listed as author and not you.
- ^ It was determined that the community consensus in this RfC regarding draft namespace redirects amounted to "there is a clear consensus against deletion of draft namespace redirects. There is a rough consensus against the alternative proposal to delete draft namespace redirects after six months."
- ^ Per this RFC.
- ^ An Rfc containing relevant discussions on the A1 criterion
- ^ a b Consensus has developed that in most cases articles should not be tagged for deletion under this criterion moments after creation as the creator may be actively working on the content; though there is no set time requirement, a ten-minute delay before tagging under this criterion is suggested as good practice. Please do not mark the page as patrolled before that delay passes, to ensure the article is reviewed at a later time.
- ^ Routine coverage of unorganised events – for example, shooting incidents – may not necessarily qualify under A7; deletion discussions should be preferred in such cases.
- ^ Past discussions leading to schools being exempt from A7.
- ^ a b The definition of recent is intentionally flexible since some pages may receive more notice than others. Pages older than about 3–6 weeks are unlikely to be considered recently created; pages older than about 3–4 months almost never are. Higher-profile pages are considered recently created for shorter periods than those with a lower profile.
- ^ Unlike a hoax, subject to deletion as vandalism under CSD G3 as a bad faith attempt to deceive, CSD A11 is for topics that were or may have been actually created and are real, but have no notice or significance except among a small group of people, e.g. a newly invented drinking game or new word.
- ^ See Wikipedia:Merge and delete for an explanation as to why redirects created by merges cannot be deleted in most cases.
- ^ This does not apply to images duplicated on Wikimedia Commons, because of license issues; instead see "Images available as identical copies on the Wikimedia Commons".
- ^ Before deleting this latter type of file/page, check whether the MediaWiki engine can read it by previewing a resized thumbnail of it. Even if it renders, if it contains significant superfluous information that cannot be accounted for as metadata directly relating to the media data, it may be deleted. It is always preferred to correct the problem by uploading a file that contains only the good data plus acceptable metadata.
- ^ Content from file description pages that is relevant to the Commons should be copied over before deleting the local page. If necessary, copy the attribution history as well.
- ^ See also: Category:All Wikipedia files with unknown source (18) and Category:All Wikipedia files with unknown copyright status (22)
- ^ See also: Category:All Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons (12) and Category:All Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons (0)
- ^ See also: Category:All Wikipedia files missing evidence of permission (14)
- ^ Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 85 § U2 and global accounts
- ^ Diff of change
- A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
- The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed here,
- And no objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.
- If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been as a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.
Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here
If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.
If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.
Use the following format on a new line at the beginning of the list:
* [[:Category:{old name here}]] to [[:Category:{new name here}]] – {reason for rename here} ~~~~
This will sign and datestamp an entry automatically.
Remember to tag the category with: {{subst:Cfr-speedy|New name}}
A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 12:52, 11 August 2024 (UTC). Currently, there are 504 open requests (. )
Do not use the "Move" tab to move categories listed here! Categories are processed following the 48-hour discussion period and are moved by a bot. |
Current nominations
- Category:Decennial federal censuses of the United States to Category:United States Census – C2D: per United States Census. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:13, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:State departments of homeland security of the United States to Category:State Departments of Homeland Security of the United States – C2A: fix capitalisation per List of State Departments of Homeland Security. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:01, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Federal Reserve Branches to Category:Federal Reserve branches – C2A: fix capitalisation per List of Federal Reserve branches. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:55, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:History of the Federal Reserve to Category:History of the Federal Reserve System – C2B: per Federal Reserve System. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:54, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Coast Guard images to Category:United States Coast Guard images – C2B per Category:United States Coast Guard/United States Coast Guard Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:51, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:OWI images to Category:United States Office of War Information images – article is at United States Office of War Information Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:49, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Homeland Security images to Category:United States Department of Homeland Security images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Homeland Security/United States Department of Homeland Security Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:48, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Government Printing Office images to Category:United States Government Publishing Office images – article is at United States Government Publishing Office Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Federal Reserve to Category:Federal Reserve System – C2D per Federal Reserve System Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:36, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Executive Office of the President images to Category:Executive Office of the President of the United States images – C2B per Category:Executive Office of the President of the United States/Executive Office of the President of the United States Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:35, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:EPA images to Category:United States Environmental Protection Agency images – C2B per Category:United States Environmental Protection Agency/United States Environmental Protection Agency Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:34, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Veterans Affairs images to Category:United States Department of Veterans Affairs images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Veterans Affairs/United States Department of Veterans Affairs Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:33, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Transportation images to Category:United States Department of Transportation images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Transportation/United States Department of Transportation Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:32, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:United States National Park Service to Category:National Park Service – C2D per National Park Service Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:29, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Good Olfactory: I will not oppose this, but most subcategories use "United States National Park Service". Shouldn't they also be listed for renaming? Armbrust The Homunculus 10:40, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Fish and Wildlife Service images to Category:United States Fish and Wildlife Service images – C2B per Category:United States Fish and Wildlife Service/United States Fish and Wildlife Service Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:27, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of the Interior images to Category:United States Department of the Interior images – C2B per Category:United States Department of the Interior/United States Department of the Interior Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:26, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Awards and decorations of the Foreign Service to Category:Awards and decorations of the United States Foreign Service – article is at United States Foreign Service Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:25, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of State images to Category:United States Department of State images – C2B per Category:United States Department of State/United States Department of State Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:24, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Labor images to Category:United States Department of Labor images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Labor/United States Department of Labor Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:23, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Justice images to Category:United States Department of Justice images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Justice/United States Department of Justice Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:22, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Public Health Service images to Category:United States Public Health Service images – C2B per Category:United States Public Health Service/United States Public Health Service Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:21, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Health and Human Services images to Category:United States Department of Health and Human Services images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Health and Human Services/United States Department of Health and Human Services Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:20, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Energy images to Category:United States Department of Energy images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Energy/United States Department of Energy Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:19, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Education images to Category:United States Department of Education images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Education/United States Department of Education Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:17, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Census Bureau images to Category:United States Census Bureau images – C2B per Category:United States Census Bureau/United States Census Bureau. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:16, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Commerce images to Category:United States Department of Commerce images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Commerce/United States Department of Commerce Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:14, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Forest Service images to Category:United States Forest Service images – C2B per Category:United States Forest Service/United States Forest Service. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:13, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Department of Agriculture images to Category:United States Department of Agriculture images – C2B per Category:United States Department of Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:13, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:P.O.V. (TV series) films to Category:POV (TV series) films – C2A per POV (TV series) Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:08, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:United States Securities and Exchange Commission to Category:U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – C2D per U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:03, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:United States Securities and Exchange Commission litigation to Category:U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission litigation
- Category:United States Securities and Exchange Commission personnel to Category:U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission personnel
- Category:Members of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to Category:Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Category:Securities and Exchange Commission images to Category:U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission images
- Category:Watercolours to Category:Watercolors – C2C for American spelling matching category tree Bod (talk) 02:19, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Object to CFDS rename this changes the dialect used, so should always go to full CfD; further, I think the name is rather poor, and we should use a different one, like Category:Watercolor paintings, as it isn't about the pigments/paints themselves, which the current and proposed names imply would also be categorized. -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 03:05, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:History of Brazil (1815–1889) to Category:History of Brazil (1815–89) – C2A per MOS:DATERANGE Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:58, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Malaysia–Korea relations to Category:Korea–Malaysia relations – C2C; placing the two states in alphabetical order is the standard for categories of this type Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:32, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Establishments in the Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic by year to Category:Establishments in the Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic by year – C2D. BDD (talk) 14:50, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Holders of civil awards and decorations of Singapore to Category:Recipients of Singaporean civil awards and decorations – C2C: to align these categories with Category:Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 14:00, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:People awarded the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat to Category:Recipients of the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat
- Category:People awarded the Cultural Medallion to Category:Recipients of the Cultural Medallion
- Category:People awarded the Cultural Medallion for art to Category:Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for art
- Category:People awarded the Cultural Medallion for dance to Category:Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for dance
- Category:People awarded the Cultural Medallion for literature to Category:Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for literature
- Category:People awarded the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang to Category:Recipients of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang
- Category:People awarded the Darjah Utama Nila Utama to Category:Recipients of the Darjah Utama Nila Utama
- Category:People awarded the Darjah Utama Temasek to Category:Recipients of the Darjah Utama Temasek
- Category:People awarded the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam to Category:Recipients of the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam
- Category:People awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat to Category:Recipients of the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat
- Category:People awarded the Pingat Bakti Setia to Category:Recipients of the Pingat Bakti Setia
- Category:People awarded the Pingat Jasa Gemilang to Category:Recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang
- Category:People awarded the Sijil Kemuliaan to Category:Recipients of the Sijil Kemuliaan
- Category:Tagbanwa to Category:Tagbanwa people – C2D per Tagbanwa people. RioHondo (talk) 10:49, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Moro to Category:Moro people – C2D per Moro people. RioHondo (talk) 10:28, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose above 2 for the same reason as bellow. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:34, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Alumni of Oak Hill Theological College to Category:Alumni of Oak Hill College – per C2D per Oak Hill College. StAnselm (talk) 08:37, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Kapampangan to Category:Kapampangan language – C2D per Kapampangan language. RioHondo (talk) 05:27, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Cebuano to Category:Cebuano people – C2D per Cebuano people. RioHondo (talk) 05:25, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Igorot to Category:Igorot people – C2D per Igorot people. RioHondo (talk) 05:25, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Tagalog to Category:Tagalog people – C2D per Tagalog people. RioHondo (talk) 05:25, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose above 3. "People" categories should only contain biographies, but these contain other things too. Armbrust The Homunculus 08:28, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Comment. Since when do we have categories for disambiguation pages? See Cebuano and Tagalog. While Igorot redirects to Igorot people.--RioHondo (talk) 09:15, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Bicolano to Category:Bicolano people – C2D per Bicolano people. RioHondo (talk) 05:25, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose The main article of the category is Bicolanos. Armbrust The Homunculus 08:28, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Network O&O to Category:Owned-and-operated stations - C2D, per Owned-and-operated station RevelationDirect (talk) 02:44, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Object to CFDS as proposed instead I suggest Category:Network owned-and-operated television stations, as it is in the TV hierarchy, thus to conform to the hierarchy it should include "television". The content is television stations, and not radio stations, so the category naming should not be so broad as to seemingly include them. -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 03:07, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Former shantytowns and slums in Atlanta to Category:Former shantytowns and slums in Atlanta, Georgia – C2C per Category:Atlanta, Georgia. Tassedethe (talk) 23:28, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Banks based in Chicago to Category:Banks based in Chicago, Illinois – C2C per Category:Chicago, Illinois. Tassedethe (talk) 23:25, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Television series shot in Los Angeles to Category:Television series shot in Los Angeles, California – C2C per Category:Los Angeles, California. Tassedethe (talk) 23:23, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Indian helicopters 2010-2019 to Category:Indian helicopters 2010–2019 – C2A per WP:NDASH. Tassedethe (talk) 23:02, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Anglican schools in Ireland to Category:Anglican schools in the Republic of Ireland – C2C: per Category:Schools in the Republic of Ireland Armbrust The Homunculus 22:35, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Petroglyphs in Georgia to Category:Petroglyphs in Georgia (U.S. state) – C2B. Tassedethe (talk) 22:10, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Hindu School alumni to Category:Hindu School, Kolkata alumni – C2B: per Hindu School, Kolkata. Armbrust The Homunculus 21:50, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Marylebone Studios Films to Category:Marylebone Studios films – C2A caps. Tassedethe (talk) 21:33, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Hospitalfield Alumni to Category:Alumni of Hospitalfield House – C2C and C2D to match the category Category:Alumni by art school in the United Kingdom and the main article Hospitalfield House. Tassedethe (talk) 21:28, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University Alumni to Category:Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University alumni – C2A caps. Tassedethe (talk) 21:25, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Agricultural University of Tirana Alumni to Category:Agricultural University of Tirana alumni – C2A caps. Tassedethe (talk) 21:24, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Transport In Şırnak Province to Category:Transport in Şırnak Province – C2A caps. Tassedethe (talk) 21:22, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Women's Footballers in Israel by club to Category:Women's footballers in Israel by club – C2A caps. Tassedethe (talk) 21:18, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:German Frisian people to Category:Saterland Frisians – C2D: per Saterland Frisians. Armbrust The Homunculus 21:00, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Germanic studies journals to Category:Germanic philology journals – C2B: per Germanic philology. Armbrust The Homunculus 20:52, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Mandarin-language films to Category:Mandarin Chinese-language films C2D. — ξxplicit 19:14, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Mandarin-language Malaysian films to Category:Mandarin Chinese-language Malaysian films
- Category:Mandarin-language singers to Category:Mandarin Chinese-language singers
- Category:Mandarin-language singers of South Korea to Category:Mandarin Chinese-language singers of South Korea
- Category:Mandarin-language singers of China to Category:Mandarin Chinese-language singers of China
- Category:Mandarin-language television stations to Category:Mandarin Chinese-language television stations
- Category:Mandarin songs to Category:Mandarin Chinese-language songs (also C2C)
- Inclined to oppose the above group: @Explicit: it seems a strange result to rename "Mandarin-language" categories to "Mandarin Chinese-language" while allowing "Cantonese-language" below. Although your proposals matches the names of the lead articles "Mandarin Chinese" and "Cantonese", "Mandarin Chinese" is disambiguation whereas "Mandarin-language" is already unambiguous. – Fayenatic London 15:54, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Cantonese songs to Category:Cantonese-language songs C2C/C2D. — ξxplicit 19:14, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Songs written by Anitta to Category:Songs written by Anitta (singer) – Match article namespace. Richhoncho (talk) 18:47, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Sri Lankan people of Malay descent to Category:Sri Lankan Malays – C2D per Sri Lankan Malays. obi2canibetalk contr 13:40, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Home Alone to Category:Home Alone (franchise) – C2D: per Home Alone (franchise). Armbrust The Homunculus 12:30, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Chinese geological formations to Category:Geologic formations of China – C2C: Hugo999 (talk) 11:52, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Puebla, Puebla to Category:Puebla City – C2D per Puebla City Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:32, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Elections in Zambales (province) to Category:Elections in Zambales – C2C/C2D duplicate. RioHondo (talk) 00:29, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Rock formations in Australia to Category:Rock formations of Australia – C2C: Hugo999 (talk) 23:49, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Rock formations in Antarctica to Category:Rock formations of Antarctica
- Category:Rock formations in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands to Category:Rock formations of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Category:Rock formations in South Georgia to Category:Rock formations of South Georgia
- Category:Rock formations in the South Orkney Islands to Category:Rock formations of the South Orkney Islands
- Category:Rock formations in the South Shetland Islands to Category:Rock formations of the South Shetland Islands
- Category:Rock formations in Greenwich Island to Category:Rock formations of Greenwich Island
- Category:Rock formations in Livingston Island to Category:Rock formations of Livingston Island
- Category:Rock formations in Robert Island to Category:Rock formations of Robert Island
- Category:Rock formations in King George Island (South Shetland Islands) to Category:Rock formations of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
- Category:Rock formations in Adélie Land to Category:Rock formations of Adélie Land
- Category:Rock formations in Bouvet Island to Category:Rock formations of Bouvet Island
- Category:Rock formations in Queen Elizabeth Land to Category:Rock formations of Queen Elizabeth Land
- Category:Rock formations in Graham Land to Category:Rock formations of Graham Land
- Category:Rock formations on Adelaide Island to Category:Rock formations of Adelaide Island
- Category:Rock formations in the Biscoe Islands to Category:Rock formations of the Biscoe Islands
- Category:Rock formations in the Joinville Island group to Category:Rock formations of the Joinville Island group
- Category:Rock formations in the Palmer Archipelago to Category:Rock formations of the Palmer Archipelago
- Category:Rock formations on Trinity Peninsula to Category:Rock formations of the Trinity Peninsula
- Category:Rock formations in the Wilhelm Archipelago to Category:Rock formations of the Wilhelm Archipelago
- Category:Rock formations in the Duroch Islands to Category:Rock formations of the Duroch Islands
- NB: should Islands & Peninsulas use "of" or "on"?
- "of"—they are treated just like any other place. Good Ol’factory (talk) 08:56, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
- NB: should Islands & Peninsulas use "of" or "on"?
- Category:Rock formations in Kemp Land to Category:Rock formations of Kemp Land
- Category:Rock formations in Mac. Robertson Land to Category:Rock formations of Mac. Robertson Land
- Category:Rock formations in Marie Byrd Land to Category:Rock formations of Marie Byrd Land
- Category:Rock formations in Oates Land to Category:Rock formations of Oates Land
- Category:Rock formations in Palmer Land to Category:Rock formations of Palmer Land
- Category:Rock formations in Princess Elizabeth Land to Category:Rock formations of Princess Elizabeth Land
- Category:Rock formations in Queen Mary Land to Category:Rock formations of Queen Mary Land
- Category:Rock formations in Queen Maud Land to Category:Rock formations of Queen Maud Land
- Category:Rock formations in the Ross Dependency to Category:Rock formations of the Ross Dependency
- Category:Rock formations in Victoria Land to Category:Rock formations of Victoria Land
- Category:Rock formations in Wilkes Land to Category:Rock formations of Wilkes Land
- Category:Rock formations in Bolivia to Category:Rock formations of Bolivia
- Category:Rock formations in Brazil to Category:Rock formations of Brazil
- Category:Rock formations in Canada to Category:Rock formations of Canada
- Category:Rock formations in Chile to Category:Rock formations of Chile
- Category:Rock formations in China to Category:Rock formations of China
- Category:Rock formations in the Czech Republic to Category:Rock formations of the Czech Republic
- Category:Rock formations in France to Category:Rock formations of France
- Category:Rock formations in Germany to Category:Rock formations of Germany
- Category:Rock formations in Germany by state to Category:Rock formations of Germany by state
- Category:Rock formations in the Harz to Category:Rock formations of the Harz
- Category:Rock formations in Bavaria to Category:Rock formations of Bavaria
- Category:Rock formations in Lower Saxony to Category:Rock formations of Lower Saxony
- Category:Rock formations in North Rhine-Westphalia to Category:Rock formations of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Category:Rock formations in Rhineland-Palatinate to Category:Rock formations of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Category:Rock formations in Saxony to Category:Rock formations of Saxony
- Category:Rock formations in Saxony-Anhalt to Category:Rock formations of Saxony-Anhalt
- Category:Rock formations in Thuringia to Category:Rock formations of Thuringia
- Category:Rock formations in India to Category:Rock formations of India
- Category:Rock formations in Ireland to Category:Rock formations of Ireland
- Category:Rock formations in Japan to Category:Rock formations of Japan
- Category:Rock formations in Kyrgyzstan to Category:Rock formations of Kyrgyzstan
- Category:Rock formations in Malta to Category:Rock formations of Malta
- Category:Rock formations in Mexico to Category:Rock formations of Mexico
- Category:Rock formations in New Zealand to Category:Rock formations of New Zealand
- Category:Rock formations in Nigeria to Category:Rock formations of Nigeria
- Category:Rock formations in Norway to Category:Rock formations of Norway
- Category:Rock formations in Peru to Category:Rock formations of Peru
- Category:Rock formations in Russia to Category:Rock formations of Russia
- Category:Rock formations in Serbia to Category:Rock formations of Serbia
- Category:Rock formations in Slovenia to Category:Rock formations of Slovenia
- Category:Rock formations in South Africa to Category:Rock formations of South Africa
- Category:Rock formations in Spain to Category:Rock formations of Spain
- Category:Rock formations in the United Kingdom to Category:Rock formations of the United Kingdom
- Category:Rock formations in the United Kingdom by country to Category:Rock formations of the United Kingdom by country
- Category:Rock formations in England to Category:Rock formations of England
- Category:Rock formations in Scotland to Category:Rock formations of Scotland
- Category:Rock formations in Wales to Category:Rock formations of Wales
- Category:Rock formations in Northern Ireland to Category:Rock formations of Northern Ireland
- Category:Rock formations in the United States to Category:Rock formations of the United States
- Category:Rock formations in the United States by state to Category:Rock formations of the United States by state
- Category:Rock formations in Arizona to Category:Rock formations of Arizona
- Category:Rock formations in California to Category:Rock formations of California
- Category:Rock formations in Colorado to Category:Rock formations of Colorado
- Category:Rock formations in Hawaii to Category:Rock formations of Hawaii
- Category:Rock formations in Idaho to Category:Rock formations of Idaho
- Category:Rock formations in Indiana to Category:Rock formations of Indiana
- Category:Rock formations in Kansas to Category:Rock formations of Kansas
- Category:Rock formations in Massachusetts to Category:Rock formations of Massachusetts
- Category:Rock formations in Minnesota to Category:Rock formations of Minnesota
- Category:Rock formations in Missouri to Category:Rock formations of Missouri
- Category:Rock formations in Montana to Category:Rock formations of Montana
- Category:Rock formations in Nebraska to Category:Rock formations of Nebraska
- Category:Rock formations in Nevada to Category:Rock formations of Nevada
- Category:Rock formations in New Hampshire to Category:Rock formations of New Hampshire
- Category:Rock formations in New Mexico to Category:Rock formations of New Mexico
- Category:Rock formations in New York to Category:Rock formations of New York
- Category:Rock formations in Oregon to Category:Rock formations of Oregon
- Category:Rock formations in South Dakota to Category:Rock formations of South Dakota
- Category:Rock formations in Texas to Category:Rock formations of Texas
- Category:Rock formations in Utah to Category:Rock formations of Utah
- Category:Rock formations in Washington (state) to Category:Rock formations of Washington (state)
- Category:Rock formations in West Virginia to Category:Rock formations of West Virginia
- Category:Rock formations in Wisconsin to Category:Rock formations of Wisconsin
- Category:Rock formations in Wyoming to Category:Rock formations of Wyoming
- Category:Rock formations in Antarctica to Category:Rock formations of Antarctica
- Category:American Journalists of Jewish Descent to Category:American journalists of Jewish descent – Naming convention. – Gilliam (talk) 22:06, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Organizations based in South Korea by subject to Category:Organisations based in South Korea by subject – C2C. BDD (talk) 18:56, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Sandstone formations in the United States to Category:Sandstone formations of the United States– C2C: Hugo999 (talk) 13:45, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Limestone formations in the United States to Category:Limestone formations of the United States
- Category:Shale formations in the United States to Category:Shale formations of the United States
- Category:Limestone formations in the United Kingdom to Category:Limestone formations of the United Kingdom
- Category:Glacial erratics in Canada to Category:Glacial erratics of Canada – C2C: Hugo999 (talk) 12:22, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Glacial erratics in Germany to Category:Glacial erratics of Germany
- Category:Glacial erratics in Great Britain to Category:Glacial erratics of Great Britain
- Category:Glacial erratics in the United States to Category:Glacial erratics of the United States
- Category:Glacial erratics in Massachusetts to Category:Glacial erratics of Massachusetts
- Category:Glacial erratics in New York to Category:Glacial erratics of New York
- Category:Glacial erratics in Oregon to Category:Glacial erratics of Oregon
- Category:Glacial erratics in Washington (state) to Category:Glacial erratics of Washington (state)
- Category:Frisian people to Category:Frisians – C2D: per Frisians. Note: Frisian people redirects to Frisians. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:45, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Germanic studies to Category:Germanic philology – C2D: per Germanic philology. Note: Germanic studies redirects to Germanic philology. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:18, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Trinidad and Tobago women's international soccer players to Category:Trinidad and Tobago women's international footballers – same as Trinidad and Tobago women's national football team, sport isn't called soccer in Trinidad and Tobago Joeykai (talk) 23:16, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:California Proposition 8 to Category:California Proposition 8 (2008) – C2D: per California Proposition 8 (2008). Armbrust The Homunculus 19:21, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Dakhla-Oued Ed Dahab to Category:Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab – C2A. Cobblet (talk) 18:01, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Landmarks in Queens to Category:Landmarks in Queens, New York – C2C per Category:Queens, New York. Armbrust The Homunculus 16:00, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:1914 in South-West Africa to Category:1914 in German South-West Africa – C2C. The country was known as German South-West Africa until 1915. – Fayenatic London 13:11, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Fayenatic london: Category:1915 in South-West Africa should also be merged the same way, as everything in it happened before 9 July 1915. Armbrust The Homunculus 17:41, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Human–animal interaction to Category:Anthrozoology – C2D per Anthrozoology Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:19, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
Opposed nominations
- Category:European Chess Champions to Category:European champions in chess – Fix caps. SFB 19:57, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose Goes against the convention of Category:Chess players by competition. Also this isn't just a simple capitalisation fix. Armbrust The Homunculus 20:28, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Filipino city and municipal councilors to Category:Filipino city and municipal councillors – C2A/C2C per Category:City councillors. RioHondo (talk) 06:50, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
- Comment does Philippine English use one "l" or two "ll" ? -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 21:58, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
- Good question. I did a search on google news and it looks like Philippine media uses both, the same way for travellers and travelers. I'd say we follow the Wiki category tree instead.--RioHondo (talk) 01:08, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- For issues of spelling, "Philipine English" should probably conform more to U.S. English than other forms, since the islands were occupied by the U.S. for a period of time. See Philippine English, where it says "Philippine English traditionally followed American English spelling and grammar". Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:52, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- This i'm not sure which one is used in which English dialect, nor was i aware there was spelling difference for this word. So councillor with a double L is British? (Compared to the US though, i think the Philippines is more welcoming of British spellings, British colonies on all sides here-- HK, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, etc). But sure, let's follow the American template: Category:Filipino city and municipal council members and Category:Metro Manila city and municipal councillors to Category:Metro Manila city and municipal council members. Thanks--RioHondo (talk) 05:10, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- Yes, double l would be British spelling, one l would be American spelling. I think you are also right that in the Philippines they adhere to American English less strictly than some other places and are more likely to let British usage sneak in. The article Philippine English points out some areas (Eg, dates) where it is actually more like British English. Good Ol’factory (talk) 06:16, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- This i'm not sure which one is used in which English dialect, nor was i aware there was spelling difference for this word. So councillor with a double L is British? (Compared to the US though, i think the Philippines is more welcoming of British spellings, British colonies on all sides here-- HK, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, etc). But sure, let's follow the American template: Category:Filipino city and municipal council members and Category:Metro Manila city and municipal councillors to Category:Metro Manila city and municipal council members. Thanks--RioHondo (talk) 05:10, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- For issues of spelling, "Philipine English" should probably conform more to U.S. English than other forms, since the islands were occupied by the U.S. for a period of time. See Philippine English, where it says "Philippine English traditionally followed American English spelling and grammar". Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:52, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- Good question. I did a search on google news and it looks like Philippine media uses both, the same way for travellers and travelers. I'd say we follow the Wiki category tree instead.--RioHondo (talk) 01:08, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose speedyNot a clear-cut case of WP:STRONGNAT. We need to see how councillors is usually spelt in The Philippines. Additionally, User:RioHondo are you aware that the category tree is irrelevant in some cases, such as Category:Non-governmental organisations based in India in the Category:Non-governmental organizations by country tree because of STRONGNAT?AusLondonder (talk) 04:59, 5 October 2015 (UTC)- Big deal.--RioHondo (talk) 05:10, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- There have been full CFDs where it has been agreed that American English usage is more appropriate for the Philippines. Eg, here. I think it's quite likely that that consensus would hold here. Good Ol’factory (talk) 06:20, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- @AusLondonder: If we have 100 editors weigh in on a full CFD, will we really come any closer to solving how a non-English speaking country spells English words? RevelationDirect (talk) 18:36, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- I think AusLondonder is correct to oppose this speedy change, because it would be changing it from American English to British English, and we have some indication that the Philippines uses American English when English is used. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:49, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
- I withdraw by opposition in this case. Simply being an American colony or occupied territory at one time does not = automatic use of US English, as implied in that other CFD. With regards to councilor vs councillor, I have found that some disputes have even occurred in the US regarding which is more appropriate. For example, the City of Boston uses councillors. AusLondonder (talk) 22:22, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
- Big deal.--RioHondo (talk) 05:10, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy. Since the stated oppose has been revoked, I'm adding my formal opposition to using the speedy criterion for this move, for the reasons discussed above. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:29, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
- Comment does Philippine English use one "l" or two "ll" ? -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 21:58, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
On hold pending other discussion
- Category:Neighborhoods in Queens to Category:Neighborhoods in Queens, New York – C2B per Category:Queens, New York (see also full CFD). Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:50, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Queens building and structure stubs to Category:Queens, New York building and structure stubs
- Category:Queens geography stubs to Category:Queens, New York geography stubs
- Oppose all. Consistency with sibling categories, such as Category:Neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Category:Brooklyn building and structure stubs, and Category:Brooklyn geography stubs. Epic Genius (talk) 16:29, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- I will wait and see how this discussion turns out and then nominate these (or not) based on the result. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:34, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose all. Consistency with sibling categories, such as Category:Neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Category:Brooklyn building and structure stubs, and Category:Brooklyn geography stubs. Epic Genius (talk) 16:29, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Moved to full discussion
- Category:Food grains to Category:Grains – C2D: per Grain. Jenks24 (talk) 17:16, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy worth keeping the clarification. That grain actually only means food grain is dubious. Johnbod (talk) 17:25, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
- It is bizarre to me that the category gets moved from Category:Grains (which still redirects there) to Category:Food grains per C2D, but when the article gets moved back apparently C2D shouldn't apply. Why should C2D only apply in one direction? Jenks24 (talk) 17:32, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
- That was an odd move discussion, & sometimes categories need to be extra-clear. The complicated OED entry on "grain" does not support the idea that grains refer only to edible types. That may be the primary meaning, which might be enough for an article, but category names need to be clearer. Johnbod (talk) 01:59, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- @Johnbod: what are some articles that could theoretically be categorized as Category:Grains but we would not place in Category:Food grains? Not snark or trying to make a point—sincerely wondering what sort of article is in question here and if there would be a practical difference in terms of WP categorization. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:34, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- That's really the wrong question, although the OED doesn't define grain as restricted to food. The right one is "What might people think Category:Grains covers?", and given the range of uses in material science etc, I think there's potential for confusion. It should be speedied anyway. See below. Johnbod (talk) 04:43, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- Silly Johnbod, there are no wrong questions. Thanks for your quick response! (I agree it should not be speedied when users object on reasonable grounds—speedies are for non-controversial issues or issues that perhaps were controversial but have been at least temporarily settled by consensus.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:00, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- That's really the wrong question, although the OED doesn't define grain as restricted to food. The right one is "What might people think Category:Grains covers?", and given the range of uses in material science etc, I think there's potential for confusion. It should be speedied anyway. See below. Johnbod (talk) 04:43, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- @Johnbod: what are some articles that could theoretically be categorized as Category:Grains but we would not place in Category:Food grains? Not snark or trying to make a point—sincerely wondering what sort of article is in question here and if there would be a practical difference in terms of WP categorization. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:34, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- That was an odd move discussion, & sometimes categories need to be extra-clear. The complicated OED entry on "grain" does not support the idea that grains refer only to edible types. That may be the primary meaning, which might be enough for an article, but category names need to be clearer. Johnbod (talk) 01:59, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- It is bizarre to me that the category gets moved from Category:Grains (which still redirects there) to Category:Food grains per C2D, but when the article gets moved back apparently C2D shouldn't apply. Why should C2D only apply in one direction? Jenks24 (talk) 17:32, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
- Object to CFDS rename Grain (disambiguation) shows the ambiguity in this. There are many prominent topics in unrelated areas -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 04:26, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- Joy. Another full discussion. Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 September 30#Category:Food grains. Jenks24 (talk) 13:02, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy worth keeping the clarification. That grain actually only means food grain is dubious. Johnbod (talk) 17:25, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Namur (city) to Category:Namur – C2D: per Namur. Jenks24 (talk) 11:18, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
- Category:People from Namur (city) to Category:People from Namur
- Oppose CFDS Speedy rename this is highly ambiguous. Yes, the city is called Namur, but the province it is located in is also called "Namur". People from Namur will collect everyone from the province, making it unmaintainable. Same with the base category. -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 07:02, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
- Now at CfD for the next month: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 September 27#Category:Namur (city). Jenks24 (talk) 14:25, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
- Oppose CFDS Speedy rename this is highly ambiguous. Yes, the city is called Namur, but the province it is located in is also called "Namur". People from Namur will collect everyone from the province, making it unmaintainable. Same with the base category. -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 07:02, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
- Category:People from Namur (city) to Category:People from Namur
- Category:1866 establishments in British Burma to Category:1866 establishments in Burma – C2C following Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_July_12#Category:1824_establishments_in_British_Burma. – Fayenatic London 19:10, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
- Very Strong Oppose In 1866 Burma was no more a unified country than was Germany in 1966. There were two distinct Burmas, one ruled by the British. The other an independent kingdom not ruled by the British. The previous decision was wrong, done by people who willfully ignored the actual history of Burma to bring it about.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:48, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
- And yet we do have Category:1966 in Germany! There's just not enough in the Burma case to require dividing into subcategories corresponding to the constituent parts. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:06, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
- Very Strong Oppose In 1866 Burma was no more a unified country than was Germany in 1966. There were two distinct Burmas, one ruled by the British. The other an independent kingdom not ruled by the British. The previous decision was wrong, done by people who willfully ignored the actual history of Burma to bring it about.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:48, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
- Category:Coats of arms of Nigeria to Category:Nigerian coats of arms – C2C per format of subcategories of Category:Coats of arms by country Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:03, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
- Strong objection to CFDS Speedy Rename This will cause immediate trouble. Niger and Nigeria are two separate countries that exist, for which sources have used "Nigerian" for both. Category names should not be so ambiguous. -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 05:44, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
- The adjective for Niger used on Wikipedia is Nigerien, not Nigerian. Examine the trees for Category:Nigeria and Category:Niger. Both "Nigerian" and "Nigerien" are already used extensively in the category tree system. There's no reason for this one not to similarly be named. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:19, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
- Moved to a full CFD. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:26, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
- The adjective for Niger used on Wikipedia is Nigerien, not Nigerian. Examine the trees for Category:Nigeria and Category:Niger. Both "Nigerian" and "Nigerien" are already used extensively in the category tree system. There's no reason for this one not to similarly be named. Good Ol’factory (talk) 23:19, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
- Strong objection to CFDS Speedy Rename This will cause immediate trouble. Niger and Nigeria are two separate countries that exist, for which sources have used "Nigerian" for both. Category names should not be so ambiguous. -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 05:44, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
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