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("AfD" as used on this page is an abbreviation for "Articles for Deletion".)
To list a single article for deletion for the first time, follow this three-step process:
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Put the deletion tag on the article.
Insert the {{subst:afd1}} tag at the top of the page.
- Please do not mark the edit as minor.
- Please include in the edit summary the phrase
nominated for deletion: see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PageName]]
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
- You can check the "Watch this page" box to follow the page in your watchlist. This allows you to notice if the AfD tag is removed by a vandal.
- Save the page.
(If the article has been nominated for deletion before, use {{subst:afdx}} instead of {{subst:afd1}}. See Template Talk:afdx. This does not include articles that have only had the {{prod}} tag removed.)
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| II. |
Create the article's deletion discussion page.
The resulting AfD box at the top of the article should contain a link to "Preloaded debate" in the AfD page.
- Click that link to open the article's deletion discussion page. Some preloaded text and some instructions will appear.
- Give a reason for the deletion and a category for the debate (instructions will be on the page).
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- Click the link saying "this article's entry" to open the deletion-debate page.
- Insert this text:
{{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | cat=Category | text=Reason the page should be deleted}} ~~~~
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion, Category with a letter indicating the category of the debate, and Reason... with the reasons you think the page should be deleted.
- Consider checking "Watch this page" to follow the progress of the debate.
- Please use an edit summary such as
Creating deletion discussion page for [[PageName]]
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
- Save the page.
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Notify users who monitor AfD discussion.
- Copy the tag below, and then click THIS LINK to open the deletion log page. At the bottom of the log page, insert:
- {{subst:afd3 | pg=PageName}}
replacing PageName appropriately.
- Include the discussion page's name in your edit summary like
Adding [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PageName]]
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
- Save the page. Your insertion will be automatically expanded to the same form as the preceding lines in the file: {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PageName}}.
(If you used template {{subst:afdx}} instead of {{subst:afd1}}, use "PageName (2nd nomination)" instead of "PageName" for a second nomination, etc.).
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To list multiple related pages for deletion see here.
