Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion

This page is created to serve as a rough guide for editors on the Pali Wikipedia. It is imported from Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion on the English Wikipedia and localised to suit the needs of the Pali Wikipedia. However, this guideline remains unvetted by the community. If you approve, disapprove or have concerns about this guideline, please note them at Wikipedia सम्भासित:Criteria for speedy deletion#Community consensus.

Pages that satify the Criteria for speedy deletion (CSD) may be deleted without any discussion.

List of criteria

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. 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 or hoaxes, fictional material, coherent non-Pali material, or poorly translated material. Nor does it apply to any page in the user namespace.

If it is understandable (in any language), G1 does not apply.

Use {{CSD|G1}}

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.

Use {{CSD|G2}}

G3. Pure vandalism and blatant hoaxes

G3H. Hoax: 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.

Use {{CSD|G3H}}

G3V. Vandalism: Pages created as obvious vandalism, to misguide readers and/or editors.

Use {{CSD|G3V}}

G4. Attack pages

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, group, community or a 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.

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.

Use {{CSD|G4}}

G5. No content

This applies to pages 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 pages consisting only of the framework of a page 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 (CSD G1), coherent non-Pali material (CSD A4), and poorly translated material. Do not tag under this criterion in the first few minutes after a new page is created. This does not apply to user pages & draft articles.

Use {{CSD|G5}}

G6. 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. 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. This does not cover deletion of own user pages (CSD U1).

Use {{CSD|G6}}

G7. 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. It excludes pages that are not substantially identical to the deleted version, pages to which the reason for the deletion no longer applies, and content that has been moved to user space or converted 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 speedy deletion.

Use {{CSD|G7}}

G8. Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page

Examples include:

• Talk pages with no corresponding subject page
• Subpages with no parent page
• File pages without a corresponding file
• Redirects to targets that never existed or were deleted
• Unused editnotices of non-existent or unsalted deleted pages

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 (these should instead be retargeted to their target's new name), except where CSD R2 would immediately apply
• Plausible redirects that can be changed to valid targets
• User subpages when the user has not created a user page
• Talk pages for files that exist on Wikimedia Commons
• Pages that should be moved to a different location

Exceptions may be sign-posted with the template {{G8 exempt}}.

Use {{CSD|G8}}

G9. Creations by banned or blocked users

This applies to pages created by banned or blocked users in violation of their ban or block, and that have no substantial edits by others. G9 should not be applied to transcluded templates or to categories that may be useful or suitable for merging.

• 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.
• For topic-banned editors, the page must be a violation of the user's specific ban, and does not include contributions legitimately about some other topic.
• 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 G9 (if not substantially edited by others); this is the most common case for applying G9.

  Use {{CSD|G9}}

G10. Technical deletions

This is for uncontroversial maintenance, including:

G10E. Error: Deleting pages unambiguously created in error or in the incorrect namespace.

Use {{CSD|G10E}}

G10M. Move: Deleting redirects or other pages blocking 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.

Use {{CSD|G10M}}

G10C. Category: Deleting empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.

Use {{CSD|G10C}}

G10T. Template: Deleting templates orphaned as the result of a consensus at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.

Use {{CSD|G10T}}

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.

Use {{CSD|G11}}

G12. Unambiguous copyright infringement

Main article: en:Wikipedia:Copyright violations

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 en:Wikipedia:Copyright violations for other instructions. Public-domain and other free content, 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 CSD F9 in the, which has more specific instructions.

Use {{CSD|G12}}

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:

1. Draft namespace,
2. Userspace with an {{AFC submission}} or {{Draft}} template

Redirects are exempt from G13 deletion. Pages deleted under G13 may be restored upon request by following the procedure at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/G13.

Use {{CSD|G13}}

G14. Unnecessary disambiguation pages

This applies to the following disambiguation pages:

• 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.

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. G14 also applies to pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as lists).

Use {{CSD|G14}}

G15. 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.

Use {{CSD|G15}}

Articles

A1. No context

This applies to articles lacking sufficient context to identify the subject of the article. 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 CSD G5. This excludes coherent non-Pali material, and poorly translated material (see CSD A4). 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. An hour of delay before tagging under this criterion is suggested. Please do not mark the page as patrolled before that delay passes, to ensure the article is reviewed at a later time.</ref>

Use {{CSD|A1}}

A2. No indication of importance

This applies to any article about a real person, individual animal, commercial or non-commercial organization, web content, software, musical recordings or organized event that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant, with the exception of educational institutions. This is distinct from verifiability and reliability of sources, and is a lower standard than notability. 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 CSD G3Hed instead, as a hoax. If the claim's credibility is unclear, you can improve the article yourself, or list the article at articles for deletion.

Use {{CSD|A2}}

A3. 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 (CSD G3).

Use {{CSD|A3}}

A4. Foreign-language articles that exist on another Wikimedia project

This applies to articles not written in Pali 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 Pali}} instead, and list the page at Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into Pali for review and possible translation.

A4E. English: {{CSD|A4E}}

A4H. Hindi: {{CSD|A4H}}

A4S. Sanskrit: {{CSD|A4S}}

A4O. Other: {{CSD|A4O}}

A5. Transwikied articles

This applies to any article that consists only of a dictionary definition that has already been transwikied (e.g. to Wiktionary), a primary source that has already been transwikied (e.g., to Wikisource), or an article on any subject that has been discussed at articles for deletion with an outcome to move it to another wiki, after it has been properly moved and the author information recorded.

Use {{CSD|A5}}

A6. Recently created article that duplicates an existing topic

This applies to any recently created article with no relevant page history that duplicates an existing Pali 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.

Use {{CSD|A6}}

Redirects

R1. File namespace redirects with names that match Wikimedia Commons pages

This applies to redirects in the "पटिमा:" ("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).

Use {{CSD|R1}}

R2. Cross-namespace redirects

This applies to redirects from the main namespace to any other namespace except the Category:, Template:, Wikipedia:, Help: and Portal: namespaces, and to broken redirects that would qualify for this criterion if they were fixed (e.g., redirects to articles that have been draftified).

Use {{CSD|R2}}

R3. Implausible typos

This applies to recently created redirects from implausible typos or misnomers. However, redirects from common misspellings or misnomers are generally useful, as are sometimes redirects in other languages. This criterion does not apply to redirects created as a result of a page move, unless the moved page was also recently created. It also does not apply to articles and stubs that have been converted into redirects, including redirects created by merges, or to redirects ending with "(disambiguation)" that point to a disambiguation page.

Use {{CSD|R3}}

Files

These apply to files, images, and other media.

Note: The following File CSD guidelines are only a rough guide. These guidelines are unvetted by the community, and are unenforced within the project. Any file satisfying the given CSD criteria may be reported at meta: to a global sysop, or a steward.

Extended content

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 CSD F8. Use {{CSD|F1}} F2. Corrupt, missing or empty file This applies to files that are corrupt, missing, empty, or that contain superfluous and blatant non-metadata information. This also includes file description pages for Commons files that do not include information that is specific to Pali Wikipedia. Use {{CSD|F2}} F3. Improper license This criterion is used to flag media licensed as "for non-commercial use only" (including non-commercial en: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 licensed under versions of the GFDL earlier than 1.3, without allowing for later versions or other licenses, may be deleted. Use {{CSD|F3}} 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. F4A. No source: {{CSD|F4A}} F4B. No license: {{CSD|F4B}} F4C. Neither source nor license: {{CSD|F4C}} F5. Orphaned non-free use images 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. Reasonable exceptions may be made for images uploaded for an upcoming article. Use {{CSD|F5}} 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. Use {{CSD|F6}} F7. Invalid fair-use claim F7D. Disputed fair use rationale: Non-free images or media from a commercial source (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. Use {{CSD|F7D}} F7R. Replaceable with free images: Non-free images or media that have been identified as being replaceable by a free image and tagged with {{subst:Rfu}} 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. Use {{CSD|F7R}} F7I. Invalid fair use claim: Invalid fair-use claims tagged with {{subst:Dfu}} may be deleted seven days after they are tagged, if a full and valid fair-use use rationale is not added. Use {{CSD|F7I}} F8. Images 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 image'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 image revisions that meet the first condition have been transferred to Commons as revisions of the Commons copy and properly marked as such. The image 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 image description page (like {{FeaturedPicture}}), the image description page must be undeleted after the file deletion. If the image 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 image 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 may be speedily deleted as soon as they are off the Main Page. Use {{CSD|F8}} 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. Use {{CSD|F9}} F10. Useless non-media files This criterion is meant for files that are neither image, sound, nor video files; are not used in any article; and have no foreseeable placement in an article. Most non-media file formats cannot be uploaded to English Wikipedia, pdf files being the only exception. An extension alone is not enough reason to delete; this criterion is based on file content. Use {{CSD|F10}} 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 CSD F9 (unambiguous copyright infringement), unless fair-use can be claimed. Files tagged with {{OTRS 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 पटिरूप:OTRS backlog days. You may wish to wait at least this amount of time before tagging OTRS pending images for deletion.) Images tagged {{OTRS 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 an OTRS agent to confirm that no further interaction is ongoing. Use {{CSD|F11}}

Categories

C1. Unpopulated categories

This criterion applies to categories that have been unpopulated for at least seven days. This does not apply to maintainence or project categories that by their nature may become empty on occasion (e.g. 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.

Use {{CSD|C1}}

User pages

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.

Use {{CSD|U1}}

U2. Nonexistent user

This applies to user pages, user subpages, and user talk pages of users that do not exist (check Special:Listusers), except user pages for IP users who have edited, redirects from misspellings of an established user's user page, and the previous name of a renamed user.

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.

Use {{CSD|U2}}

U3. Blatant 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 en:Wikipedia:User pages#What may I have in my user pages?. It applies regardless of the age of the page in question.

• 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.

  Use {{CSD|U3}}

Wikipedia

W1. Any folder that would be subject to speedy deletion as an article

Any portal that would fail any of the active criteria for speedy deletion of articles is valid under this criterion. When deleting or nominating a portal page under this criterion, remember to indicate which article CSD criterion applies to it.

Use {{CSD|W1| <Article CSD template goes here> }}

W2. Underpopulated folder

Any folder based on a topic for which there is only a stub header article or fewer than three articles detailing subject matter that would be appropriate to present under the title of that portal.

Use {{CSD|W2}}