Difference between revisions of "AoPS Wiki:Deletion policy"
(Formatting) |
(Tag: Undo) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{shortcut|[[A:DB]]}} | {{shortcut|[[A:DB]]}} | ||
| − | Articles on the [[AoPS Wiki]] can be '''deleted''' by administrators. To ask for the deletion of an article, add <tt><nowiki>{{delete|</nowiki>''reason''}}</tt> to the article. | + | Articles on the [[AoPS Wiki]] can be '''deleted''' by administrators. To ask for the deletion of an article, add <tt><nowiki>{{delete|</nowiki>''reason''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt> to the article. |
== Guidelines == | == Guidelines == | ||
| − | In general, the guidelines for deletion are far less strict than those of [ | + | In general, the guidelines for deletion are far less strict than those of [//www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], for example. |
The following types of articles ''should be deleted without question'': | The following types of articles ''should be deleted without question'': | ||
* Pages made for the purpose of [[spam]] | * Pages made for the purpose of [[spam]] | ||
| − | ** Blatant vandalism. | + | ** Blatant [[vandalism]]. |
** [[Advertisement]]s | ** [[Advertisement]]s | ||
* Test pages. | * Test pages. | ||
| − | * Unnecessary | + | * Unnecessary [[redirect]]s. |
* Talk pages of deleted articles | * Talk pages of deleted articles | ||
* Subjects that are not included in the [[A:TOC|TOC]] or do not belong in the AoPS Wiki, as determined by [[A:ADMIN|Administrators]]. | * Subjects that are not included in the [[A:TOC|TOC]] or do not belong in the AoPS Wiki, as determined by [[A:ADMIN|Administrators]]. | ||
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
* [[Template:Delete]] | * [[Template:Delete]] | ||
| − | * [[Category:Articles for deletion]] | + | * [[:Category:Articles for deletion]] |
| − | [[Category:Policy]] | + | [[Category:Policy|Delete]] |
Latest revision as of 09:36, 20 April 2025
| Shortcut: |
Articles on the AoPS Wiki can be deleted by administrators. To ask for the deletion of an article, add {{delete|reason}} to the article.
Guidelines
In general, the guidelines for deletion are far less strict than those of Wikipedia, for example.
The following types of articles should be deleted without question:
- Pages made for the purpose of spam
- Blatant vandalism.
- Advertisements
- Test pages.
- Unnecessary redirects.
- Talk pages of deleted articles
- Subjects that are not included in the TOC or do not belong in the AoPS Wiki, as determined by Administrators.
- Pages whose titles are unnecessarily long, and pages with bad titles in general
Possible Exceptions:
- Non-notable subjects (such as an educational website, book, etc.) are generally not deleted if they contain a neutral, thorough coverage of the section and the topic of the article is suitable for AoPS Wiki.
Other solutions include:
- Merging the article into a related article.
- Moving the article to a different namespace.
- Reducing the article to a stub.
