Moderation:Deletions

This page is for the request of page deletions within the Scroll Wars wiki. Due to concerns about loss of data, the ability to delete pages is restricted to the Moderators. As such, regular users will need to request a deletion from the Moderators. For consistency and accountability, Moderators also adhere to the guidelines listed here.

Guidelines for Deletion Requests

All Deletion Requests must contain the following information in order to be considered:

• A link to the page in question. Preferably bolded for visibility. Note that Category and Image links need a colon at the front to turn them into links (ie [[:Category:Category]] and [[:Image:Image.jpg]]).
• A reason for deletion. This should be short and to the point.
• A signed datestamp. This can be done easily by adding ~~~~ to the end of your request.

In addition to placing a request on this page, please place the {{delete}} tag on the top of the page that is being recommended for deletion. Please make sure that the original content remains on the page, so that others can judge whether the page is worthy of deletion.

Any deletion request that does not contain these three pieces of information will not be considered, and will be removed by a Moderator.

Once the deletion request has been entered, the request shall remain on this page where it will be voted on for a period of two (2) weeks, as judged by the initial datestamp. At the conclusion of these two weeks, the appropriate action will be taken by a Moderator, and at the end of that day the request will be moved into the Archive.

Deletion of pages that match a certain criteria may be better serviced by a request for a Speedy Deletion. Speedy Deletions are for the removal of pages that are clearly of no value to the wiki, and do not incur the two week voting requirement. Speedy Deletion requests can be lodged at Moderation/Speedy Deletions.

Speedy Deletion Eligibility

To be eligible for a Speedy Deletion Request, the page must fall under at least one of the following criteria:

1. No Content: The page contains no more than a line or two of content that cannot clearly be expanded, or consists of random or incoherant content. Pages created by Spambots typically fall under this category.
2. Off-Topic: The page is a clearly off-topic page.
3. Unused Redirect: The page is an unused or underused (ie, only 1-2 pages using the link) redirect.
4. Empty Category: The page is a Category page that has no entries within it.
5. Missed Talk Page: The page is a Talk: Page from a previous deletion request that has not been deleted with the request (please note the relevant deletion request if this is so)
6. Deletion Workaround: The page is a duplicate of a page that has been deleted from a previous deletion request (please note the relevant deletion request if this is so)
7. Author Edit Only:The page has been requested for speedy deletion by the original author, and has been edited only by its author.
8. User Page: The page is a User subpage that has been requested for speedy deletion by the original author.
9. Personal Page (Prefix Rule): The page is named after a user without the "User:" or "Journal:" prefixes and its content has been moved to the appropriate User or Journal page. Includes pages that should be User subpages, ie. in-game characters.
10. Unused Template: The page is a template that has existed for at least one week and is currently unused within the wiki.
11. Non-existent User Page: the page is a User: page for a user that doesn't exist, and any content on the page has been moved to the appropriate User: or Journal: page.

Guidelines for Voting on Deletion Requests

• One vote per user.
• Voting should take place underneath the request, and each vote should be entered as a dot point.
• There are four vote types:
  • Delete. For agreement with the deletion request
  • Merge. For indication that the content on the page should be merged with another page (includes an implicit Delete).
  • Speedy Delete. For indication that the page meets one of the Speedy Deletions Criteria (includes an implicit Delete).
  • Keep. For disagreement with the deletion request.

• The specific vote keyword should be bolded within the lodged vote. Any relevant comments are also allowed, but these should not be bolded.
• At least one Delete vote must be entered by the deadline in order for a page to be deleted. Moderators may not use their own vote after the deadline to delete a page.
• If more Delete votes are entered than Keep votes, the page will be deleted. In any other circumnstance, the page is kept.
• If 3 Speedy Deletes are lodged, and there are no Keep Votes, the page will be deleted as per Speedy Deletions.

Deletion Queue

New deletion Requests should be placed at the top of the queue to preserve ordering.

• Moderation/Policy_Discussion/Non-author_re's_allowed Old page by Gold Blade. Policy suggestion never implemented, I think. Not linked from anywhere. Is GB still active? --Claytonius3 ^{Mod+Template Helper} 07:31, 18 January 2008 (MST)

Recent Actions

• Test_page Created by Gold Blade, unused for more than 1 year, basically no content. unlinked. 1 revision. --Claytonius3 ^{Mod+Template Helper} 07:31, 18 January 2008 (MST)

Deleted.--The General^{T POT Mod} 10:56, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Archive

Served deletion requests are found at Deletions Archive.

Deletion Scheduling

Deletion Scheduling requests should be requested in the same general format as normal Deletions. Votes will occur in the same general manner, and like normal deletion requests will be voted on for two (2) weeks, as judged by the initial datestamp. Votes in this case shall be as follows:

• Yea - For approval of the deletion scheduling request
• Nay - For disapproval of the deletion scheduling request

Remember that votes must be signed and datestamped (use ~~~~)