AFD instructions | |
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close after | 7 days ( relist if insufficient discussion) |
top tag | {{
subst:Afd top|'''RESULT'''}} ~~~~ |
bottom tag | {{
subst:Afd bottom}} |
retire | remove categorization template |
If deleting | |
delete page incl. reason | [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Article]] |
If keeping | |
tag talk page | {{ Old AfD multi |date= |result= |page= }} |
remove | afd tag from article |
This page outlines administrator instructions for articles for deletion (AfD) discussions, which are used to determine whether or not an article should be deleted. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. The XFDcloser script is useful for automating the below process.
To process an AFD debate listed on a day page containing debates old enough to be closed:
{{
Closing}}
to the very top of the page.{{
Closing}}
tag from the page, if it was placed beforehand.{{subst:Afd top|'''result'''}}. ~~~~ | ← Add this line at the very top of the page, with the appropriate result in '''bold'''. |
===[[Article title]]=== | ← Leave this line alone. |
← Remove the line containing {{ REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD}}. | |
DISCUSSION | ← Body of the discussion stays unchanged |
{{subst:Afd bottom}} | ← Add bottom template |
After closing, the page should look like this:
The result was Result [Additional comments].
Example (
talk)
11:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
The page may still contain Category:Relisted AfD debates and possibly Category:AfD debates relisted 3 or more times which can be removed (via HotCat).
Depending on the decision, proceed as follows:
Delete:
[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Article]]
to the "Other/additional reason:" box.[[WP:CSD#G8|G8]]: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page
Keep:
{{
Old AfD multi}}
template that is inside the AfD tag, then paste that entire template onto the article's talk page (normally above the WikiProject tags, if applicable), and then save using an edit summary such as "Adding {{
Old AfD multi}}".
{{
Old AfD multi}}
is not present in the tag, then the AfD is likely a repeat nomination, and it will need to be manually added to the current {{
Old AfD multi}}
tag on the article's talk page. Please see
Template:Old AfD multi/doc for instructions on how to format it. After adding the current AfD results to the template, save using an edit summary such as "Appending to {{
Old AfD multi}}".<!-- Please do not remove ...
to <!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point -->
. Save using an edit summary such as "Removing AfD tag. Consensus was "keep"."{{
Cleanup AfD}}
tag on top of the article.No consensus:
Nomination withdrawn:
Redirect:
{{
Old AfD multi}}
tag to the article's talk page. Normally,
WikiProject tags are also removed, unless they support a
Redirect-Class, in which case those tags can be modified instead of removed.Merge:
{{
Old AfD multi}}
tag to the article's talk page. Normally,
WikiProject tags are also removed, but can be modified to Redirect-class instead of removed.{{Afd-merge to|destination article|debate name|debate closure date}}
{{Afd-merge from|nominated article|debate name|debate closure date}}
If insufficient discussion took place to determine a consensus or lack thereof, the AfD can be relisted by doing the following:
{{subst:relist}}
{{subst:relist|Comments about the relist}}
instead.<!-- ... -->
) the transclusion of the relisted deletion discussion. It should look like this:
<!-- {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Article}} -->
<!--Relisted-->
at the end. It should look like this:
{{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Article}}<!--Relisted-->
Every day, the AfD log page (e.g. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 25) that is more than seven days old should be moved to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old (currently, this is automatically done by User:Mathbot). With few exceptions (e.g., an AFD-nominated article that qualifies for Wikipedia:Speedy keep or deletion under WP:CSD), the decision to keep or delete a page is to be implemented only after this move has been performed.
If all deletion discussions on an AfD log page have been closed, then please go to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Old and remove that AfD log page (which Mathbot can do automatically by clicking here). Then, go to Wikipedia:Archived deletion discussions and paste that AfD log page at the top in the appropriate month (currently, this is also automatically done by Mathbot).