Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Deletion templates

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The following templates add articles to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion but do not appear in the category themselves:
{{db|reason}}
{{db-reason|reason}}
{{deletebecause|reason}}
{{delbecause|reason}}
{{d|reason}}
{{delete|reason}}		 Replace reason with a specific reason for speedy deletion.
Please try to write out a reason that will be comprehensible to non-Wikipedians.

Specific reason templates are:
{{db-nonsense}} CSD G1 Patent nonsense. You can put {{subst:Nonsensepages|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-test}} CSD G2 Test page. You can put {{subst:uw-creation1|page name}} on the user's talk page.
{{db-vandalism}} CSD G3 Vandalism. You can put {{subst:uw-creation2|page name}} on the user's talk page.
{{db-pagemove}} CSD G3 Nonsense redirects that are created from the cleanup of page move vandalism. You can put {{subst:Mp2-n|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-repost}} CSD G4 Copies of material that was previously deleted after an XfD discussion. Articles that were only previously speedily deleted do not fall under this category. You can put {{subst:repost-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-banned}} CSD G5 Contributions made by a banned user.
{{db-histmerge}} CSD G6 History merge.
{{db-move}} CSD G6 Making way for a non-controversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved
{{db-xfd}} CSD G6 An admin has closed a deletion debate as a "delete" but not deleted the page.
{{db-g6}} CSD G6 Other non-controversial "housekeeping" tasks, such as reversing a redirect or deleting a disambiguation page that only points to a single article.
{{db-author}} CSD G7 Speedy request by only editor.
{{db-blanked}} CSD G7 Page blanked by only editor.
{{db-talk}} CSD G8 Talk page of a deleted or nonexistent page.
{{db-attack}} CSD G10 Attack page intended to disparage its subject. You can put {{subst:attack|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-spam}} {{db-ad}} {{db-advert}} CSD G11 Pages that exist only to promote a company, product, or service. You can put {{subst:spam-notice|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-copyvio|url=url of source}} CSD G12 Blatant copyright violation. You can put {{subst:nothanks-sd|pg=page name|url=url of source}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-empty}}
{{db-nocontext}}		 CSD A1 Very short articles without context. Use {{subst:empty-warn}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-foreign}} CSD A2 Foreign language article duplicated on other Wikimedia project.
{{db-nocontent}}
{{db-contact}}		 CSD A3 No content other than external links of whatever kind, or an attempt to contact subject of article.
{{db-transwiki}} CSD A5 Transwikification completed (applicable only if transwikied per an Articles for deletion discussion).
{{db-bio}} {{db-band}} {{db-club}} {{db-corp}}
{{db-group}} {{db-web}}
{{db-bio-notenglish|language}}		 CSD A7 article about a person, group, company, or website that does not assert the importance of the subject. You can put {{subst:nn-warn|page name}} -- ~~~~ on the user's talk page, or, if it seems that someone has created a user page in the encyclopedia section instead of their user page, you can use put {{subst:Userfy warning|page name}} -- ~~~~ on their talk page.
{{db-redirnone}} CSD R1 Redirect to non-existent page.
{{db-rediruser}} CSD R2 Redirect to user page.
{{db-redirtypo}} CSD R3 Redirect that is a result of an implausible typo.
{{db-redundantimage|replacement image name.ext}}
{{isd|replacement image name.ext}}		 CSD I1 Same or better image exists on Wikipedia (not for now on Commons).
{{db-noimage}} CSD I2 Corrupt or empty image.
{{db-noncom}} CSD I3 "No commercial use" or "by permission" images uploaded after target date.
{{db-unksource}} CSD I4 Lack of licensing -- Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{no license}}, {{no source}}, or a similar template.
{{db-unfree}} CSD I5 Unused copyright image -- Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{or-cr}}, {{or-fu}}, or a similar template.
{{db-norat}} CSD I6 Image with fair use tag but no fair use rationale - must have been tagged as such for seven days and uploaded after 2006-05-04.
{{db-badfairuse}} CSD I7 Bad fair use rationale - image tagged for fair use under a rationale that is patently irrelevant to the actual image, like {{game-screenshot}} on a photo of a celebrity. Please notify uploader on their talk page using {{subst:badfairuse|image name including prefix|tag that was on the image}}.
{{db-catempty}} CSD C1 Category that is empty for at least four days and has never contained anything other than links to parent categories.
{{db-catfd}} CSD C3 Category that is used solely by a template that has been deleted.
{{db-userreq}} CSD U1 User's subpage requested to be deleted by the user with whom it is associated.
{{db-nouser}} CSD U2 Userpages of users who do not exist.
{{db-u3}} CSD U3 Fair use galleries in user space.
{{db-disparage}} CSD T1 Templates that are divisive and inflammatory.
{{db-emptyportal}} CSD P2 Underpopulated portal.
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