Template:Flag-editor

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[edit] What it looks like

Hello, Flag-editor … I recently encountered the article about Article-name and in my opinion, it either lacks sufficient Attribution that it satisfies the Notability criteria for one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Academics, Biographies, Organizations and companies, Fiction, Films, Music, Schools, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines, or it may violate the Conflict of interest guideline, or perhaps it violates a copyright.

I am considering tagging Article-name (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) for deletion according to the Deletion policy … I do not have time to examine the article in depth at the moment, and it may improve over time, in which case this warning was premature.

I have created this initial entry on your Talk page because you are either the original author of the article, or else a recent contributor to it; I will leave more detailed information regarding my specific concerns about the article on its Discussion page … please respond either there or on this Talk page, instead of on my Talk page, in order to avoid fragmenting the conversation.

Be sure to read Ownership of articles, and remember that other editors may not share your opinion about the notability of the article's subject.

I do not mean to imply that your contribution is unappreciated … perhaps you should read Your first article … and remember, there was a time when I knew less about how Wikipedia works than you know right now, and I am always available to help you become a more proactive contributor.

[edit] Template documentation
This documentation is transcluded from Template:Flag-editor/doc. (edit | history)

[edit] When to use

This template was originally intended to alert another editor that you are considering the deletion of an article by leaving a message on their User Talk page; this is the 2nd Step of the Protocol to minimize friction from proposed and speedy deletions.

As it turns out, editors may also use this template to flag the questionable editor's creative activities for closer scrutiny during future sessions.

This template adds the editor's Talk page to Category:Flagged editors.

[edit] Usage

Depending on how you do it, you may or may not want the template to automagically generate a section header.

Note that no default signature is provided, so you should either append "~~~~" or your own custom signature. Also, this template must be substituted.

Default: {{subst:Flag-editor |(Article-name) |(Guideline)}}.

No section header is generated. (Article-name) is the only required argument. Omitting (Guideline) will result in a generic but rather verbose message with a comprehensive list of notability guidelines, so one should always be specified.
The recognized values for (Guideline) are:

Linked Header: {{subst:Flag-editor |(Article-name) |(Guideline) |header=1}}.

== Flagging Article-name for further review ==

Custom Header: {{subst:Flag-editor |(Article-name) |(Guideline) |header=1 |header-text=(your header text)}}.

== your header text ==

Note: You must provide (Article-name), or else it will not display correctly.

[edit] Optional parameter

If you are not feeling particularly helpful, then you may add noassist=1 to omit the following offer:

… and remember, there was a time when I knew less about how Wikipedia works than you know right now... and I am always available to help you become a more proactive contributor.

otherwise the green text will be displayed by default, e.g.,

{{subst:Flag-editor |(article-name) |(Guideline) |header=1 |noassist=1 }}.

[edit] Removal of speedy deletion tag

Note that this template also includes the following {{Drmspeedy1}} template in a comment at the end ... this is in case the author removes the {{Db}} and you (or Some Other Editor) need to give them a warning ... just remove the comment tags and you have a generic warning in front of your previous signature.

<!--
===Removal of speedy deletion tag===
{{subst:Drmspeedy1}}
... DO NOT remove the <code>{{tl|Db}}</code> tag yourself! 
I have restored it ... please read [[Wikipedia:Three-revert rule]] 
and don't do it again, or you may get [[WP:BLOCK|blocked]] 
from editing here. -->

[edit] See also

Specific guidelines and protocols for common A7 speedy deletions
Notability guideline Shortcut Flag protocol Speedy deletion template
People WP:BIO WP:FLAG-BIO {{Db-person}}
Academics WP:PROF WP:FLAG-PROF N/A
Fiction WP:FICT WP:FLAG-FICT N/A
Films WP:MOVIE WP:FLAG-MOVIE N/A
Musicians and bands WP:BAND or WP:MUSIC WP:FLAG-BAND {{Db-band}}
Organizations and companies WP:CORP or WP:ORG WP:FLAG-INC {{Db-inc}} or {{Db-club}}
Schools WP:SCL WP:FLAG-SCL N/A
Web content WP:WEB WP:FLAG-WEB {{Db-web}}