Wikipedia:FLAG-WEB

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New pages patrol editors should use this protocol if they feel that a new article fails WP:WEB, or if you plan to apply a {{Db-web}} to an article and generate the concern:

It is an article about a web site, blog, online forum, webcomic, podcast, online game, or similar web content that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject. (CSD A7)

Web content includes, but is not limited to, webcomics, podcasts, blogs, Internet forums, online magazines and other media, web portals and web hosts. (WP:WEB)

You may also follow these steps to tag it for a proposed deletion if you think that a speedy deletion may be premature.

  1. Put {{Flag-article}} on the Discussion page.
  2. Put {{Flag-editor}} on the author's Talk page.
  3. Put {{Prod}} or {{Db-web}} on the Article.
  4. MOVE ON.

If you are an inclusionist, then you can use this protocol to flag articles and editors for cleanups during some future session, in which case the 3rd Step becomes, "Put some lipstick on this pig." :-)

Your initial reason for considering the article for deletion may be lack of any Attribution whatsoever, but remember that is not grounds for a A7 speedy delete:

“ The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. ”
 

It is the author's responsibility to find reliable source references, but just because there are none currently in the article does not mean that none can be found by a simple Google search ... if you do not have time to look for them at the moment, then flag the article for further review later.


[edit] 1st Step: Flag the article

Place the following on the article's Discussion page. (If it already has messages, you may omit the {{Talkheader}} template.)

{{Talkheader}}
{{subst:Flag-article|Name-of-author|Web|header=1}} —~~~~

Don't forget the edit summary:

"talkheader - 1st contact"

[edit] 2nd Step: Alert the author

Place the following on the author's Talk page. (If they already have messages, you may omit the welcome template, or substitute another one if you prefer, like {{Nn-welcome}}.)

{{subst:Welcome}}
{{subst:Flag-editor|Name-of-article|Web|header=1}} —~~~~

Provide an edit summary:

"Flagging [[name-of-article]] for further review"

[edit] 3rd Step: Tag the article

{{subst:Prod|Article lacks sufficient [[WP:Attribution|]] for
[[WP:Verifiability|]] of the [[WP:WEB]] notability criteria}}
 
     ... or ...

 {{Db-web}}

Edit summary: "{{Prod}} | {{Db-web}} -- see Discussion page"

[edit] 4th Step: MOVE ON

If the author removes the CSD tag, there's already a {{Drmspeedy2}} on their Talk page in a comment field from the Second Step ... all you have to do is remove the comment brackets ... you don't even have to do a copy&paste to warn them. :-)

If a Discussion page still has not gone redlink after a week, then you may assume that:

  • it's already been revisited at least once already
  • Some Other Editor has declined it since your last visit, but they neglected to ping you.

This means it's time to either:

(a) consider whether you want to try to improve the article by searching for evidence of notability,
(b) involve the rest of the community with an AfD, or else
(c) delete it from your watchlist and MOVE ON.
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}}