User:RichardColgate
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[edit] Editing History
As of 31st July 2007 I have made 1342 edits to 314 Wikipedia Mainspace Pages. Check the record.
[edit] Useful Templates
Template | Synonyms | Criteria | Used for |
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The following templates add pages to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion: |
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{{db}} | {{db-reason|reason}} {{deletebecause|reason}} {{delbecause|reason}} {{delete|reason}} {{d|reason}} {{Speedy deletion|reason}} {{Speedy|reason}} |
Replace reason with a specific reason for speedy deletion. Please try to write out a reason that will be comprehensible to non-Wikipedians. |
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Or, you can use a specific reason template: |
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{{db-g1}} | {{db-nonsense}} | CSD G1 | Patent nonsense. You can put {{subst:Nonsensepages|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page. |
{{db-g2}} | {{db-test}} | CSD G2 | Test page. You can put {{subst:uw-creation1|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page. |
{{db-g3}} | {{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-g4}} | {{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-g5}} | {{db-banned|Name of banned user}} | CSD G5 | Contributions made by a banned user while they were banned. |
{{db-g6}} | {{db-histmerge|Page to merge history from}} | CSD G6 | History merge. |
{{db-move|Page to be moved|reason for move}} | CSD G6 | Making way for a non-controversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved and the reason for the move. | |
{{db-copypaste|Page to be moved}} | CSD G6 | Cleaning up copy-and-paste page moves to make way for a clean, 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-blanktalk}} | CSD G6 | Blank talk page with no substantial edit history. | |
{{db-maintenance}} | CSD G6 | Other non-controversial "housekeeping" tasks, such as reversing a redirect. | |
{{db-g7}} | {{db-author}} | CSD G7 | Speedy request by only editor. |
{{db-blanked}} | CSD G7 | Page blanked by only editor. | |
{{db-g8}} | {{db-talk}} | CSD G8 | Talk page of a deleted or nonexistent page. |
{{db-g10}} | {{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-g11}} | {{db-spam}} | CSD G11 | Blatant advertising. You can put {{subst:spam-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page. |
{{db-g12|url=URL of source}} | {{db-copyvio|url=url of source}} | CSD G12 | Blatant copyright violation. You can put {{subst:uw-copyright|page name|url=url of source}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page. |
{{db-a1}} | {{db-empty}} {{db-nocontext}} |
CSD A1 | Very short articles without context. Use {{subst:empty-warn|pagename}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page. |
{{db-a2}} | {{db-foreign}} | CSD A2 | Foreign language article duplicated on other Wikimedia project. |
{{db-a3}} | {{db-nocontent}} {{db-contact}} |
CSD A3 | No content other than external links of whatever kind, or an attempt to contact subject of article. |
{{db-a5}} | {{db-transwiki}} | CSD A5 | Transwikification completed (if article is a dictionary definition only and has been transwikied, with or without an Articles for deletion discussion). |
{{db-a7}} | {{db-bio}} | CSD A7 | Article about a person, group, company, or web content that does not indicate the importance of the subject. Try to use one of the more specific templates rather than {{db-a7}}. 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 put {{subst:nn-userfy|page name}} -- ~~~~ on their talk page. |
{{db-person}} – for people | |||
{{db-band}} – for bands | |||
{{db-club}} – for clubs, societies, groups, and organizations | |||
{{db-inc}} – for companies and corporations | |||
{{db-web}} – for websites | |||
{{db-r1}} | {{db-redirnone}} | CSD R1 | Redirect to non-existent page. You can put {{subst:redirnone-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page. |
{{db-r2}} | {{db-rediruser}} | CSD R2 | Redirect to user page. You can put {{subst:rediruser-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page. |
{{db-r3}} | {{db-redirtypo}} {{db-redirmisnomer}} |
CSD R3 | Recently created redirect that is a result of an implausible typo or misnomer. You can put {{subst:redirtypo-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page. |
{{db-i1}} | {{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-i2}} | {{db-noimage}} | CSD I2 | Corrupt or empty image. |
{{db-i3}} | {{db-noncom}} | CSD I3 | "No commercial use" or "by permission" images uploaded after target date. |
{{db-i4}} | {{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-i5}} | {{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-i6}} | {{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-i7}} | {{db-badfairuse}} | CSD I7 | Bad fair use template - image tagged as fair use with a template 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-i8}} | {{db-nowcommons}} {{db-nowcommons|Name of image on Commons.ext}} |
CSD I8 | Identical image has been moved to or is otherwise available on Commons. Unless moved by its uploader, the image must have been tagged with {{NowCommons}} for a week. |
{{db-i9}} | {{db-imgcopyvio|url=URL of source}} | CSD I9 | Blatant copyright infringements. |
{{db-i10}} | {{db-badfiletype}} | CSD I10 | Uploaded file which is not an image, video or sound, is unused, and has no foreseeable encyclopedic use. |
{{db-c1}} | {{db-catempty}} | CSD C1 | Category that has been empty for at least four days. |
{{db-c2}} | {{db-speedyrename}} | CSD C2 | Category being speedily renamed (typo fix, expanding abbreviation, capitalisation fix, compliance with "by country" format, singular to plural conversion or vice versa). |
{{db-c3}} | {{db-catfd}} | CSD C3 | Category that is populated solely by a template that has been deleted. |
{{db-u1}} | {{db-userreq}} | CSD U1 | User page or subpage requested to be deleted by the user with whom it is associated. |
{{db-u2}} | {{db-nouser}} | CSD U2 | Userpages of users who do not exist. |
{{db-u3}} | {{db-gallery}} | CSD U3 | Fair use galleries in user space. |
{{db-t1}} | {{db-divisive}} | CSD T1 | Templates that are divisive and inflammatory. |
{{db-t2}} | {{db-policy}} | CSD T2 | Templates that are blatant misrepresentations of established policy. |
{{db-t3|~~~~~|OtherTemplate}} | CSD T3 | Templates which are duplicates of, hard-coded instances of, or an inferior alternative to, OtherTemplate. | |
{{db-p2}} | {{db-emptyportal}} | CSD P2 | Underpopulated portal. |