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- Step 1 — select this page (shift click to open in new window)
- Add to top:
- {{subst:afd1}}
- Edit summary:
- AFD: Nominated for deletion; see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Ogilvy]]
- Step 2 — click on pre-loaded debate in this page
- Replace text with
- {{subst:afd2|pg={{subst:SUBPAGENAME}}|cat=B|text=Reason}} ~~~~
- Edit summary:
- Creating deletion discussion page for [[James Ogilvy]]
- Step 3 — select this page (shift click to open in new window)
- Add to top:
- {{subst:afd3 | pg=James Ogilvy}}
- Edit summary:
- Adding [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Ogilvy]]
To list a single article for deletion for the first time, follow this three-step process:
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Put the deletion tag on the article.
Insert the {{subst:afd1}} tag at the top of the article if it's the article's first AfD nomination, if the article has been nominated for deletion before use {{subst:afdx}} instead.
- Please do not mark the edit as minor.
- Please include in the edit summary the phrase
AfD: Nominated for deletion; see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PageName]]
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
- You can check the "Watch this page" box to follow the page in your watchlist. This allows you to notice if the AfD tag is removed by a vandal or a new user unfamiliar with deletion policy.
- Save the page.
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II. |
Create the article's deletion discussion page.
The resulting AfD box at the top of the article should contain a link to "Preloaded debate" in the AfD page.
- Click that link to open the article's deletion discussion page. Some preloaded text and some instructions will appear.
- Give a reason for the deletion and a category for the debate (instructions will be on the page).
OR
- Click the link saying "this article's entry" to open the deletion-debate page.
- Insert this text:
{{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | cat=Category | text=Reason the page should be deleted}} ~~~~
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion, Category with a letter indicating the category of the debate, and Reason... with the reasons you think the page should be deleted.
If you used template {{subst:afdx}} instead of {{subst:afd1}} , use "PageName (2nd nomination) " instead of "PageName " for a second nomination, etc.).
- Consider adding an appropriate deletion sorting template to the nomination.
- Consider checking "Watch this page" to follow the progress of the debate.
- Please use an edit summary such as
Creating deletion discussion page for [[PageName]]
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
- Save the page.
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III. |
Notify users who monitor AfD discussion.
Open the articles for deletion log page. At the top of the list on the log page (there's a comment indicating the spot), insert:
{{subst:afd3 | pg=PageName}}
replacing PageName appropriately.
- Include the discussion page's name in your edit summary like
Adding [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PageName]]
replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
If you used template {{subst:afdx}} instead of {{subst:afd1}} , use "PageName (2nd nomination) " instead of "PageName " for a second nomination, etc.).
- Save the page. Your insertion will be automatically expanded to the same form as the preceding lines in the file:
{{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PageName}} .
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To list multiple related pages for deletion see this page.
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