Wikipedia:Speedy deletion: Difference between revisions

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# Pages created and edited solely by a banned user, after they were banned unless the user has been unbanned. This is slightly controversial!

# Redirects with no history which have been created by moving user pages out of the article space. (Sometimes new Wikipedians accidentally create user pages in the main article space. Move them into the user space using the "Move this page" tool to preserve their history, and consider waiting a day or two before deleting the resultant redirect.)

# ArticlesForeign language articles that already exist on another Wikimedia project, as a result of having been copied and pasted in to Wikipedia after their creation elsewhere, or as a result of having been moved via the [[m:transwikiTranswiki|transwiki]] system, where there is consensus that [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion]] is not necessary. Applies to foreign language articles at present.

# Deleting an image which is an exact copy (all bits the same) of something else, redundant, and unused.

# [[Wikipedia:userpageUserpage|Personal subpages]], upon request by their owner.

# Talk pages of already deleted articles unless the discussion is linked to [[Wikipedia:Archived delete debates]].

# Redirects to non-existent pages (but check first there is not a page that it should redirect to in case it was a typo).

# User talk pages of non-logged in users where the message is no longer relevant (this is to avoid confusing new users who happen to edit with that same IP).

''Exception: [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]]''

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Sysops may also delete pages for the following technical purposes:

# Deleting a redirect that has no useful history, to make way for a non-controversial [[wikipediaWikipedia:moveMove|page move]].

# Temporarily deleting a page in order to [[wikipedia:move|merge page histories]] after a [[cut and paste]] move.

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Note that [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems|copyright problems]] are not candidates for speedy deletion.

Ideally, when a sysop deletes a test page or other page with no useful content, it is a good idea to put a note on the author's talk page explaining things, and preserving the deleted content, pointing them to the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]] in cases of tests. Be friendly! [[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Most everyoneEveryone was new once]].

Redirects do not fall into category No. 1 ("No meaningful content or history"). Instead, please list them on [[wikipediaWikipedia:redirectsRedirects for deletion]].

==See also==

* [[wikipediaWikipedia:deletion policy|deletionDeletion policy]]

* [[Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators|Deletion guidelines for administrators]]