Difference between revisions of "AoPS Wiki:Deletion policy"

Revision as of 13:58, 8 December 2007

Articles on the AoPSWiki can be deleted by administrators.

To ask for the deletion of an article, use {{delete|reason}}.

In general, the guidelines for deletion are far less strict than those of Wikipedia, for example.

The following types of articles should be deleted without question:

Blatant vandalism.
Test pages.
Unnecessary redirects.
Talk pages of deleted articles.
Advertisements
Subjects not related to subjects in focus of AoPSWiki (not within the scope of one of the subheadings of the table of contents.
Non-notable subjects (such as an educational website, book, etc.) are generally not deleted if they contain a neutral, thorough coverage of the section and the topic of the article is suitable for AoPSWiki.

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 == Guidelines ==
-The following types of articles should be deleted:
+In general, the guidelines for deletion are far less strict than those of [[Wikipedia]], for example.
+The following types of articles should be deleted without question:
 *Blatant vandalism.
 *Test pages.
-*Non-notable subjects, or subjects not related to subjects in focus of AoPSWiki.
 *Unnecessary redirects.
 *Talk pages of deleted articles.
+*Advertisements
+*Subjects not related to subjects in focus of AoPSWiki (not within the scope of one of the subheadings of the [[AoPSWiki:Table of Contents|table of contents]].
+*Non-notable subjects (such as an educational website, book, etc.) are generally not deleted if they contain a neutral, thorough coverage of the section and the topic of the article is suitable for AoPSWiki.
 Other solutions include:
 *Merging the article into a related article.
-*Moving the article to a different namespace or a different wiki.
+*Moving the article to a different [[A:NAME|namespace]].
 *Reducing the article to a stub.
 [[Category:AoPSWiki]]