SmashWiki:Deletion policy

From SmashWiki, the Super Smash Bros. wiki
Revision as of 19:45, September 5, 2008 by Charitwo (talk | contribs) (cleanup)
Jump to navigationJump to search
Policy.png This page documents an official SmashWiki policy, a widely accepted standard that all users should follow. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. If in doubt, consider discussing changes on the talk page.
Shortcut:
SW:DELETE
SW:RM

The deletion policy dictates what should and shouldn't be deleted from this wiki.

Good cases

  • A page which contains information that has very little chances of becoming a real page. For example, a page with just "wow i love samus so much don't you? lol" will not go anywhere.
  • User pages should only be deleted only if the user requests it or if it's a userpage made by a vandal. It is impossible to delete an account, however the user page can be deleted.
  • Advertising, spam, and random nonsense or gibberish.
  • Copyright violations. Taking images/pages from a website that is not freely licensed and without proper attribution.
  • Useless or incorrect redirects, categories, or templates.
  • Pages in another language. This wiki is English, if you would like to start a SmashWiki in another language, you may request one if it is not already available.

Bad cases

  • Stubs. Stubs, no matter how small, could one day become a very long article.
  • A page that requires a cleanup. These pages are just in need of attention, they do not need to be deleted.
  • Vandalism. Blanking pages and inserting random words can be reverted, unless a page was created that had an obscene or random title.