SmashWiki:Deletion policy

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 can be deleted only if the user requests it. It is impossible to delete an account, though the user page can be deleted.

• Advertising and spam. Posting random websites or things like "Google is awful; try Brand X Search Engine free for 10 days!" doesn't help the wiki grow at all.

• Pages that are nonsense. For example, pages with titles such as "dahoshagohfoug" or "haovhauhgbovaov" have no point in being on this wiki.

• Copyright violations. Taking images/pages from a website that say they are to be used only on their sites should not be used.

• Useless or incorrect redirects. For example, one like #REDIRECT: [[That one guy in SSBB]] isn't helping anyone.

• Useless or incorrect categories, like a "poop" category.

• Useless or incorrect templates, like a "poop" template.

• Pages in another language. This wiki is English, no other languages are allowed.

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.