UDWiki:Administration/Speedy Deletions/Criterion 12
Speedy Deletion Criterion 12 was created in order to get rid of the great amount of group pages that were being created every day and then forgotten forever. Users, especially newbies seeking some stardom in the game, constantly create new groups in order to be the "leaders", but when said project seems to go aground, they abandon it: the result is a lot of group pages with a couple of edits in a lapse of a week and then nothing.
Criterion 12 was created in August 21, 2006, as part of the Historical Groups policy, as a way to remove inactive group pages. In December 30, 2006, the criterion was altered, and it was removed from the list of possible criteria to speedy delete a page in September 16, 2007, after a policy was approved.
The Criterion
Criticism
Criterion 12 was often viewed as a tool which erased the history of Urban Dead. While some groups that were removed using this Criterion had little to no content and/or had little to no impact in the game, some had an impact in the game, but weren't important enough to be recognised as Historical Groups. Since groups were deleted after failing a historical status request, this criterion lead to several important group pages being deleted, with links in community pages to be left red (pointing to nowhere), and many of Malton's history being erased.
