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This page is for the request of page deletions within the Urban Dead wiki. Due to concerns about loss of data, the ability to delete pages is restricted to system operators. As such, regular users will need to request a deletion from the system operators. For consistency and accountability, system operators also adhere to the guidelines listed here.

Guidelines for Deletion Requests

All Deletion Requests must contain the following information in order to be considered:

  • A link to the page in question. Preferably bolded for visibility. Note that Category and Image links need a colon at the front to turn them into links (ie [[:Category:Category]] and [[:Image:Image.jpg]]).
  • A reason for deletion. This should be short and to the point.
  • A signed datestamp. This can be easily done by adding ~~~~ to the end of your request.

In addition to placing a request on this page, please place the {{delete}} tag on the top of the page that is being recommended for deletion. Please make sure that the original content remains on the page, so that others can judge whether the page is worthy of deletion.

Any deletion request that does not contain these three pieces of information will not be considered, and will be removed by a system operator.

Once the deletion request has been entered, the request shall remain on this page, where it will be voted on for a period of two (2) weeks, as judged by the initial datestamp. At the conclusion of this two weeks, the appropriate action will be taken by a system operator, and at the end of that day the request will be moved into the Archive.

Certain types of pages may be better being scheduled for deletion in order to reduce the amount of red tape and stop this page getting too cluttered. To lodge a request for scheduled deletions, go to UDWiki:Administration/Deletions/Scheduling.

Deletion of pages that match a certain criteria may be better serviced by a request for a Speedy Deletion. Speedy Deletions are for removal of pages that are clearly of no value to the wiki, and do not incur the two week voting requirement. Speedy Deletion requests can be lodged at UDWiki:Administration/Speedy Deletions.

Speedy Deletion Eligibility

To be eligible for a Speedy Deletion Request, the page must fall under at least one of the following criteria:

  1. No Content: The page contains no more than a line or two of content that cannot clearly be expanded, consists of random or incoherent content, or is duplicated elsewhere to no purpose.
  2. Off-Topic: The page is a clearly off-topic page.
  3. Unused Redirect: The page is an unused or underused (ie, only 1-2 pages using the link) redirect.
  4. Empty Category: The page is a Category page that has no entries within it.
  5. Missed Talk Page: The page is a Talk: Page from a previous deletion request that has not been deleted with the request (please note the relevant deletion request if this is so)
    As of 19 May 2010, Crit 5 is now a scheduled deletion.
  6. Deletion Workaround: The page is a duplicate of a page that has been deleted from a previous deletion request (please note the relevant deletion request if this is so). A page that fits this criterion is immediately qualified for deletion without requiring it be nominated on the 'Speedy Deletions' page. Recreating a page that fits this criterion will get you a polite message to stop doing so. Any further infractions of this nature will qualify as vandalism and will be treated as such. Note that criterion 6 does not apply when the page has been restored through Undeletions.
  7. Author Edit Only: The page has been requested for speedy deletion by the original author, and has been edited only by its author. Note that edits by adbots or vandals and reverts caused by them do not count.
  8. User Page: The page is a User subpage that has been requested for speedy deletion by the original author.
  9. Personal Page (Prefix Rule): The page is named after a user without the "User:" or "Journal:" prefixes and its content has been moved to the appropriate User or Journal page. Includes pages that should be User subpages, ie. in-game characters.
    As of 2011, August 29, Crit 9 is now a scheduled deletion.
  10. Unused Template: The page is a template that has existed for at least one week and is currently unused within the wiki.
  11. Non-existent User Page: The page is a User: page for a user that doesn't exist, and any content on the page has been moved to the appropriate User: or Journal: page.
    As of 20 June 2009, Crit 11 is now a scheduled deletion.
  12. Defunct group page: The page is a non-historical group page, it is over two months old, it has not had an update in a month, and is not on the stats page. Such pages will remain in the queue for 5 days to determine their defunct status has been correctly identified. Due to the large number of pages that fit into this criterion, please {{speedydelete12}} on the pages to ensure that they are categorized differently from normal speedy deletion requests.
    As of 2007, September 16, this is no longer a valid criterion.
  13. Missed sub-page: The page is a sub-page from a previous deletion request that has not been deleted with the request, and that serves no individual purpose (please note the relevant deletion request).

A page may also fall under a scheduled deletion and should be posted here if it is missed by the sysops.


Guidelines for Voting on Deletion Requests

  • One vote per user.
  • Voting should take place underneath the request, and each vote should be started with a # with no empty lines inbetween votes.
  • There are four vote types:
    • Delete. For agreement with the deletion request
    • Merge. For indication that the content on the page should be merged with another page (includes an implicit Delete).
    • Speedy Delete. For indication that the page meets one of the Speedy Deletions Criteria (includes an implicit Delete).
    • Keep. For disagreement with the deletion request.
  • The specific vote keyword should be bolded within the lodged vote. Any relevant comments are also allowed, but these should not be bolded.
  • At least one Delete vote must be entered by the deadline in order for a page to be deleted. System operators may not use their own vote after the deadline to delete a page.
  • If more Delete votes are entered than Keep votes, the page will be deleted. In any other circumstance, the page is kept.
  • If 3 Speedy Deletes are lodged, and there are no Keep Votes, the page will be deleted as per Speedy Deletions.

Deletion Queue

Pistol Ninja

Another candidate for the Glossary-cleanup project, this time because the idea of Pistol Ninja is, quite frankly, fucking stupid, and unlinked to boot (most of the links to this page a part of the glossary cleanup). This shit needs to be nuked!

Seriously, now I think about it, why shouldn't this just redirect to Trenchcoater? ;D --

07:25, 1 May 2010 (BST)

  1. Delete -- 07:25, 1 May 2010 (BST)

The Mayor's Office

This is an oldie (3 years) which doesn't really elaborate from its mother-article Mayor of Malton all that much... It's uncategorised, only linked by similarly bad page (and should-be-redirect) Mayor, and doesn't really have... Anything. Merging to Mayor of Malton is a viable option. I guess. But really, well, it's not going to be touched by Murray or Bull so... it's useless. --

07:19, 1 May 2010 (BST)

  1. Delete -- 07:19, 1 May 2010 (BST)

Mayor

This page is silly for a couple of reasons. Nothing on this page is worth keeping except the accurate bit which describes an already extensively-written history from the page Mayor of Malton. Furthermore, the rest of the 'history' is simply written from the point of view of one guy who decided to just go "I'm going to declare myself mayor of malton!" and do as little as the originals did, despite the latter being so quick to criticise the event of Mayor of Malton which was only done for fun/roleplaying. This page could easily be a redirect to Mayor of Malton imo, I'll let you guys decide. --

07:19, 1 May 2010 (BST)

  1. Delete or make redirect. -- 07:19, 1 May 2010 (BST)

Department of Emergency Management/Malton Central Intelligence/Recruitment

This page is no longer needed and should be deleted. A backup of its code (which had been taken from here) has already been made. There are no relevant links to this page. Thanks, G F J 19:21, 24 April 2010 (BST)

  1. Delete - Also worth noting that the group, Malton_Central_Intelligence, has been listed as inactive since October 2009, so they probably don't need their recruitment page anymore.--GANG Giles Sednik CAPD 12:32, 25 April 2010 (BST)
  2. Delete - and crit 7 should be expanded so a group leader can use it to delete group pages. Linkthewindow  Talk  01:41, 26 April 2010 (BST)
  3. Keep - Disc space = cheap! --Sonny Corleone DORIS I jizzed in my pants pr0n 06:38, 26 April 2010 (BST)
  4. Delete - again, simply a vote to nullify Sonny's. -- 11:53, 26 April 2010 (BST)
  5. Delete We're coming to get you, Barbara 17:52, 26 April 2010 (BST)
  6. Delete --Maverick Talk - OBR Praise Knowledge! 404 21:11, 26 April 2010 (BST)
  7. Delete --Yonnua Koponen Talk ! Contribs 20:27, 27 April 2010 (BST)

Malton Police Department/sandbox

This page is no longer needed. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to qualify for A/SD, so I'm putting it here. G F J 18:24, 18 April 2010 (BST)

  1. Keep - Disc space = cheap! --Sonny Corleone DORIS I jizzed in my pants pr0n 05:44, 19 April 2010 (BST)
  2. KeepDelete - Well, it's a group sandbox. Do we really know that it is no longer needed? If that can be reasonably shown to be true I'll change my vote.--GANG Giles Sednik CAPD 12:36, 19 April 2010 (BST)
    Yes, it's no longer needed. As it's a DEM/MPD subpage, the organization to decide whether it's still needed is the DEM/MPD, would you agree with that? I'm the current DEM chairman (feel free to contact us on Brainstock if you wish to verify), so yes, I do have the ability to find out whether we still need it or not, and we don't. But either way, here's why: The content on that page is nothing but an outdated copy of MPD, the most important change had been the inclusion of Template:MPDnavbar. If at all, that template is what is worthwhile to preserve. As deleting the sandbox does not delete the template, no valuable content is lost. Apart from the template, no complex and valuable changes had been made. Would that convince you? G F J 12:52, 19 April 2010 (BST)
    Why not just blank the page? Or ask it to be moved to DEM/Sandbox or similar? --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 16:00, 19 April 2010 (BST)
    If this does not pass, it might be what we'll do - but why? If a page is no longer needed and does not contain content that might be valuable in the future, why should it be kept instead of getting deleted? Instead of having x unused DEM subpages flying around, I'd rather have a "clean" wiki presence consisting only of what is used or worthwhile to preserve (an example for inactive pages definitely worthwhile: MCI - this is quite different from a sandbox). I would think that having a "clean" instead of "messy" wiki presence does in general benefit the UD wiki, for instance decreasing the chance of newbies getting confused with different pages. Yes, it's unlikely that someone would see the sandbox and think that that is the up-to-date MPD page, but it can't be ruled out, I've seen (new) people getting confused with things that are even more obvious. Regards, G F J 16:16, 19 April 2010 (BST)
    Are you trawling the DEM pages completely, or working through in sections, one group at a time? Because we can merge pages, or turn them into redirects. --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 16:18, 19 April 2010 (BST)
    Eventually, all DEM pages should be taken a look at. Not just by myself, of course. However, my own time is quite limited, so it would be hard to give any time frame. As to whether anything is done on a per-group basis or just whatever comes to our attention, the second option probably fits better, though we do look at our pages systematically. And yes, merging and redirecting can certainly make sense in some case - where would I go to request a merge of, say, two DEM subpages? I don't seem to find a place for that at UDWiki:Administration? G F J 16:30, 19 April 2010 (BST)
    What we'd probably do is copy everything over to one page and turned the other page into a protected redirect, so it couldn't be undone with out removing the protections. --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 18:43, 19 April 2010 (BST)
  3. Delete - Cheese 16:49, 19 April 2010 (BST)
  4. Delete --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 18:43, 19 April 2010 (BST)
  5. Delete -Poodle of DoomM! Fear is only as deep as the mind will allow it be.T 21:31, 19 April 2010 (BST)
  6. Keep - Since the DEM has decided to use admin pages as tools of drama against groups they don't like, I see no reason to grant concessions to to them. -- To know the face of God is to know madness....Praise knowledge! Mischief! Mayhem! The Rogues Gallery!. <== DDR Approved Editor 10:12, 20 April 2010 (BST)
  7. Delete - Linkthewindow  Talk  11:27, 20 April 2010 (BST)
  8. Delete Historically, Iscariot is more prone to using admin pages as tools of drama against groups/users he doesn't like so I feel strongly obliged to nullify his vote where I otherwise wouldn't bother. -- 15:07, 20 April 2010 (BST)
  9. Delete --Maverick Talk - OBR Praise Knowledge! 404 21:11, 26 April 2010 (BST)

Crit 10 AND Crit 1's

These are unused, as well as being crit 1's of the Template:Visited XXXX Mall templates which can be seen on userpages such as these.

These re-qualify as SD candidates because they make juicy Crit 1's. --

06:16, 17 April 2010 (BST)

  1. Keep - Not Crit 1 as they are not duplicates. The two template types are different sizes and allow different information to be added. -- To know the face of God is to know madness....Praise knowledge! Mischief! Mayhem! The Rogues Gallery!. <== DDR Approved Editor 10:12, 17 April 2010 (BST)
  2. Speedy Delete as Crit 1 and 10. -- 12:09, 17 April 2010 (BST)
  3. Speedy Delete --Yonnua Koponen Talk ! Contribs 13:49, 17 April 2010 (BST)
  4. Delete. G F J 17:54, 17 April 2010 (BST)
  5. Keep - First off, as isc said, they are not duplicates. Look at the difference between Template:Visited Pole Mall and Template:Pole Mall. These templates are part of a "set" of 20 that people can use to show that they visited certain malls, which is silly, but so are most of the templates on this wiki. You've listed 15 of the 20 templates that aren't currently in use, however some of the "set" are. For example Caiger, and Buckley. Users should have the option of using these templates when and if they visit these malls, so that their templates share the same aesthetic. As an alternative to deletion, perhaps these two different template types could have links to each other so people can choose between the large and small versions. Just a thought.--GANG Giles Sednik CAPD 13:39, 18 April 2010 (BST)
  6. Keep want me to make an image ark for them? --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 16:06, 19 April 2010 (BST)
    Do it faggot, they are crit 1's, der. -- 03:13, 22 April 2010 (BST)
  7. Keep - As Iscariot --Michalesonbadge.pngTCAPD(╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻ 23:28, 19 April 2010 (BST)
  8. Keep - Too new, though worth ditching later if unused. -- User:The Rooster RoosterDragon User talk:The Rooster 22:56, 30 April 2010 (BST)

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