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

In a restricted set of circumstances, system operators may delete pages without full consultation of the wiki community. This is usually restricted to pages that do not seem to have any legitimate information or function within the wiki, or for pages that have been created by mistake and are requested to be deleted by the author. In these circumstances, a Speedy Deletion may take place, allowing system operators to quickly remove these pages from the wiki.

Guidelines for Speedy 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.
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.

Further, you should place {{speedydelete}} at the top of the page you are nominating for speedy 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 speedy deletion request has been entered, the request shall remain on this page, where it will be reviewed by a member of the moderation team, and action taken accordingly. Once action has been taken, the request will be moved into the Archive, and the system operator shall add a signed datestamp to the archived request.

A Speedy Deletion may be circumvented by a single vote of Keep under the request. If this occurs, the system operator shall move the Speedy Deletion request to the Deletion Request Queue, where the normal rules for Deletion of the page shall apply. Further, a user may choose to move a request from the Speedy Deletion queue to the Deletion Request Queue should they feel that the deletion may attract controversy within the wiki community, but do not wish to cast a Keep vote for the request. Should either of these circumstances occur, the deletion candidate should remain in the Deletion Request Queue until the alloted two weeks is up.

In the event of a sysop requesting Speedy Deletion, all the previous points will apply, excepting that a system operator other than the requester shall review and take action on the request.

Speedy Deletion Eligibility

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

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.
Off-Topic: The page is a clearly off-topic page.
Unused Redirect: The page is an unused or underused (ie, only 1-2 pages using the link) redirect.
Empty Category: The page is a Category page that has no entries within it.
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.
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.
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.
User Page: The page is a User subpage that has been requested for speedy deletion by the original author.
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.
Unused Template: The page is a template that has existed for at least one week and is currently unused within the wiki.
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.
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.
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.

Speedy Deletion Queue

Template:Imagewidth

Crit 7. Tried something and it didn't work. ~ _{23:31, 1 March 2015, The year of our lord (UTC)}

Waitlisted Images for Deletion

We'll get to these once image uploading/deletion works again

Yet more stuff

User:RadicalWhig/RW, User:RadicalWhig/Abby Omination, User:RadicalWhig/Best_Of_NWO, File:Rad.png, File:Abbyfin.png, File:Miniabby.jpg, File:Abomination.jpg, File:Badass.jpg, File:Fodbanner.jpg User:RadicalWhig/misc Apparently all the cool kids are wiping everything. Crit 7, Crit 8 or both apply to all of these. ---- ^{FoD PK Praise Rando!}02:56, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Can't do images. Want talk pages done too? I give discount. Good deal. -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 04:58, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

File:March_20_2011_2.JPG

Lest this get overlooked. C7 by proxy. ~ _{00:50, 30 November 2014 (UTC)}

No luck. -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 03:06, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

The log claims that I have deleted it, but there it is to stay. Looks like the deletion process has been broken as well. -- Spiderzed ▋ 15:08, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

See the header below. We may need to give Kevan a poke. —Aich on— 05:08, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Just as a heads up, I have tried again for the possibility of blind luck, but sans success. Use a brighter kev signal on the night sky. -- Spiderzed ▋ 22:57, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

The mods have no more powers? Time for us to come out of the woodwork and cause the havoc we so dearly crave! A ZOMBIE ANT 03:12, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Oh, so you would like to test us, huh? Go ahead... -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 03:29, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

For some reason, I have this mental image of DDR grabbing your arm and saying, "stop hitting yourself *whack*, stop hitting yourself *slap*, stop...". —Aich on— 03:55, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

First stop: User:Iscariot. Next stop: User:Karek. User:Grim s follows. I'll annoy EVERYONEEEEEE A ZOMBIE ANT 11:51, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, no; sorry to disappoint, but Grim never came back from his self-ban.

ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 23:46, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Well, it would annoy everyone who would see it and not be able to remove it... So everyone EXCEPT grim then! A ZOMBIE ANT 12:31, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Unused Images

I'm getting an error message, when trying to delete the images in the Orphans category (currently, they're all larger duplicates of images from the fortress pages.

Error deleting file: Award - DWVIP M.jpg
Error deleting file: Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-deleted/m/p/8".

Is this happening for anyone else? They show up in the deletions log, however the images are still there -- boxy 07:19, 10 November 2014 (BST)

It sounds like one of the bugs that was reported after the wiki upgrade. Kevan's aware of it. —Aich on— 07:34, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Served Speedy Deletions

Jack Yocum and Zergs Unlimited

Given that this is a wiki for Urban Dead, and Urban Dead is explicitly defined as not including alt abuse, we can safely say that any pages encouraging such behavior are Crit 2. Or Crit 1. Or Crit 9. Take your pick. —Aich on— 05:46, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

No, I don't think it fits any of those criteria. You can send it to Deletions though, and I'd be likely to vote against them -- boxy 09:51, 16 February 2015 (BST)

What boxy says. There is no SD criterion fitting to the page. Take it to A/D, it will have a very good chance of going down that way. -- Spiderzed ▋ 15:14, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

It's a page about behavior that is explicitly excluded from the game. If that's not Crit 2, then I don't know what is, but whatever. To A/D. —Aich on— 16:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Kept, though an A/D case has been created. —Aich on— 17:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

My obsolete stuff

User_talk:Penguinpyro, User:Penguinpyro/story, User:Penguinpyro/PequilieatSurprise

Same as whatever that Radi-something asshole said. Crit 7 or 8. --Penguinpyro (talk) 03:05, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Wait, you want your talk page done too? Aren't you worried that you won't be able to talk anymore? -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 04:58, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Deleted the talk page too, since we can always restore it later if necessary, and people can still re-create it (as we're regularly reminded on a certain someone's page...). —Aich on— 05:25, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

That would a concern, AHLG, if I were using the Penguinpyro account at all anymore, or if anyone had edited that talk page within the last 4 years. I still have my RW account for bugging me. ----

^{FoD PK Praise Rando!}17:47, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Personal Information

Talk Page

Crit 8. I'm not sure what Crit the talk page fall under. I'm deleting pages to stay ahead of a doxing. Thankfully they're not too bright. I'd also like to delete any missed pages. - Goribus 09:32, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Since we're dealing with doxxing, I'm going to play it safe and assume by "missed pages" you mean ALL of your subpages for your userspace. I.e. All of these pages:

I left User:Goribus/Sig alone since it's linked from a load of places and has no personal info. If you'd like to have any of them restored or would like to grab a piece of info from one or all of them, feel free to ask here, file an undeletion request, or contact a sysop via the E-mail links on our user pages or via IRC. —Aich on— 16:29, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Personal information

User has been subject to documents leak, or "doxxing", and denial of service (DoS) and thus is not online to verify at this moment, but page contains personal information and is thus subject to scheduled deletion per policy. I realise deletion is apparently not working at the moment, so please, do not revert and do not refer to user by either username or real name. Thank you. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 08:50, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

And yes, before anyone asks, I am fully willing to eat vandal penalties if necessary. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 08:52, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Co-signing this. - Goribus 09:32, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Deleted. I left a subpage and the talk page alone since they seemed to contain no relevant info. If it later turns out that you guys are unreliable proxies for this request, I'll eat the appropriate Misconduct charges without dispute. —Aich on— 16:22, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Having looked into that matter, and knowing where the doxx attempt is coming from, you have my full backing as a sys-op. No misconduct charges from me, and I will fight to my dying breath anyone bringing them up. -- Spiderzed ▋ 00:13, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

User:Janus Abernathy/AZS Teams, User:Janus Abernathy/Prove, User:Janus Abernathy/Templates, User:Janus Abernathy/Necronet, User:Janus Abernathy/Sandpit1, User:Janus Abernathy/Sandpit2, User:Janus Abernathy/Navmain, User:Janus Abernathy/UBB, User:Janus Abernathy/Nav, User:Janus Abernathy/Sandpit4, User:Janus Abernathy/Sandpit3

Crit 8. --Janus ^talk 22:33, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Done. -- Spiderzed ▋ 22:57, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Crit 4

Category:Hoddmimis Holt —Aich on— 02:22, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Category:Pages to Preserve too. —Aich on— 03:17, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

keep - Important for WIki History!
Just kidding. A ZOMBIE ANT 23:56, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

deleted, despite silly attempts to derail this most important request. -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 04:15, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

I am new Iscariot. A ZOMBIE ANT 23:55, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

There will never be new Iscariot. --Ross less ne s s 21:57, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Penguinpyro's old regrets

File:Penguinpyrofinal.jpg, File:ADAZS.jpg, User:Penguinpyro/story2, File:SDNAdbyBrorJon.jpg, File:AZSHighlander.jpg, File:Pequilieat.jpg, User:Penguinpyro/AZSsandbox, File:Zedbusters.jpg, File:P1010002.JPG, User:Penguinpyro/temp, Anti-zombie_squad/recruit, File:Badassery.jpg, Anti-zombie_squad/medals, Anti-zombie_squad/oldrecruit, File:AZSAnnihilating.gif, File:AZSAntiBarhah.gif, File:AZSBeerRef.gif, File:AZSChaos.gif, File:AZSDarlaSmash.gif, File:AZSDrageinov.gif, File:AZSEuthanasia.gif, File:AZSFlavorboom.gif, File:AZSGoldenRev.gif, File:AZSDonkeyPunch.gif, File:AZSStopit.gif, File:AZSTasteBrains.gif, File:NoFreeLunch.gif, File:AZSRotterslay.gif, File:AZSSecondDate.gif, File:AZSCommitted.gif, File:AZSNeverGonna.gif, File:AZSAlwayzZlaying.gif, File:AZSHelping.gif, File:AZSFiery.gif, File:AZSLive.gif, File:AZSSurviveandCon.gif, File:AZSIronJanus.gif, File:AZSAmbush.gif, File:TheAZSWants.gif, File:FatherMother.gif, File:AZSInterception.gif, File:Pequilieat.gif, File:PeqDeluxe.gif, File:PeqSupreme.gif, File:AZSFronk.gif, File:AZSRevivalist.gif, File:AZSButteringup.gif, File:AZSCitizenIzzy.gif, File:AZSExpertJourn.gif, File:AZSBarberz.gif, File:AZSHaveCookie.gif, File:AZSCivilCourteous.gif, File:AZSMadness.gif, File:AZSPoints.gif, File:AZSYouGotSpheres.gif, File:AZSzen.jpg, File:AZSSharp.gif, File:AZSGotthePowah.gif, File:AZSIcebreaker.gif, File:AZSOneofusnow.gif, File:AZSFirstBlood.gif, File:AZSBadassery.gif, File:AZSPackRat.gif, File:AZSLilEradicator.gif, File:AZSBabyphoenix.gif, File:AZSNovicePsych.gif, File:AZSPieDelivery.gif, File:AZSMrFixit.gif, File:AZSArtistVandal.gif, File:AZSDontGive.gif, File:AZSBigKid.gif, File:AZSZedsDeclass.gif.

Crit 8 for the userpages and 7 for all of these. Burn it all. --Penguinpyro 11:49, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

oh noes, azs. Is the rap in there somewhere? --_K 20:28, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

The rap is way dead. You'll have to delve way back into User:Penguinpyro's old versions if you want some of that delicious, delicious horse vomit. --

^{FoD PK Praise Rando!}00:56, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Anti-zombie squad/recruit and Anti-zombie squad/medals don't fit under crit 7. You arn't the only editor. You'll either have to take them to deletions for a vote (or give a better reason). I won't delete the images used on these pages yet, either. Your user space page, and the one you created in AZS have been deleted though -- boxy 08:54, 30 August 2014 (BST)

He could just blank the pages since he's the owner of them and then request speedy deletion under Crit 1. Not that I'm suggesting he do exactly that. >_> —Aich on— 18:13, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

It's a group page. Why the sudden need to wipe out all these images and pages? Even going and taking them off other group pages, so they're unused? Why not leave them for posterity? -- boxy 12:23, 31 August 2014 (BST)

I hadn't noticed that you'd already done it to The Flowers of Decay/Awards as well. Why not just leave them there? -- boxy 12:39, 31 August 2014 (BST)

The FOD awards underwent some changes this month and the images he removed from our awards page were ones we no longer use. ~

_{16:17, 31 August 2014 (UTC)}

What vapor said for the FoD Awards. As for the AZS ones... see section title. I was young and stupid once. (Now I'm slightly less young and no less stupid)... but anyways, it's actually kind of cathartic to get some closure now. And did you even see my old artwork? I have standards now dammit. --

^{FoD PK Praise Rando!}06:42, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Only three of these weren't deleted as part of the recent A/D proceedings. I deleted the two that were images since they were Crit 7. The recruit page isn't Crit 7 and wasn't put up for deletion, so I haven't touched it. *nudge nudge*Just empty the page and Crit 1 it.*nudge nudge* —Aich on— 02:47, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Old pictures

File:FoDBanner.jpg, File:Radical.jpg, File:Clayf.jpg, File:Peng1.jpg

Crit 7. Kill it with fire. -- ^{FoD PK Praise Rando!}06:48, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

No fire, used delete. -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 22:36, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

RadicalWhig's Old Regrets

User:RadicalWhig/sandbocks3, User:RadicalWhig/sandbocks, File:DTFOBadge.jpg, File:Dare.jpg, User:RadicalWhig/blah, User:RadicalWhig/NWO, User:RadicalWhig/sandbocks2, File:Action1.png, File:Action2.png, File:Action3.png, File:Action4.png, File:Action5.png, File:Action6.png, File:Action7.png, File:Revive1.png, File:Revive2.png, File:Revive3.png, File:Revive4.png, File:Revive5.png, File:Revive6.png, File:Revive7.png

Crit 8 for the userpages and 7 for all of these. -- ^{FoD PK Praise Rando!}11:19, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

I deleted all, except for 1 image. The images went because they were unused, but there was one there, used by someone else, so I left it -- boxy 08:44, 30 August 2014 (BST)

You can C7 delete User:Vapor/sandbox/DTFO and the image. I was helping Rad with the group page but if he wants it gone, no need for it in my user space. ~

_{14:11, 30 August 2014 (UTC)}

What vapes said. --Penguinpyro 18:48, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

OK, both deleted -- boxy 12:26, 31 August 2014 (BST)

Old Templates

Template:Railway BridgeT1

Template:Railway BridgeT2

Template:Road Bridge Trail1

Template:Road Bridge Trail2

Created them. Don't need them anymore.

-- TheBardof Old 13:02, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Done. -- Spiderzed ▋ 17:51, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

The Wensleydale Arms Regulars

The Wensleydale Arms Regulars Created it. Don't need anymore. -- TheBardof Old 00:45, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Deleted as a crit 1 -- boxy 09:06, 19 July 2014 (BST)

St. Birinus's Church

The page: St. Birinus's Church
The reason: This page is a superfluous duplicate of the Church with the same name in Fryerbank and Huntley Heights.
PyroSadist 23:32, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Removed all the pointless and wrong fluff, returned it to a classic disambig status. --Ross less ne s s 23:48, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

I'll be filing a Keep for Ross' version. —Aich on— 01:58, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

I approve of the post-fluff page. I would have removed everything below the delete banner once I figured out what needed to be done, but I figured someone might have wanted to archive some of it. PyroSadist 04:01, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

ATO/old

Crit 7 crit 1, accidentally made a page there instead of Allied Travellers Organisation/old. A ZOMBIE ANT 05:33, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Gone forever and forever gone. -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 01:59, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks bud. A ZOMBIE ANT 03:32, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Userspace

Deleted these -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 20:16, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Category:Needs Fixing

The page: Category:Needs Fixing
The reason: It no longer contains useful information, as the fixes have been resolved.
PyroSadist 01:53, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Deleted. —Aich on— 01:58, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

User:Chirurgien/Ablecfdoor2

I've marked this with the appropriate {{speedydelete}} tag. I'm the only one who edited that page, and it's within my userspace. I made the page in error, and no other pages link to it, currently. I hope I did everything correctly; thank you very much in advance! -- ^{(stalk · KT · FoD · UT)} 18:40, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Zerstören! Vernichten! Auslöschen! Done. -- Spiderzed ▋ 19:01, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

These

They grew an extra letter. I don't want them. -- AHLG T G THE END IS NIGH! 16:48, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Got them. I'm guessing all of the sysops either forgot or were hoping someone else would get them. —Aich on— 18:26, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Author only subpage

User:G026r/Watchmen An old one of mine. Not useful anymore. — g026r 21:44, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Crit 7'd --Ross less ne s s 19:31, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Sexualharisson's stuff

please remove the following files. File:246516683 l.jpg, and File:Girlfriend.jpg. and while your at it. my album page also. User:Sexualharrison/Album. thanks! more to come.--User:Sexualharrison20:07, 3 March 2014

Done. -- Spiderzed ▋ 21:55, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

As I checked the archives, the deleted image pages have popped up again, but without the actual image files. (Probably due to the rollback, which has done weird things to other re-imported images.) They have now been deleted again for good. -- Spiderzed ▋ 23:47, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Flowers of Decay/sandbox and Flowers of Decay/sandbox2

These two pages are no longer needed. ~ _{06:33, 8 February 2014 (UTC)}

Do you have a speedydelete criterion to delete them under? -- boxy 09:51, 8 February 2014 (BST)

Lets go with Crit 1. I have blanked them now. ~

_{15:51, 8 February 2014 (UTC)}

Deleted. -- Spiderzed â–ˆ 13:53, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

User:Vanankyte/Cassiopeia Back

C7. Misspelled the name. Oops. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vanankyte (talk • contribs) 22:47, 8 February 2014.

Destroyed. -- Spiderzed â–ˆ 13:53, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

User talk:Grim s

Now that Revs gone, Id appreciate if you could delete my talk page, protect it and my user page, and then re-perma me as I intended. The Grimch 13:35, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Before banning you, what do you want to do about these pages? Delete them as well? Leave them be? —Aich on— 19:48, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

thanks. the pages I wanted deleted are gone. the rest can stay The Grimch 21:10, 17 December 2013 (UTC)