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There are a few limited cases where ] can delete Misplaced Pages pages or media "on sight" without further debate. Even if listed on ] or a related page, such pages may be deleted and the discussion ended. Before deleting, an admin should always check the ] to see if any previous version can be ], such that deletion is not necessary. Of course, the ] is exempt from deletion.

Non-admins can ask for an admin to delete such a page, either by listing it on ], or by adding a {{tlp|deletebecause|''Reason''}} template. It would be friendly to notify the author of the article as well; ]. Note that some Wikipedians create articles in multiple saves. Try to avoid deleting a page too soon after its initial creation, as the author may be working on it. The word "speedy" in this context refers to the quickness of the decision making process and not the length of time elapsed since article creation.

People sometimes use abbreviations to refer to these criteria (e.g. "A3" meaning ''articles, criterion 3''), but for the sake of clarity this is not recommended.

=== General ===
# <span id="G1" />''']''', i.e. no meaningful content, unsalvageably incoherent page. This does '''not''' include: poor writing, partisan screeds, obscene remarks, vandalism, badly translated material, implausible theories or hoaxes.
# <span id="G2" />'''Test pages''' (e.g., "Can I really create a page here?").
# <span id="G3" />'''Pure ]''', including redirects created during cleanup of page move vandalism.
# <span id="G4" />'''Recreation of deleted material.''' A substantially identical copy, by any title, of a page that was deleted according to the ], except if it is in ], or undeleted per the ]. Before deleting again, the admin should ensure that the material is substantially identical, and not merely a new article on the same subject. In case of a '''''speedily''''' deleted page, they must also determine that it did meet a criterion for speedy deletion in the first place.
# <span id="G5" />'''Banned user'''. Contributions made by a ] while they were ].
# <span id="G6" />'''History merging'''. Temporarily deleting a page in order to ].
# <span id="G7" />'''Author requests deletion'''. Any page for which deletion is requested by the original author, provided the page was edited only by its author and was mistakenly created. If the author blanks the page, this can be taken as a deletion request.
# <span id="G8" />'''Talk pages of already deleted pages''', unless they contain the deletion discussion and it isn't logged elsewhere.
# <span id="G9" />Making room for a ''']''' that is non-controversial or is ], for instance reversing a redirect, or removing a ] that only points to a single article.

=== Articles ===
''For any articles that are not speedy deletion candidates, use ].''
#<span id="A1" /><!--THE UNDERLINED LETTERS IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH ARE DELIBERATE. THEY EMPHASISE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTEnT AND CONTExT. (SEE?) PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THE MARKUP. -->Very short articles providing '''little or no con<u>text</u>''' (e.g., "He is a funny man that has created Factory and the Hacienda. And, by the way, his wife is great."). Limited con<u>tent</u> is not in itself a reason to delete if there is enough con<u>text</u> to allow expansion. A search engine may help in determining context and allow for the article's expansion.
#<span id="A2" />'''Foreign language articles that exist on another Wikimedia project'''. If the article in question does not exist on another project, the template {{tl|notenglish}} should be used instead.
#<span id="A3" /><span id="A4" />'''No content whatsoever'''. Any article whose contents consist only of links elsewhere (including hyperlinks, category tags and "see also" sections), a rephrasing of the title, and/or attempts to correspond with the person or group named by its title.
# ''(merged into 3)'' <!-- DON'T DELETE THIS LINE. Doing so would mess up the established numbering of CSDs for articles -->
#<span id="A5" />'''] articles'''. Any article that has been discussed at Articles for Deletion (et al), where the outcome was to transwiki, and where the transwikification has been properly performed and the author information recorded.
#<span id="A6" />''']s'''. Articles which serve no purpose but to disparage their subject (e.g., "John Citizen is a moron"). <!-- this is an example of an attack page, not of patent nonsense; please don't reword to make it silly -->
#<span id="A7" />'''Unremarkable people or groups'''. An article about a real person, group of people, band or club that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject. If the assertion is disputed or controversial, it should be taken to AFD instead.
#<span id="A8" />An article that is a '''blatant copyright infringement''' and meets these parameters:
#* Material is unquestionably copied from the website of a commercial content provider (e.g. encyclopedia, news service) and;
#* The article and its entire history contains only copyright violation material, excluding tags, templates, and minor edits and;
#* Uploader makes no assertion of permission or fair use, and none seems likely and;
#* The material is identified within 48 hours of upload and is almost or totally un-wikified (to diminish mirror problem).
#:<!-- INDENTATION HACK - DO NOT REMOVE THE "MISMATCHED" TAGS --></dd></dl>When tagging a page for deletion under this criterion, a user should notify the page's creator using wording similar to {{tl|Nothanks-sd}} or an equivalent message. Before deleting any page under this criterion, an admin should verify that the page creator has been notified &mdash; if not, the admin should do so. <!--If the creator was not logged in and did not use a consistent IP address, such notification is unneeded.--> If the deleting administrator is notified of an error, and finds the claim of error plausible, he should restore the content immediately and, if a confirmation email has not been received, follow the ] procedure, blanking the article with the {{tl|copyvio}} template in the process.<dl><dd><!-- END OF INDENTATION HACK -->

=== Redirects ===
''For any ] that are not speedy deletion candidates, use ].''

# <span id="R1" />Redirects '''to non-existent pages''' (although it may be possible to make it a useful redirect to some other target)
# <span id="R2" />Redirects '''to the User: space''' from the main article space. If this was the result of a page move, consider waiting a day or two before deleting the redirect.
# <span id="R3" /><span id="R4" />Redirects as a result of an '''implausible ]''' that were recently created. However, redirects from common misspellings or misnomers are generally useful.
# Redirects resulting from copyright violation cleanups - sometimes administrators might forget to delete the redirect from the moving the compliant temporary page to the main article page.

=== Images/Media ===
''For any images that are not speedy deletion candidates, use ].''

Please remove images from any pages they are used in before marking them for speedy deletion.

# <span id="I1" />'''Redundant'''. An ] which is a redundant copy, in the same ] and same or lower resolution, of something else on Misplaced Pages. This does not apply to images duplicated on Wikimedia Commons, because of ]; these should be tagged with {{tlp|NowCommons|Image:newname.ext}} or {{tl|NowCommonsThis}} instead.
# <span id="I2" />'''Corrupt or empty image'''.
# <span id="I3" />'''Improper license'''. Images licensed as "]" or "]" which were uploaded on or after ], ], and for which no assertion of fair use is provided.
# <span id="I4" />'''Lack of licensing'''. Images in category "]" or "]" which have been tagged with a template that places them in the category for more than 7 days, regardless of when uploaded.
# <span id="I5" />'''Unused copyrighted images'''. Images that are not under a ] or in the ], which are not used in any '''article''', and which have been tagged with a template which places them in ] (or a valid subcategory) for more than seven days. Reasonable exceptions may be made for images uploaded for an upcoming article. The templates {{tl|or-cr}}, {{tl|or-cr-nr}}, {{tl|or-cr-re}}, {{tl|or-fu}}, and {{tl|or-fu-re}} place an image in this category.

=== Categories ===
''For any categories that are not speedy deletion candidates, use ].''

# <span id="C1" />'''Empty categories''' (no articles or subcategories for at least four days) whose only content has consisted of links to parent categories. This does NOT apply to categories being discussed on ]. If the category isn't relatively new, it possibly contained articles earlier, and deeper investigation is needed.
# <span id="C2" />'''Speedy renaming'''. Empty categories that have qualified for ].
##Typo fixes (e.g., ''Brdiges'' -> ''Bridges''), but not changes between British and American spelling.
##] (e.g., ''characters In harry Potter'' -> ''Characters in Harry Potter'')
##Conversions from singular to plural, or back (e.g., ''Steamship'' -> ''Steamships'')
##Renaming to conform with the "by country" ]
##], e.g. changing "U.S." to "United States"
# <span id="C3" />'''Template categories'''. If a category is solely populated from a template (e.g. ] from {{tl|cleanup}}) and the template is deleted per deletion policy, the category can also be deleted without further discussion.

=== User pages ===
''For any ]s that are not speedy deletion candidates, use ].''
# <span id="U1" />'''Owner request'''. Personal ], upon request by their owner. In some rare cases there may be administrative need to retain the page. Also, sometimes, main user pages may be deleted as well. See ] for full instructions and guidelines.
# <span id="U2" />'''Recycling IP pages'''. User talk pages of non-logged in users where the message is no longer relevant. This is to avoid confusing new users who happen to edit with that same ].

===Templates===
''For any ] that are not speedy deletion candidates, use ]. When nominating a template for speedy deletion, surround the speedy deletion tag with &lt;noinclude&gt;&lt;/noinclude&gt;, so that pages which use the nominated template do not themselves get listed as candidates for speedy deletion.'' <br>

# <span id="T1" />Templates that are '''divisive or inflammatory'''. (Note that this criterion was recently established (with an endorsement from ]) and is still under ]).

==Deletion templates==
The following templates add articles to ] but do not appear in the category themselves:
* {{tlp|db|''reason''}}, {{tlp|db-reason|''reason''}}, {{tlp|Deletebecause|''reason''}}, {{tlp|Delbecause|''reason''}} : Replace ''reason'' with a specific reason for speedy deletion. Please try to write out a reason which will be comprehensible to non-Wikipedians.
* Specific reason templates are:
** {{tl|db-nonsense}} : ] - patent nonsense. You can put &#123;{subst:test-n|''page name''<nowiki>}} -- ~~~~</nowiki> on the user's talk page.
** {{tl|db-test}} : ] - test page
** {{tl|db-vand}} : ] - vandalism. You can put <nowiki>{{subst:test-n|</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}} -- ~~~~</nowiki> on the user's talk page.
** {{tl|db-repost}} : ] - copies of previously deleted material
** {{tlp|db-ban|''Name of the banned user''}} : ] - contributions made by a banned user
** {{tlp|db-histmerge|''Page to merge history from''}} : ] - history merge
** {{tl|db-author}} : ] - speedy request by only editor
** {{tl|db-talk}} : ] - talk page of a deleted page
** {{tlp|db-move|''Page to be moved''}} : ] - making way for a noncontroversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved
**{{tl|db-empty}}, {{tl|nocontext}} : ] - very short articles without context
**{{tl|db-foreign}} : ] - foreign language article duplicated on other Wikimedia project
**{{tl|db-nocontent}}, {{tl|db-contact}} : ] - no content other than external links of whatever kind, or an attempt to contact subject of article
**{{tl|db-transwiki}} : ] - transwikification completed
**{{tl|db-attack}} : ] - insult / attack page
**{{tl|db-bio}}, {{tl|db-band}}, {{tl|db-club}} : ] - non-notable biography / vanity about a person or persons which does not assert the notability of the subject. You can put <nowiki>{{subst:nn-warn|</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}} -- ~~~~</nowiki> on the user's talk page.
** &#123;{]|url=''url of source''}} : ] - blatant copyright violation. Please notify uploader on their talk page with: <nowiki>{{subst:nothanks-sd|pg=</nowiki>''page name''|url=''url of source''}} -- <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
** {{tl|db-redirnone}}: ] - redirect to non-existent page.
** {{tl|db-rediruser}}: ] - redirect to user page.
** {{tl|db-redirtypo}}: ] - redirect that is a result of an implausible typo.
** {{tlp|Isd|''name of replacement image without the Image<nowiki>:</nowiki> prefix''}} : ] - same or better image exists '''on Misplaced Pages''' (not for now on Commons)
** {{tl|Missing image}} : ] - corrupt or empty image
**{{tl|Db-noncom}} : ] - "No commercial use" or "by permission" images uploaded after target date.
**{{tl|db-unksource}} : ] - lack of licensing -- Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{tl|no license}}, {{tl|nosource}}, or a similar template.
**{{tl|db-unfree}} : ] - unused copyright image -- Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{tl|or-cr}}, {{tl|or-fu}}, or a similar template.
**{{tl|db-catempty}} : ] - category that is empty for at least four days and has never contained anything other than links to parent categories
**&lt;noinclude>{{tl|db-inflammatory}}&lt;/noinclude> : ] - templates that are divisive and inflammatory.
* {{tl|delete}}, {{tl|d}}: Request Speedy Deletion, without providing a reason. This template should only be used in extremely obvious cases.

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