This page outlines administrator instructions for articles for deletion (AfD) discussions, which are used to determine whether or not an article should be deleted.
AFD instructions | |
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close after | 7 days (relist if insufficient discussion) |
top tag | {{subst:Afd top|'''RESULT'''}} ~~~~ |
bottom tag | {{subst:Afd bottom}} |
retire | remove categorization template |
If deleting | |
delete page incl. reason | [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Article]] |
If keeping | |
tag talk page | {{Old AfD multi |date= |result= |page= }} |
remove | afd tag from article |
For more information, please see Wiki: Articles for deletion. The XFDcloser script is useful for automating the below process.
To process an AFD debate listed on a day page containing debates old enough to be closed:
{{Closing}}
to the very top of the page.{{Closing}}
tag from the page, if it was placed beforehand.{{subst:Afd top|'''result'''}}. ~~~~ | ← Add this line at the very top of the page, with the appropriate result in '''bold'''. |
===[[Article title]]=== | ← Leave this line alone. |
← Remove the line containing {{REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD}}. | |
DISCUSSION | ← Body of the discussion stays unchanged |
{{subst:Afd bottom}} | ← Add bottom template |
After closing, the page should look like this:
The result was Result [Additional comments]. Example (talk) 06:15, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
The page may still contain Category:Relisted AfD debates and possibly Category:AfD debates relisted 3 or more times which can be removed (via HotCat).
Depending on the decision, proceed as follows:
Delete:
Keep:
{{Old AfD multi}}
template that is inside the AfD tag, then paste that entire template onto the article's talk page (normally above the WikiProject tags, if applicable), and then save using an edit summary such as "Adding {{Old AfD multi}}". {{Old AfD multi}}
is not present in the tag, then the AfD is likely a repeat nomination, and it will need to be manually added to the current {{Old AfD multi}}
tag on the article's talk page. Please see Template:Old AfD multi/doc for instructions on how to format it. After adding the current AfD results to the template, save using an edit summary such as "Appending to {{Old AfD multi}}".