At the Paranormal and Metaphysical Wiki, occasionally an article will be found that is deserving of deletion. This page will clarify our deletion policy.
Criteria
| Problem with page | Solution | Add this tag |
|---|---|---|
A stub (but with potential)
| Expand it! | {{stub}} |
Article resembles a dictionary article
| Modify the introduction, "means", and other such phrases to improve the article. | {{stub}} to improve it |
Such a minor branch of a subject that it doesn't deserve an article
| Merge the useful content into a more comprehensive article and redirect. | {{mergeto¦article}} |
Article duplicates information in some other article
| Merge and redirect. If you can't figure out how to perform the merger, tag it and list on Proposed mergers. | {{merge¦article}} |
Article needs improvement
| List on Cleanup. | {{cleanup}}. |
| Article needs a lot of improvement | List on Pages needing attention. | {{attention}} |
Article is biased or has lots of POV
| List on Pages needing attention. | {{npov}} or {{POV check}} |
Dispute over article content
| List on Requests for comment. | {{disputed}} |
Two subjects have the same name
| Make a disambiguation page. | {{disambig}} |
| Inappropriate user page | Talk to the user. If that doesn't work, come back here. | |
Vandalism or inaccuracy
| Revert it. Mention it on Vandalism in progress if appropriate. | |
| Annoying or incivil user | Stay cool. Add user to Requests for comment if necessary. | Add {{civil1}} or {{civil2}} |
| Any problem with a community-accepted policy or guideline page, including m:instruction creep. | Make the proposal on the talk page, seek comment in community discussion areas. |
Deletion of Articles
| Problem with page | Solution | Add this tag |
|---|---|---|
| List on ParaWiki:Articles for deletion (PW:AFD). | See AfD in 3 steps for instructions and tags. |
* Inappropriate user pages in excessive or stubborn cases.
| List on ParaWiki:Articles for deletion. | See ParaWiki:Articles for deletion for instructions and tags. |
Article is possible copyright infringement
| List on ParaWiki:Copyright problems. | {{Template:copyvio}} or {{copyvio¦url=source}} |
| Image is possible copyright infringement | List on ParaWiki:Copyright problems. | {{imagevio}} or {{imagevio¦url=source}} |
| Image or other media needs deleting (but not because of copyright violation) | List on ParaWiki:Images for deletion. | See WP:IfD for instructions and tags. |
A useless redirect
| Don't worry; redirects are cheap. | N/A |
A category scheme gone awry
| List on ParaWiki:Categories for deletion. | See WP:CfD for instructions and tags. |
| A redundant or misguided series box. | List on ParaWiki:Templates for deletion. | {{tfd}} (Put in the box itself.) |
| A redundant or misguided stub template or category. | List on ParaWiki:Stub types for deletion. | {{sfd-c}} for stub categories {{sfd-t}} for stub templates |
Article is a ParaWiki:Criteria for speedy deletion including:
| List on [[Category:Candidates for speedy deletion]]. | {{db¦reason}} |
