ParaWiki:Deletion policy

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At the Paranormal and Metaphysical Wiki, occasionally an article will be found that is deserving of deletion. This page will clarify our deletion policy.

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Criteria

**Problems that don't require deletion**
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

**Problems that may require deletion**
Problem with page	Solution	Add this tag
Is not suitable for Paranormal and Metaphysical Wiki Vanity page Advertising or other spam Hoax (not an article about a hoax) Completely idiosyncratic non-topic	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. Wholly inappropriate pages in the project (Paranormal and Metaphysical Wiki:), Help:, MediaWiki:, Portal:, and various talk namespaces, where discussion, renaming, merging, or simple editing cannot resolve the problem.	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: Patent nonsense (total gibberish) Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt	List on [[Category:Candidates for speedy deletion]].	`{{db¦reason}}`

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