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<a id="Deletion_Policy" name="Deletion_Policy"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Deletion Policy</span></h2> | |||
<p>Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either | |||
</p> | |||
<ul><li>Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt | |||
</li><li>Patent nonsense (total gibberish) | |||
</li><li>Pages clearly unrelated to the <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_%28body_of_work%29" title="Homestar Runner (body of work)">Homestar Runner</a> body of work | |||
</li><li>Unused duplicate images | |||
</li><li>Fanstuff | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p>In other cases, there are more things to consider. | |||
</p> | |||
<a id="Deciding_whether_to_delete" name="Deciding_whether_to_delete"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Deciding whether to delete </span></h2> | |||
<ol><li> Whether a "rough consensus" has been achieved | |||
</li><li> Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of Wiki participants. | |||
</li><li> When in doubt, don't delete. | |||
</li></ol> | |||
<a id="On_deleting_pages" name="On_deleting_pages"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> On deleting pages </span></h2> | |||
<p>Here are some guidelines sysops should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not. | |||
</p> | |||
<ol><li> When deleting a page, one may or may not want to delete its talk page or any subpages as well. If the talk page is <i>not</i> deleted, put a link to the deletion discussion thread on the talk page. | |||
</li><li> Simply deleting a page does <i>not</i> automatically delete its talk page. If you delete these as well, do that first, and then the main page. | |||
</li><li> When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, ensure that the following is <i>not</i> included: | |||
<ul><li> Any copyright infringing text | |||
</li><li> Personal information, e.g. <i>content was: 'John Doe smells bad and his home phone # is (481) 555-2416</i> | |||
</li></ul> | |||
</li><li> Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well. | |||
</li><li> Redirects to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects. | |||
</li><li> If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=really_silly_article_title" title="really silly article title (page does not exist)">really silly article title</a> to a <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=better_title" title="better title (page does not exist)">better title</a>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=existing_article" title="existing article (page does not exist)">existing article</a>, with an edit comment like <i>(moved content from <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=really_silly_article_title" title="really silly article title (page does not exist)">really silly article title</a> - see the page history of <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=better_title" title="better title (page does not exist)">better title</a> for author attribution)</i>. The <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=really_silly_article_title" title="really silly article title (page does not exist)">really silly article title</a> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=better_title" title="better title (page does not exist)">better title</a> would then be changed to redirect to <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=existing_article" title="existing article (page does not exist)">existing article</a>. | |||
</li></ol> | |||
<a id="Things_to_remember" name="Things_to_remember"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Things to remember</span></h2> | |||
<p>Remember that even once a page or image is deleted, it can be restored. If an article is deleted on the grounds that it is not noteworthy and then starts appearing many times in subsequent toons, the page can be brought back and updated. | |||
</p> | |||
<a id="See_also" name="See_also"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">See also</span></h2> | |||
<ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=HRWiki:Inclusion_guidelines" title="HRWiki:Inclusion guidelines">HRWiki:Inclusion guidelines</a> | |||
</li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Category:Pages_for_Discussion" title="Category:Pages for Discussion">Category:Pages for Discussion</a> | |||
</li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete" title="Special:Log/delete">Deletion log</a> | |||
</li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=HRWiki:Deletion_log" title="HRWiki:Deletion log">Deletion log archives</a> | |||
</li></ul> | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026
Deletion Policy
Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either
- Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt
- Patent nonsense (total gibberish)
- Pages clearly unrelated to the Homestar Runner body of work
- Unused duplicate images
- Fanstuff
In other cases, there are more things to consider.
Deciding whether to delete
- Whether a "rough consensus" has been achieved
- Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of Wiki participants.
- When in doubt, don't delete.
On deleting pages
Here are some guidelines sysops should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not.
- When deleting a page, one may or may not want to delete its talk page or any subpages as well. If the talk page is not deleted, put a link to the deletion discussion thread on the talk page.
- Simply deleting a page does not automatically delete its talk page. If you delete these as well, do that first, and then the main page.
- When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, ensure that the following is not included:
- Any copyright infringing text
- Personal information, e.g. content was: 'John Doe smells bad and his home phone # is (481) 555-2416
- Don't delete pages unless you know how to undelete as well.
- Redirects to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects.
- If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from really silly article title to a better title, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the existing article, with an edit comment like (moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution). The really silly article title will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. better title would then be changed to redirect to existing article.
Things to remember
Remember that even once a page or image is deleted, it can be restored. If an article is deleted on the grounds that it is not noteworthy and then starts appearing many times in subsequent toons, the page can be brought back and updated.
