Difference between revisions of "Vote For deletion"
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* you Post the internal link with <nowiki>[[ pagename ]]</nowiki> and followed by the reason you want to see it deleted and at the end you put 4 ~ (like this <nowiki> ~~~~ </nowiki>) | * you Post the internal link with <nowiki>[[ pagename ]]</nowiki> and followed by the reason you want to see it deleted and at the end you put 4 ~ (like this <nowiki> ~~~~ </nowiki>) | ||
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| + | To list a page named PageName for deletion: | ||
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| + | (wherever PageName occurs below, use the name of the page to be deleted instead.) | ||
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| + | 1. Edit the page you want to delete, insert {{subst:vfd}} (not just {{vfd}}) at the top of that page, and save page. | ||
| + | 2. Follow the "this page's entry" link to Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/PageName and add a (crucial) link and sub-section heading: | ||
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| + | ===[[PageName]]=== | ||
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| + | 3. Under the section, describe, in accordance with our deletion policy, why the page should be deleted. Don't forget to sign and datestamp (using [[User:Jay|Jay]] 02:28, 23 Nov 2004 (CET)). | ||
| + | 4. Save page. | ||
| + | 5. Come back to this page and copy the following text: | ||
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| + | {{Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/PageName}} | ||
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| + | 6. Edit this page, using this edit link (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion&action=edit), or the button at the top of this page, or the "[edit]" link beside the heading with today's date, but never the "[edit]" link beside another VfD-ed page's heading (those headings are included from a template, so you would be editing the wrong page); paste the copied text below the last VfD-ed page's {{Wikipedia...}} call. | ||
| + | 7. Don't forget to replace PageName with the name of the page that you are proposing for deletion. | ||
| + | 8. As a courtesy, use [[PageName]] as the edit summary, so people can go directly to the article instead of having to load all of VfD. | ||
| + | 9. Save page. | ||
Revision as of 02:28, 23 November 2004
This page you can use to vote for deletion of a page you've seen on the Chat4All wiki pages
How to use :
- you Post the internal link with [[ pagename ]] and followed by the reason you want to see it deleted and at the end you put 4 ~ (like this ~~~~ )
To list a page named PageName for deletion:
(wherever PageName occurs below, use the name of the page to be deleted instead.)
1. Edit the page you want to delete, insert {{subst:vfd}} (not just Template:Vfd) at the top of that page, and save page.
2. Follow the "this page's entry" link to Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/PageName and add a (crucial) link and sub-section heading:
===PageName===
3. Under the section, describe, in accordance with our deletion policy, why the page should be deleted. Don't forget to sign and datestamp (using Jay 02:28, 23 Nov 2004 (CET)). 4. Save page. 5. Come back to this page and copy the following text:
Template:Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/PageName
6. Edit this page, using this edit link (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion&action=edit), or the button at the top of this page, or the "[edit]" link beside the heading with today's date, but never the "[edit]" link beside another VfD-ed page's heading (those headings are included from a template, so you would be editing the wrong page); paste the copied text below the last VfD-ed page's Template:Wikipedia... call. 7. Don't forget to replace PageName with the name of the page that you are proposing for deletion. 8. As a courtesy, use PageName as the edit summary, so people can go directly to the article instead of having to load all of VfD. 9. Save page.
