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Finding the last nomination level

The main template depends on various subtemplates. One of the most important subtemplates is Last Afd, which returns the level number of the last Afd nomination level for a given article. 'Last Afd' has its own testcases pages, but here is one example:

Expecting: level 4 (meaning, that this article has been nominated four times for deletion, but not yet a 5th time):

Please see Template:Deletion process cheat sheet/Last Afd/testcases for the full set of test cases.

Articles never nominated before

Articles never nominated for deletion, are eligible for deletion if they exist.

Empty 'art' param
{{Deletion process cheat sheet}}
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Deletion process how-to
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, ArticleName,[a][b] for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

The instructions below are generalized and require additional work from you to find the NominationName and other items to be used below. If you would like to have these instructions tailored specifically for the article you are nominating, you can view them in a new section in your sandbox by clicking this link.

  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
    • First, log in; you won't be able to complete the process if you don't. IP users are unable to use this process.
    • Insert {{
      subst:afd1
      }}       (no parameters) at the top of the article you wish to nominate for deletion.
    • Include in the edit summary: AfD: Nominated for deletion; see [[NominationName]].[c]
    • Do not mark the edit as minor. Save page.
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Find the NominationName and create Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName to create the deletion discussion page.
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=ArticleName |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[ArticleName]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[d] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[e]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[i] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ ArticleName: anyplace you see italics in the instructions, you need to substitute the appropriate text. For example, if you want to delete the article "Underground basket-weaving", then wherever you see ArticleName you should instead substitute "Underground basket-weaving". But see the boxed instructions at the top for a better way.
  2. parenthetical suffix
    to disambiguate it from previous nominations. The second time an article is nominated, it may be called, "ArticleName (2nd nomination)", and so on.
  3. ^ Substitute the article name you're nominating for deletion. If this article was nominated for deletion before, then use, "ArticleName (2nd nomination)" instead, "ArticleName (3rd nomination)" and so on; here, and everywhere else where NominationName appears in the instructions. But note that there's a much easier way to do this by clicking the link in the boxed material at the top of these instructions.
  4. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  5. ^ The last time you loaded/refreshed this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  6. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  7. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  8. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article.
  9. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, ArticleName,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

The instructions below are generalized and require additional work from you to find the NominationName and other items to be used below. If you would like to have these instructions tailored specifically for the article you are nominating, you can view them in a new section in your sandbox by clicking this link.

  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
    • First, log in; you won't be able to complete the process if you don't. IP users are unable to use this process.
    • Insert {{
      subst:afd1
      }}       (no parameters) at the top of the article you wish to nominate for deletion.
    • Include in the edit summary: AfD: Nominated for deletion; see [[NominationName]].[c]
    • Do not mark the edit as minor. Save page.
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Find the NominationName and create Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName to create the deletion discussion page.
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=ArticleName |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[ArticleName]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[d] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[e]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[i] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ ArticleName: anyplace you see italics in the instructions, you need to substitute the appropriate text. For example, if you want to delete the article "Underground basket-weaving", then wherever you see ArticleName you should instead substitute "Underground basket-weaving". But see the boxed instructions at the top for a better way.
  2. parenthetical suffix
    to disambiguate it from previous nominations. The second time an article is nominated, it may be called, "ArticleName (2nd nomination)", and so on.
  3. ^ Substitute the article name you're nominating for deletion. If this article was nominated for deletion before, then use, "ArticleName (2nd nomination)" instead, "ArticleName (3rd nomination)" and so on; here, and everywhere else where NominationName appears in the instructions. But note that there's a much easier way to do this by clicking the link in the boxed material at the top of these instructions.
  4. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  5. ^ The last time you loaded/refreshed this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  6. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  7. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  8. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article.
  9. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has never been nominated before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=World War II}}
Side by side comparison
{{Deletion process cheat sheet}}{{Deletion process cheat sheet/sandbox}}
Deletion process how-to for World War II
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, World War II, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"World War II" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has never been nominated for deletion under this name before. Use "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World War II"[a] as the nomination name.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World War II and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=World War II |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[World War II]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World War II]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:World War II.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for World War II
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"World War II" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has never been nominated for deletion under this name before. Use "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World War II"[a] as the nomination name.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World War II and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=World War II |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[World War II]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World War II]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:World War II.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.

Articles nominated one to ten times before

Articles nominated one to ten times before can be nominated again, and the template should be capable of giving specific details including the precise nomination name to be used. Note: if any of these examples are deleted, replacements can be found here.

Article which has been nominated 2x before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Kennedy Curse}}
Side by side comparison
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Deletion process how-to for
Kennedy Curse
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

Kennedy Curse, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion
procedure.

Deletion status summary
"Kennedy Curse" is a redirect and can be nominated for deletion. However,
Afd is not the right venue for this. Please see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion
instead.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kennedy Curse (third nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Kennedy Curse |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Kennedy Curse]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kennedy Curse]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. Talk:Kennedy Curse
    .
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for
Kennedy Curse
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"Kennedy Curse" is a redirect and can be nominated for deletion. However,
Afd is not the right venue for this. Please see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion
instead.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kennedy Curse (third nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Kennedy Curse |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Kennedy Curse]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kennedy Curse]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. Talk:Kennedy Curse
    .
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 4x before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Think of the children}}
Side by side comparison
{{Deletion process cheat sheet}}{{Deletion process cheat sheet/sandbox}}
Deletion process how-to for Think of the children
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, Think of the children, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"Think of the children" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion four times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Think of the children (5th nomination)[a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Think of the children (5th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Think of the children |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Think of the children]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Think of the children]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Think of the children.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for Think of the children
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"Think of the children" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion four times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Think of the children (5th nomination)[a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Think of the children (5th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Think of the children |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Think of the children]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Think of the children]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Think of the children.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 5x before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Lost: The Journey}}
Side by side comparison
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Deletion process how-to for Lost: The Journey
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, Lost: The Journey, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"Lost: The Journey" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion five times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lost: The Journey (6th nomination)[a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lost: The Journey (6th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Lost: The Journey |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Lost: The Journey]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lost: The Journey]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Lost: The Journey.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for Lost: The Journey
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"Lost: The Journey" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion five times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lost: The Journey (6th nomination)[a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lost: The Journey (6th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Lost: The Journey |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Lost: The Journey]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lost: The Journey]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Lost: The Journey.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 6x before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=DragonFable}}
Side by side comparison
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Deletion process how-to for DragonFable
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, DragonFable, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"DragonFable" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion six times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DragonFable (7th nomination)[a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DragonFable (7th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=DragonFable |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[DragonFable]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DragonFable]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:DragonFable.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for DragonFable
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"DragonFable" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion six times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DragonFable (7th nomination)[a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DragonFable (7th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=DragonFable |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[DragonFable]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DragonFable]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:DragonFable.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 7x before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=List of largest empires}}
Side by side comparison
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Deletion process how-to for List of largest empires
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, List of largest empires, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"List of largest empires" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion seven times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of largest empires (8th nomination)[a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of largest empires (8th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=List of largest empires |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[List of largest empires]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of largest empires]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:List of largest empires.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for List of largest empires
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"List of largest empires" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion seven times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of largest empires (8th nomination)[a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of largest empires (8th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=List of largest empires |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[List of largest empires]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of largest empires]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:List of largest empires.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 8x before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Al Gore III}}
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Deletion process how-to for
Al Gore III
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

Al Gore III, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion
procedure.

Deletion status summary
"Al Gore III" is a redirect and can be nominated for deletion. However,
Afd is not the right venue for this. Please see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion
instead.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al Gore III (9th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Al Gore III |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Al Gore III]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al Gore III]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Al Gore III.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for
Al Gore III
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"Al Gore III" is a redirect and can be nominated for deletion. However,
Afd is not the right venue for this. Please see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion
instead.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al Gore III (9th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Al Gore III |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Al Gore III]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al Gore III]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Al Gore III.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 9x before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Cleveland steamer}}
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Deletion process how-to for
Cleveland steamer
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

Cleveland steamer, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion
procedure.

Deletion status summary
"Cleveland steamer" is a redirect and can be nominated for deletion. However,
Afd is not the right venue for this. Please see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion
instead.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cleveland steamer (10th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Cleveland steamer |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Cleveland steamer]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cleveland steamer]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Cleveland steamer.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for
Cleveland steamer
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"Cleveland steamer" is a redirect and can be nominated for deletion. However,
Afd is not the right venue for this. Please see Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion
instead.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cleveland steamer (10th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Cleveland steamer |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Cleveland steamer]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cleveland steamer]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Cleveland steamer.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 10x before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=United States and state terrorism}}
Side by side comparison
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Deletion process how-to for United States and state terrorism
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, United States and state terrorism, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"United States and state terrorism" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has never been nominated for deletion under this name before. Use "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States and state terrorism"[a] as the nomination name. (Note: nominated ten times previously, under various names. See Talk:United States and state terrorism for the complete list of previous names.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States and state terrorism and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=United States and state terrorism |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[United States and state terrorism]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States and state terrorism]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:United States and state terrorism.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for United States and state terrorism
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"United States and state terrorism" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has never been nominated for deletion under this name before. Use "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States and state terrorism"[a] as the nomination name. (Note: nominated ten times previously, under various names. See Talk:United States and state terrorism for the complete list of previous names.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States and state terrorism and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=United States and state terrorism |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[United States and state terrorism]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States and state terrorism]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:United States and state terrorism.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.

Article nominated > 10x and still exists

The template is not designed to handle articles which have been nominated more than ten times before. There are only a handful of such cases:

Article which has been nominated 11x before (a)
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=List of films considered the worst}}
Side by side comparison
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Deletion process how-to for List of films considered the worst
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, List of films considered the worst, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films considered the worst [a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process. (Note: List of films considered the worst has been nominated 11 times (or more); the detailed instructions below might not be accurate. Please see Inherent depth limitation
in the documentation.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films considered the worst and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=List of films considered the worst |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[List of films considered the worst]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films considered the worst]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:List of films considered the worst.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for List of films considered the worst
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films considered the worst [a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process. (Note: List of films considered the worst has been nominated 11 times (or more); the detailed instructions below might not be accurate. Please see Inherent depth limitation
in the documentation.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films considered the worst and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=List of films considered the worst |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[List of films considered the worst]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films considered the worst]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:List of films considered the worst.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 11x before (b)
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Uncyclopedia}}
Side by side comparison
{{Deletion process cheat sheet}}{{Deletion process cheat sheet/sandbox}}
Deletion process how-to for Uncyclopedia
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, Uncyclopedia, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"Uncyclopedia" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion ten times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uncyclopedia [a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process. (Note: Uncyclopedia has been nominated 11 times (or more); the detailed instructions below might not be accurate. Please see Inherent depth limitation in the documentation.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uncyclopedia and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Uncyclopedia |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Uncyclopedia]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uncyclopedia]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Uncyclopedia.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for Uncyclopedia
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"Uncyclopedia" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion ten times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uncyclopedia [a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process. (Note: Uncyclopedia has been nominated 11 times (or more); the detailed instructions below might not be accurate. Please see Inherent depth limitation in the documentation.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uncyclopedia and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Uncyclopedia |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Uncyclopedia]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uncyclopedia]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Uncyclopedia.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 11x before (c)
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Wikipedia}}
Side by side comparison
{{Deletion process cheat sheet}}{{Deletion process cheat sheet/sandbox}}
Deletion process how-to for Wikipedia
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, Wikipedia, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"Wikipedia" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion ten times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia [a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process. (Note: Wikipedia has been nominated 11 times (or more); the detailed instructions below might not be accurate. Please see Inherent depth limitation in the documentation.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Wikipedia |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Wikipedia]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Wikipedia.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for Wikipedia
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"Wikipedia" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion ten times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia [a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process. (Note: Wikipedia has been nominated 11 times (or more); the detailed instructions below might not be accurate. Please see Inherent depth limitation in the documentation.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Wikipedia |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Wikipedia]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Wikipedia.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 13x before
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Daniel Brandt}}
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Deletion process how-to for Daniel Brandt
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, Daniel Brandt, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
"Daniel Brandt" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion ten times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Brandt [a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process. (Note: [[{{{art}}}]] has been nominated 14 times (or more); the detailed instructions below might not be accurate. Please see Inherent depth limitation in the documentation.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Brandt and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Daniel Brandt |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Daniel Brandt]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Brandt]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Daniel Brandt.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for Daniel Brandt
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
"Daniel Brandt" exists, and can be nominated for deletion. It has been nominated for deletion ten times before under this name. Consider using Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Brandt [a] as the NominationName, but see this caveat. The step-by-step instructions below will walk you through the process. (Note: [[{{{art}}}]] has been nominated 14 times (or more); the detailed instructions below might not be accurate. Please see Inherent depth limitation in the documentation.)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Brandt and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Daniel Brandt |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Daniel Brandt]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[b] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[c]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Brandt]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[g] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. red link. Is it blue? Then theres a problem; see documentation
    .
  2. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  3. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  4. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  5. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  6. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Daniel Brandt.
  7. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.


Article doesn't exist

Article which has been nominated 3 times and finally deleted
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks}}
Side by side comparison
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Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
The article "International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks" does not exist. You cannot nominate it for deletion.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks (fourth nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
    • notify creator
      subst:Adw
      |International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks|International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks (fourth nomination)}} to their user Talk page
    • notify WikiProjects[e] via Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Compact using same Adw template as above.
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
The article "International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks" does not exist. You cannot nominate it for deletion.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks (fourth nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
    • notify creator
      subst:Adw
      |International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks|International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks (fourth nomination)}} to their user Talk page
    • notify WikiProjects[e] via Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Compact using same Adw template as above.
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:International reactions to the 2011 Norway attacks.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Article which has been nominated 4 times and finally deleted
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Giant Monster}}
Side by side comparison
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Deletion process how-to for Giant Monster
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, Giant Monster, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
The article "Giant Monster" does not exist. You cannot nominate it for deletion. (Note: "Giant monster" and "Giant Monsters" redirect to Kaiju. Earlier, Giant Monster was deleted (4th nom), as was Giant Monsters Attack Japan! (3rd nom).)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giant Monster and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Giant Monster |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Giant Monster]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giant Monster]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Giant Monster.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for Giant Monster
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
The article "Giant Monster" does not exist. You cannot nominate it for deletion. (Note: "Giant monster" and "Giant Monsters" redirect to Kaiju. Earlier, Giant Monster was deleted (4th nom), as was Giant Monsters Attack Japan! (3rd nom).)
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giant Monster and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Giant Monster |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Giant Monster]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giant Monster]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Giant Monster.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.

Note: "Giant Monster" has been moved twice, and nominated several times under more than one name. Please see additional tests at Template:Deletion process cheat sheet/Last Afd/testcases#Moves and redirects.

Article which has been nominated 7 times and finally deleted
{{Deletion process cheat sheet |art=Ashida Kim}}
Side by side comparison
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Deletion process how-to for Ashida Kim
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page, Ashida Kim, for deletion, using the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion procedure.

Deletion status summary
The article "Ashida Kim" does not exist. You cannot nominate it for deletion.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim (8th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Ashida Kim |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Ashida Kim]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Ashida Kim.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.
Deletion process how-to for Ashida Kim
Disclaimer: this is still in test, and should be used with caution until verified.

This is a step-by-step summary of how to nominate a single page,

WP:AFDHOWTO
.

Deletion status summary
The article "Ashida Kim" does not exist. You cannot nominate it for deletion.
  1. Place the deletion tag on the article.Place the deletion tag on the article:
  2. Create deletion discussion pageCreate deletion discussion page:
    • Create deletion discussion for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim (8th nomination) and follow the instructions there (which are also found below).
    • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=Ashida Kim |cat=Category |text=Deletion reason}} ~~~~
      • Pick Category letter from Template:AfD categories
      • Write your Deletion reason text, referring to entries in
        WP:SPEEDY
        )
    • Use
      edit summary
      Creating deletion discussion for [[Ashida Kim]] and save.
  3. Add article to deletion logAdd the article to today's deletion log:
    • find the current deletion log,[a] and open it for editing.
    right now (2024-06-20 23:30 (UTC)) the current log is: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 June 20.[b]
    • add {{subst:afd3}} to the top of the list at the current deletion log
    how do I do that?

    <!-- Add new entries to the TOP of the following list -->
    {{subst:afd3 |pg=NominationName}} <!-- YOUR ENTRY HERE -->
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Underground basket-weaving}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Outer Slobovia}}
    {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bar coaster flipping}}

    • use edit summary: Listing [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim]], and save the page.
  4. Notify users and WikiProjectsNotify interested users and WikiProjects:
  5. Update the deletion logUpdate the deletion log:
    • go back to the same deletion log[f] you added the article to earlier
    • add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} template to the nomination for each WikiProject you notified.
    This lets log viewers know what projects were notified, and prevents duplicate effort.
Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Deletion logs have the filename format [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/yyyy Month dd]]. The day is not zero-padded; so the log filename on New Year's Day is "...January 1" (not, "January 01").
  2. ^ The last time you previewed/saved this page, the time was 23:30 (UTC). If the UTC day could have changed since then, you may wish to preview again or refresh the page to ensure you are pointing to the correct log.
  3. ^ The page creator can be found in the Page Statistics tool, or by examining the page History, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and clicking the 'oldest' link if there is one.
  4. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the Page Statistics tool and clicking 'Top editors'.
  5. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article, i.e., Talk:Ashida Kim.
  6. UTC
    ; be sure to use the same log as you did before in step 3.


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