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28 April 2024

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I discovered Wikipedia while googling what

Viewtiful Joe (anime)

on December 23, 2005 and then created my account on January 14, 2006.

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Template	Aliases	Criteria	Used for
Whenever possible, use a reason-specific template.
{{db-g1}}	{{ db-nonsense }}	CSD G1	Patent nonsense. You can put {{subst:Db-nonsense-notice\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g2}}	{{ db-test }}	CSD G2	Test page. You can put {{ subst:uw-creation1 \|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g3}}	{{ db-vandalism }}	CSD G3	Vandalism. You can put {{ subst:uw-creation2 \|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
	{{ db-pagemove }}	CSD G3	Nonsense redirects that are created from the cleanup of page move vandalism. You can put {{ subst:mp2-n \|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
	{{db-hoax}}	CSD G3	Blatant hoaxes. You can put {{subst:uw-hoax\|"page name"}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g4}}	{{ db-repost }}	CSD G4	Copies of material that was previously deleted after an XfD discussion. Articles that were only previously speedily deleted do not fall under this category. You can put {{ subst:repost-warn \|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g5}}	{{ db-banned \|name of banned user}}	CSD G5	Contributions made by a banned user while they were banned.
{{db-g6}}	{{db-move\|page to be moved\| reason for move}}	CSD G6	Making way for a non-controversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved and the reason for the move.
	{{db-copypaste\|page to be moved}}	CSD G6	Cleaning up copy-and-paste page moves to make way for a clean, non-controversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved.
	{{db-xfd}}	CSD G6	An experienced editor has closed a deletion debate as a "delete", but the page did not get deleted.
	{{db-g6}}	CSD G6	Other non-controversial "housekeeping" tasks, such as reversing a redirect.
{{db-g7}}	{{ db-self }}	CSD G7	Speedy request by only editor.
{{db-g7}}	{{ db-blanked }}	CSD G7	Page blanked by only editor.
{{db-g8}}	{{db-talk}}	CSD G8	Talk page of a deleted or nonexistent page.
	{{db-subpage}}	CSD G8	Subpage of a deleted or nonexistent page.
	{{db-imagepage}}	CSD G8	Image page without a corresponding image.
	{{db-redirnone}}	CSD G8	Redirect to non-existent page.
	{{db-templatecat}}	CSD G8	Category that is populated solely by a template that has been deleted.
{{db-g10}}	{{ db-attack }}	CSD G10	Attack page intended to disparage its subject. You can put {{ subst:attack \|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g11}}	{{ db-spam }}	CSD G11	Blatant advertising. You can put {{ subst:spam-warn \|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g12\|url=URL of source}}	{{ db-copyvio \|url=URL of source}}	CSD G12	Blatant copyright violation. You can put {{subst:uw-copyright\|page name\|url=URL of source}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g13}}	{{ db-blankdraft }}	CSD G13	Any page in draftspace or user drafts that are blank or with only the default Article Wizard text, if unedited for six months.
{{db-g14}}	{{ db-disambig }}	CSD G14	Unnecessary disambiguation pages.
{{db-a1}}	{{ db-nocontext }}	CSD A1	Very short articles without context. Use {{ subst:empty-warn \|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-a2}}	{{ db-foreign }}	CSD A2	Foreign language article duplicated on other Wikimedia project.
{{db-a3}}	{{ db-contact }}	CSD A3	No content other than external links of whatever kind, or an attempt to contact subject of article.
{{db-a7}}	{{ db-bio }}– for a person	CSD A7	Article about a real person, individual animal(s), group, company, or web content that does not indicate the importance of the subject. Try to use one of the more specific templates rather than {{ subst:nn-warn\|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page, or, if it seems that someone has created a user page in the encyclopedia section instead of their user page, you can put {{subst:nn-userfy \|page name}}-- ~~~~ on their talk page.
	{{db-person}} – for people
	{{db-band}} – for bands
	{{db-club}} – for clubs, societies, groups, and organizations
	{{db-inc}} – for companies and corporations
	{{db-web}} – for websites
	{{db-animal}} – for individual animals
{{db-a9}}	{{ db-song }}	CSD A9	Article about a musical recording (album, single, etc.) that does not indicate the importance of the subject, and where the artist's article does not exist.
{{db-r2}}	{{ db-rediruser }}	CSD R2	Redirect to an article talk page, image description page, image talk page, mediawiki page, mediawiki talk page, category talk page, portal talk page, template talk page, help talk, user page, or user talk. You can put {{ subst:rediruser-warn \|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-r3}}	{{ db-redirmisnomer }}	CSD R3	Recently created redirect that is a result of an implausible typo or subst:redirtypo-warn \|page name}}~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-r4}}	{{ db-redircom }}	CSD R4	Redirects in the file namespace that shadow a Commons file or redirect.
{{db-f1\|replacement file name.ext}}	{{ isd \|replacement file name.ext}}	CSD F1	Same or better file exists on Wikipedia (see {{ db-f8 }} for files now on Commons).
{{db-f2}}	{{ db-nofile }}	CSD F2	Corrupt or empty file. File page for a file on Commons without Wikipedia-related or assessment information.
{{db-f3}}	{{ db-noncom }}	CSD F3	"No commercial use" or "by permission" files uploaded after target date.
{{ db-f4 }}	{{ db-unksource }}	CSD F4	Lack of licensing – Should only be used if the file has been previously tagged with {{di-no license}}, {{di-no source}}, or a similar template.
{{db-f5}}		CSD F5	Unused copyright file – Should only be used if the file has been previously tagged with {{ or-fu }}, or a similar template.
{{ db-f6 }}	{{ db-norat }}	CSD F6	File with fair use tag but no fair use rationale - must have been tagged as such for seven days and uploaded after May 4, 2006.
{{db-f7}}	{{ db-badfairuse }}	CSD F7	Bad fair use template – file tagged as fair use with a template that is patently irrelevant to the actual file, like {{ subst:badfairuse \|File:file name\|tag that was on the file}}.
{{ db-f8 }}	{{ db-nowcommons \| name of file on Commons.ext}}	CSD F8	Identical file has been moved to or is otherwise available on Commons.
{{db-f9\|url=URL of source}}	{{ db-filecopyvio \|url=URL of source}}	CSD F9	Blatant copyright infringements.
{{ db-f11 }}	{{ db-nopermission }}	CSD F11	No evidence of permission from copyright holder to publish under license asserted by uploader – file must have been tagged with {{ no permission }}, and uploader notified for seven days.
{{db-c1}}	{{ db-catempty }}	CSD C1	Category that has been empty for at least four days.
{{db-u1}}	{{ db-userreq }}	CSD U1	User page or subpage requested to be deleted by the user with whom it is associated.
{{db-u2}}	{{ db-nouser }}	CSD U2	Userpages of users who do not exist.
{{db-u5}}	{{ db-notwebhost }}	CSD U5	Inappropriate use of userpages as web hosting.
If you are not sure, you can use these general templates:
{{db}}	{{ csd \|reason}}		Replace reason with a specific reason for speedy deletion. Please try to write out a reason that will be comprehensible to non-Wikipedians.

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AfD: {{subst:afd1}}
{{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | cat= | text=Reason for deletion--~~~~}}
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NFT • Prof • Web

CV: {{copyvio | url=insert URL}}--~~~~
{{subst:article-cv | PageName}} from [insert URL]--~~~~ CP

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Warn (new): • {{

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Category and stub:

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{{copyvio}}Copyvios (howto · log) {{subst:ffd}}Files (log) {{ subst:rfd}}Redirects (howto · log ) {{subst:mfd}}Miscellany (howto · log) {{ delrev}}Deletion review
Articles (howto · log)
{{ subst:prod \|why}} {{ subst:afd}} · {{subst:prod blp }}
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{{ subst:tfd \|template}} {{subst:tfd2\|template\|why}} {{ tfdnotice }}
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{{ subst:cfdnotice }} {{subst:cfm}} · {{subst:cfm-speedy}} {{subst:cfr}} · {{subst:cfr-speedy}} {{cfl}}
Mergers
{{merge}} {{merge to}} · {{merge from}} {{ afd-mergeto }} {{ afd-mergefrom }}
Page moves
{{subst:requested move\|Newname}}
Speedy
{{ db-author}} · {{db-web }} {{ db-test }} {{ db-nocontext}} · {{db-empty }} {{ db-catempty }} {{ db-banned }} {{ db-notenglish }} {{ db-repost }} {{ db-vandalism}} · {{db-talk }} {{ db-nocontent }} {{ db-filecopyvio }} {{db-animal}} · {{db-multiple}} {{salt}} All speedy templates
Unfree files
{{subst:ffd}} {{ subst:nld }} {{ subst:rfu }} {{ subst:orfur }}
Transwiki (howto · log)
{{Copy to Wikibooks}} {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} {{Copy to Wikiquote}} {{Copy to Wikisource}} {{Copy to Wikiversity}} {{Copy to Wikivoyage}} All transwiki templates
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