Wikipedia:Deletion of articles on living persons
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This is a summary in one place of other policies relating to the deletion of articles on living persons created for convenience. It does not create new policy and in the event of conflict between this page and a policy page, the policy page prevails.
Articles on living persons are those within the scope of the
Speedy deletion
The process for speedy deletion is set out at the
{{db}}
tag ("delete because") to the page. The article creator can respond with a {{hangon
Any administrator may implement a speedy deletion request without discussion.
The main criterion that is specifically relevant to articles on living persons is G10 (Attack Pages) which allows speedy deletion of articles whose sole purpose is to disparage their subject, including "biographical material about a living person that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced, where there is no neutral version in the page history to revert to"
Where there is no indication of importance or significance (a lower criterion than notability or having no sources), an article may also be speedy deleted under A7.
Proposed deletion
The Proposed Deletion system set out at
For other articles, including those on living persons, any editor may propose deletion by adding the {{
tag. Administrators may delete uncontested proposed deletions after five days.
Articles for deletion
The Articles for deletion process is set out at
After a discussion for at least seven days, an administrator may close the discussion and delete or keep based on the consensus formed and arguments raised.
Any article which breaches