Wikipedia:Page blanking
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Page blanking means editing a page and removing its content to leave it completely blank, or without any substantial content.
Under normal circumstances, Wikipedia articles should not be blanked. If you think an article has no useful content, then either
If the sole author blanks an article, this can be taken as a deletion request. It can also be tagged with {{
Page blanking is acceptable in one's own
Occasionally, completed deletion discussions (or other discussions) may be blanked for reasons of privacy or courtesy to individuals. For policy on this, see the section on courtesy blanking in Wikipedia's deletion policy.
If the substantial content of a page has been incorporated into that of another, then the first page can be blanked and replaced with a redirect to the second page. For a description of this process, see Merging.
Repeated, unnecessary page blanking may get a user blocked indefinitely.
To warn users about inappropriate blanking, use {{subst:uw-blank1}}.
See also
- Wikipedia:Redirect#Redirects that replace previous articles, a blank-and-redirect
- Wikipedia:Blanking userpages of blocked editors is not necessarily gravedancing
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not censored
- Wikipedia:Editing policy
- Wikipedia:Content removal