Wikipedia:Update/1/Deletion policy changes, July 2010 to December 2010

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September 2010

August 2010

  • Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion
    • Under the
      WP:A3
      anchors, added: "Caution is needed when using this tag on newly-created articles."
    • Under the
      WP:F3
      anchor, added: "for Wikipedia use only"
    • Under the
      WP:F5
      anchor, added: [may be deleted ...] "immediately if the image's only use was on a deleted article and it is very unlikely to have any use on any other valid article."


  • Wikipedia:Deletion policy
    • In
      Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images#Instructions
      . For other pages,] "remove the violation if possible, or ..."



July 2010

  • Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion
    • Under the
      WP:CSD#F8
      anchor, changed: [the upload history is not necessary if] "the image is in the public domain" to: "the file's license does not require it"


  • Wikipedia:Proposed deletion
    • Changed the first paragraph to: "Proposed deletion is the way to suggest that an article is uncontroversially a deletion candidate, but that it does not meet the more stringent criteria for speedy deletion. If no editors object, nominated pages are deleted after seven days. This process reduces the load on the articles for deletion (AfD) process, but should not be used to bypass discussion at AfD."
    • In
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      are more appropriate than deletion."


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