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#to request that previously deleted content be used on other pages (please go to [[Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion]] for these requests); |
#to request that previously deleted content be used on other pages (please go to [[Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion]] for these requests); |
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#to attack other editors, cast aspersions, or make accusations of bias (such requests may be speedily closed); or |
#to attack other editors, cast aspersions, or make accusations of bias (such requests may be speedily closed); or |
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#to seek reversal of an AfD consensus to redirect without deletion. Instead, seek consensus, on the talk page of the redirect target, to re-create the [[Wikipedia:Article_size#Splitting_an_article|spinout]]. |
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'''Copyright violating, libelous, or otherwise [[Wikipedia:List of policies#Legal|prohibited content]] will not be restored.''' |
'''Copyright violating, libelous, or otherwise [[Wikipedia:List of policies#Legal|prohibited content]] will not be restored.''' |
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Revision as of 05:04, 23 December 2014
Deletion Review may be used:
- if someone believes the closer of a deletion discussion interpreted the consensus incorrectly;
- if a speedy deletion was done outside of the criteria or is otherwise disputed;
- if significant new information has come to light since a deletion that would justify recreating the deleted page;
- if a page has been wrongly deleted with no way to tell what exactly was deleted; or
- if there was a substantive procedural error(s) in the deletion discussion or speedy deletion.
Deletion Review should not be used:
- because of a disagreement with the deletion discussion's outcome that does not involve the closer's judgment;
- when you have not discussed the matter with the administrator who deleted the page/closed the discussion first, unless there is a substantial reason not to do this and you have explained the reason in your nomination;
- to point out other pages that have or have not been deleted (as each page is different and stands or falls on its own merits);
- to challenge an article's deletion via the proposed deletion process, or to have the history of a deleted page restored behind a new, improved version of the page, called a history-only undeletion (please go to Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion for these);
- to repeat arguments already made in the deletion discussion;
- to argue technicalities (such as a deletion discussion being closed ten minutes early);
- to request that previously deleted content be used on other pages (please go to Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion for these requests);
- to attack other editors, cast aspersions, or make accusations of bias (such requests may be speedily closed); or
Copyright violating, libelous, or otherwise prohibited content will not be restored.