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Categories may be listed for speedy renaming or speedy merging if they meet one or more of the criteria specified below. They must be tagged with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}
so that users of the categories are aware of the proposal. A request may be processed 48 hours after it was listed if there are no objections. This delay allows other editors to review the request to ensure that it meets the criteria for speedy deletion, renaming, or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.
Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g. "patent nonsense", "recreation", categories that have been empty for four days) can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}}
, and no delay is required to process these. Renaming under C2E can also be processed instantly as it is a variation on G7.
Contested requests become stale, and can be un-tagged and de-listed, after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}
. If the nominator wants to continue the process, they need to submit the request as a regular CfD in accordance with the instructions there.
Speedy criteria
The category-specific criteria for speedy deletion, renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:
This page in a nutshell: Under certain limited conditions, a page may be deleted by an administrator without waiting for any discussion. |
The criteria for speedy deletion (CSD) specify the only cases in which administrators have broad consensus to bypass deletion discussion, at their discretion, and immediately delete Wikipedia pages or media. Because deletion is reversible only by administrators, other deletions occur only after discussion, unless they are proposed deletions. Speedy deletion is intended to reduce the time spent on deletion discussions for pages or media with no practical chance of surviving discussion.[1] Anyone can request speedy deletion by adding one of the speedy deletion templates, but only administrators may actually delete.
Before nominating a page for speedy deletion, consider whether it could be improved, reduced to a stub, merged or redirected elsewhere, reverted to a better previous revision, or handled in some other way (see Wikipedia:Deletion policy § Alternatives to deletion). A page is eligible for speedy deletion only if all of its history is also eligible. Users nominating a page for speedy deletion should specify which criterion/criteria the page meets, and should notify the page creator and any major contributors. If a page needs to be removed from Wikipedia for privacy reasons (e.g. non-public personal information, a child disclosing their age, possible libel), request oversight instead.
For most speedy deletion criteria, the creator of a page may not remove the deletion tag from it; only an editor who is not the creator of a page may do so. A creator who disagrees with the speedy deletion should instead click on the Contest this speedy deletion button that appears inside of the speedy deletion tag. This button links to the discussion page with a pre-formatted area for the creator to explain why the page should not be deleted. If an editor other than the creator removes a speedy deletion tag in good faith, it should be taken as a sign that the deletion is controversial and another deletion process should be used. The creator of a page may remove a speedy deletion tag only if the criterion in question is G6, G7, G8, G13, G14, C1 or U1.[2]
Administrators should take care not to speedily delete pages or media except in the most obvious cases. If a page has survived its most recent deletion discussion, it should not be speedily deleted except for newly discovered copyright violations and pages that meet specific uncontroversial criteria; these criteria are noted below. Contributors sometimes create pages over several edits, so administrators should avoid deleting a page that appears incomplete too soon after its creation.
Besides speedy deletion, there are the following methods of deletion:
- Wikipedia:Deletion discussions (AfD, CfD, FfD, MfD, RfD, TfD), the normal method of carrying out deletion.
- Wikipedia:Proposed deletions, for nominating articles and files for uncontroversial deletion.
- Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people, for articles on living persons without sources.
Nomenclature
Letter-number abbreviations (G12, A3...) are often used to refer to these criteria, and are given in each section. For example, "CSD G12" refers to criterion 12 under general (copyright infringement) and "CSD U1" refers to criterion 1 under user (user request). Some in-between numbers are skipped, as abbreviations denoting obsolete criteria remain unused. These abbreviations can be confusing to new editors or anyone else unfamiliar with this page; in many situations a plain-English explanation of why a specific page was or should be deleted is preferable.
Requesting speedy deletion
Immediately following each criterion below is a list of templates used to mark pages or media files for speedy deletion under the criterion being used. In order to alert administrators to the nomination, place the relevant speedy deletion template at the top of the page or media file you are nominating (but see § Pages that need to be tagged in a special manner below). Please be sure to supply an edit summary that mentions that the page is being nominated for speedy deletion. All of the speedy deletion templates are named as Db-X with Db standing for 'delete because'. A list of the Db-X templates can be found at Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Deletion templates.
If a page falls under more than one of the criteria, instead of adding multiple tags it is possible to add a single {{Db-multiple}} tag to cover them all. For example, if an article seems both to be blatantly promotional (G11) and also to fail to indicate significance of its subject (A7) then the tag {{Db-multiple|G11|A7}}
can be used to indicate both of these concerns. The article can then be speedily deleted if an administrator assesses it and decides that either or both of the criteria apply.
There is strong consensus that the creators and major contributors of pages and media files should be warned of a speedy deletion nomination (or of the deletion if not informed before). All speedy deletion templates (using criteria other than U1, G5, G6, G7, and G8) thus contain in their body a pre-formatted, suggested warning template to notify the relevant party or parties of the nomination for speedy deletion under the criterion used. You can copy and paste such warnings to the talk pages of the creators and major contributors, choose from others listed at Category:CSD warning templates, or place the unified warning template, {{subst:CSD-warn|csd|Page name}}
, which allows you to tailor your warning under any particular criterion by replacing csd
with the associated criterion abbreviation (e.g. g4, a7).
Use common sense when applying a speedy deletion request to a page: review the page history to make sure that all earlier revisions of the page meet the speedy deletion criterion, because a single editor can replace an article with material that appears to cause the page to meet one or more of the criteria.
Pages that need to be tagged in a special manner
Some pages either cannot or should not be tagged for speedy deletion in the normal manner:
- Pages that you cannot edit (e.g., due to protection), or JSON pages: place the template on the corresponding Talk page instead, along with an explanation of which page to delete.
- Template: pages: place the template within a noinclude tag, like this:
<noinclude>{{Db-x}}</noinclude>
- Module: pages (except for /doc pages): place the template with Module:Module wikitext, like this:
require('Module:Module wikitext')._addText('{{Db-x}}')
- CSS (including sanitized CSS) or JavaScript pages: place the template in a comment, like this:
/* {{Db-x}} */
Pages that have survived deletion discussions
As an exception to the norm that a page surviving its most recent deletion discussion means that it should not be speedily deleted, the following criteria apply also to those pages, with or without any specified limitations:
- § G5. Creations by banned or blocked users – subject to the strict condition that the XfD participants were unaware that the article would have met the criterion and/or that the article creator's blocked
- § G6. Technical deletions – only if the deletion is temporary, or if no actual content will be removed
- § G8. Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page
- § G9. Office actions
- § G12. Unambiguous copyright infringement
- § G13. Abandoned drafts and Articles for creation submissions – if 6 months have passed since the deletion discussion and any subsequent human edits
- § F8. Files available as identical copies on Wikimedia Commons – if the image did not exist on Commons at the time of the FfD
- § F9. Unambiguous copyright infringement
- § U1. User request
These criteria may only be used in such cases when no controversy exists; in the event of a dispute, start a new deletion discussion. However, newly discovered copyright violations should be tagged for G12 if the violation existed in all previous revisions of the article. G5 may be also used at discretion, subject to meeting the criterion outlined above.
General
These apply to every type of page with exclusions listed for specific criteria, and so apply to articles, drafts, redirects, user pages, talk pages, files, etc. Read the specifics for each criterion to see where and how they apply.
G1. Patent nonsense
This applies to pages consisting entirely of incoherent text or gibberish with no meaningful content or history. It does not cover poor writing, partisan screeds, obscene remarks, implausible theories, vandalism, hoaxes, fictional material, coherent non-English material, or poorly translated material. In short, if it is understandable, G1 does not apply. It also does not apply to pages in the user namespace.
G2. Test pages
This applies to pages created to test editing or other Wikipedia functions. It applies to subpages of the Wikipedia Sandbox created as tests, but does not apply to the Sandbox itself, pages in the user namespace, or valid but unused or duplicate templates.
G3. Pure vandalism and blatant hoaxes
This applies to pages that are blatant and obvious misinformation, blatant hoaxes (including files intended to misinform), and redirects created by cleanup from page-move vandalism. Articles about notable hoaxes are acceptable if it is clear that they are describing a hoax.
- {{Db-g3}}, {{Db-vandalism}} – for vandalism
- {{Db-hoax}} – for hoaxes
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as vandalism, Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as hoaxes
G4. Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion
This applies to sufficiently identical copies, having any title, of a page deleted via its most recent deletion discussion.[3] It excludes pages that are not substantially identical to the deleted version, and pages to which the reason for the deletion no longer applies.[4] It excludes pages in userspace and draftspace where the content was converted[5] to a draft for explicit improvement (but not simply to circumvent Wikipedia's deletion policy). This criterion also does not cover content undeleted via a deletion review, or that was only deleted via proposed deletion (including deletion discussions closed as "soft delete") or speedy deletion.
- {{Db-g4}}, {{Db-repost}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as pages previously deleted via deletion discussion
G5. Creations by banned or blocked users
This applies to pages created by banned or blocked users in violation of their ban or block, and that have no substantial edits by others.
- To qualify, the edit or page must have been made while the user was actually banned or blocked. A page created before the ban or block was imposed or after it was lifted will not qualify under this criterion.
- For topic-banned editors, the page must be a violation of the user's specific ban, and must not include contributions legitimately about some other topic.
- When a blocked or banned person uses an alternate account (sockpuppet) to avoid a restriction, any pages created via the sock account after the earliest block or ban of any of that person's accounts qualify for G5 (if not substantially edited by others); this is the most common case for applying G5.
- G5 should not be applied to transcluded templates or populated categories unless they have been transcluded or populated entirely by the banned or blocked user; these edits need to be reverted before deletion.
- {{Db-g5|name of banned user}}, {{Db-banned|name of banned user}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as having been created by blocked or banned users
G6. Technical deletions
This is for uncontroversial maintenance, including:
- Deleting empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
- Deleting redirects or other pages which prevent page moves. Administrators should be aware of the proper procedures where a redirect or page holding up a page move has a non-trivial page history. An administrator who deletes a page that is blocking a move should ensure that the move is completed after deleting it.
- Deleting pages unambiguously created in error or in the incorrect namespace, or redirects created by moving away from a title that was obviously unintended.
- Deleting templates orphaned as the result of a consensus at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.
- {{Db-g6|rationale=reason}} – If none of the special tags below applies, this tag should be used with a reason specified in the
|rationale=
parameter. - {{Db-copypaste|page to be moved}} – for cut-and-paste page moves that need to be temporarily deleted to make room for a clean page move.
- {{Db-move|page to be moved|reason}} – for pages that are currently holding up a non-controversial or consensual page move.
- {{Db-moved}} – for pages that were holding up a page move, until they were moved out of the way by a page mover.
- {{Db-afc-move|Draft:page to be moved}} – for pages that are currently holding up a non-controversial or consensual page move as a result of an Articles for creation (AFC) review, typically for articles in draft space.
- {{Db-xfd|fullvotepage=link to closed deletion discussion}} – for pages where a consensus to delete has been previously reached via deletion discussion, but which were not deleted.
- {{Db-error}} – for pages obviously created in error.
- Category:Candidates for technical speedy deletion
G7. Author requests deletion
If requested in good faith and provided that the only substantial content of the page was added by its author. For redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move.[6] If the sole author blanks a page other than a userspace page, a category page, or any type of talk page, this can be taken as a deletion request. If an author requests deletion of a page currently undergoing a deletion discussion, the closing admin may interpret that request as agreement with the deletion rationale.
- {{Db-g7}}, {{Db-author}}, {{Db-blanked}}, {{Db-self}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user (same category as U1)
G8. Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Talk pages with no corresponding subject page
- Subpages with no parent page
- File pages without a corresponding file
- TimedText pages without a corresponding file (or when the file has been moved to Commons)
- Redirects to targets that never existed or were deleted
- Editnotices of non-existent or unsalted deleted pages
- Categories populated by deleted or retargeted templates
This criterion excludes any page that is useful to Wikipedia, and in particular:
- Deletion discussions that are not logged elsewhere
- User talk pages
- Talk page archives (except article talk page archives where the corresponding article and main talk page have been deleted and the page is not otherwise useful to Wikipedia – check for page-moves and merges before using G8 on article-talk-page-archives; the parent article might still exist under a different name)
- Redirects that were broken as a result of a page move or retargeting (these should instead be retargeted to their target's new name), except where R2 speedy deletion would then immediately apply if they were fixed (e.g., redirects to articles that have been draftified)
- Plausible redirects that can be changed to valid targets
- User subpages
- Talk pages for files that exist on Wikimedia Commons
- Pages that should be moved to a different location[7]
Exceptions may be sign-posted with the template {{G8-exempt}}.
- {{Db-g8}} – for cases not covered by any of the special tags below
- {{Db-imagepage}} – for file description pages with no corresponding file
- {{Db-redirnone}} – for pages that redirect to nonexistent/deleted pages, or pages currently flagged for speedy deletion
- {{Db-subpage}} – for subpages of nonexistent/deleted pages, or pages currently flagged for speedy deletion
- {{Db-talk}} – for talk pages of nonexistent/deleted pages, or pages currently flagged for speedy deletion
- {{Db-templatecat}} – for categories populated by a deleted or retargeted template
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as dependent on a non-existent page, Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as broken redirects
G9. Office actions
In exceptional circumstances, the Wikimedia Foundation office reserves the right to speedy-delete a page. Deletions of this type must not be reversed without permission from the Foundation.
G10. Pages that disparage, threaten, intimidate, or harass their subject or some other entity, and serve no other purpose
Examples of "attack pages" may include: libel, legal threats, material intended purely to harass or intimidate a person, or biographical material about a living person that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced. These pages should be speedily deleted when there is no neutral version in the page history to revert to. Both the page title and page content may be taken into account in assessing an attack. Articles about living people deleted under this criterion should not be restored or recreated by any editor until the biographical article standards are met. Other pages violating the Biographies of living persons policy might be eligible for deletion under the conditions stipulated at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons § Summary deletion, creation prevention, and courtesy blanking, although in most cases a deletion discussion should be initiated instead.
Redirects from plausible search terms are not eligible under this criterion. For example, a term used on the target page to refer to its subject is often a plausible redirect – see Wikipedia:RNEUTRAL.
- {{Db-g10}}, {{Db-attack}}, {{Db-attackorg}}, {{Db-personal attack}}
- {{Db-negublp}} – for articles about living persons that are unsourced, entirely negative in tone, and have no neutral version to revert to
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as attack pages
G11. Unambiguous advertising or promotion
This applies to pages that are exclusively promotional and would need to be fundamentally rewritten to serve as encyclopedia articles, rather than advertisements. If a subject is notable and the content could plausibly be replaced with text written from a neutral point of view, this is preferable to deletion. Note: Any article that describes its subject from a neutral point of view does not qualify for this criterion. However, "promotion" does not necessarily mean commercial promotion: anything can be promoted, including a person, a non-commercial organization, a point of view, etc.
- {{Db-g11}}, {{Db-promo}}, {{Db-spam}}
- {{Db-spamuser}} – for userpages used only for publicity and promotion, with a username that promotes or implies affiliation with the entity being promoted
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as spam
G12. Unambiguous copyright infringement
This applies to text pages that contain copyrighted material with no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a compatible free license, where there is no non-infringing content on the page worth saving. Only if the history is unsalvageably corrupted should it be deleted in its entirety; earlier versions without infringement should be retained. For equivocal cases that do not meet speedy deletion criteria (such as where there is a dubious assertion of permission, where free-content edits overlie the infringement, or where there is only partial infringement or close paraphrasing), the article or the appropriate section should be blanked with {{subst:Copyvio|url=insert URL here}}, and the page should be listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Please consult Wikipedia:Copyright violations for other instructions. Public-domain and other free content, such as a Wikipedia mirror, do not fall under this criterion, nor is mere lack of attribution of such works a reason for speedy deletion. For images and media, see the equivalent criterion in the "Files" section here, which has more specific instructions.
- {{Db-g12|url=source URL}}, {{Db-copyvio|url=source URL}}
- Note: If other criteria apply in addition to G12, the template {{Db-multiple}} should be used instead, so we do not waste time seeking copyright permission after deleting the page.
- {{Db-multiple|g12|url=source URL|other criteria}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as copyright violations (same category as F9)
G13. Abandoned drafts and Articles for creation submissions
This applies to any pages that have not been edited by a human in six months found in:
- Draft namespace,
- Userspace with an {{AFC submission}} template
- Userspace with no content except the article wizard placeholder text.
Redirects are exempt from G13 deletion.[8] Adding a CSD template to a page does not reset the six-month clock, but removing a CSD template does.[9] Pages deleted under G13 may be restored upon request by following the procedure at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/G13.
- {{Db-g13}}, {{Db-afc}}, {{db-blankdraft}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as abandoned drafts or AfC submissions
G14. Unnecessary disambiguation pages
This applies to the following disambiguation pages and redirects:
- Disambiguation pages that have titles ending in "(disambiguation)" but disambiguate only one extant Wikipedia page.
- Regardless of title, disambiguation pages that disambiguate zero extant Wikipedia pages.
- A redirect that ends in "(disambiguation)" but does not redirect to a disambiguation page or a page that performs a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
If a disambiguation page links to only one article and does not end in (disambiguation), it should be changed to a redirect, unless it is more appropriate to move the linked page to the title currently used for the disambiguation page.
- {{Db-g14}}, {{Db-disambig}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages
Articles
These criteria apply only to pages in the article (main) namespace. They do not apply to redirects. For any articles that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Articles for deletion or Wikipedia:Proposed deletion.
A1. No context
This applies to articles lacking sufficient context to identify the subject of the article.[10] Example: "He is a funny man with a red car. He makes people laugh." It applies only to very short articles. Note that context is different from content, treated in A3. This excludes coherent non-English material, and poorly translated material. If any information in the title or on the page, including links, allows an editor, possibly with the aid of a web search, to find further information on the subject in an attempt to expand or edit it, A1 is not appropriate. Do not tag under this criterion in the first few minutes after a new article is created.[11]
A2. Foreign-language articles that exist on another Wikimedia project
This applies to articles not written in English that have essentially the same content as an article on another Wikimedia project. If the article is not the same as an article on another project, use the template {{Not English}}
instead, and list the page at Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English for review and possible translation.
- {{Db-a2}}, {{Db-foreign}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as existing on foreign Wikimedia projects
A3. No content
This applies to articles consisting only of external links, category tags or "See also" sections, a rephrasing of the title, attempts to correspond with the person or group named by its title, questions that should have been asked at a noticeboard, chat-like comments, template tags, or images. This may also apply to articles consisting entirely of the framework of the Article wizard with no additional content, or no content at all. However, a very short article may be a valid stub if it has context, in which case it is not eligible for deletion under this criterion. Similarly, this criterion does not cover a page having only an infobox, unless its contents also meet another speedy deletion criterion. This criterion excludes poor writing, coherent non-English material, and poorly translated material. Do not tag under this criterion in the first few minutes after a new article is created.[11]
- {{Db-a3}}, {{Db-nocontent}}, {{Db-contact}}
- {{Db-empty}} – context-specific version: calls {{Db-c1}} for categories, and {{Db-a3}} everywhere else.
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as empty articles
A7. No indication of importance (people, animals, organizations, web content, events)
This applies to any article about a real person, individual animal, commercial or non-commercial organization, web content, or organized event[12] that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant, with the exception of educational institutions.[13] This is distinct from verifiability and reliability of sources, and is a lower standard than notability. This criterion applies only to articles about the listed subjects; in particular, it does not apply to articles about albums (these may be covered by CSD A9), products, books, films, TV programs, software, or other creative works, nor to entire species of animals. The criterion does apply if the claim of significance or importance given is not credible, and any article with a blatantly false claim may be submitted for speedy deletion as a hoax instead. If the claim's credibility is unclear, you can improve the article yourself, propose deletion, or list the article at articles for deletion.
The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines.
- {{Db-a7}}
- {{Db-person}} – for people
- {{Db-band}} – for bands
- {{Db-club}} – for clubs, societies and groups
- {{Db-inc}} – for commercial and non-commercial organizations
- {{Db-web}} – for web content
- {{Db-animal}} – for individual animals
- {{Db-event}} – for events
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as importance or significance not asserted (same as A9)
A9. No indication of importance (musical recordings)
This applies to any article about a musical recording or list of musical recordings where none of the contributing recording artists has an article and that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant (both conditions must be met). This is distinct from questions of verifiability and reliability of sources, and is a lower standard than notability. This criterion does not apply to other forms of creative media, products, or any other types of articles.
The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines.
- {{Db-a9}}, {{Db-album}}, {{Db-song}}, {{Db-discog}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as importance or significance not asserted (same as A7)
A10. Recently created article that duplicates an existing topic
This applies to any recently created[14] article with no relevant page history that duplicates an existing English Wikipedia article, and that does not expand upon, detail or improve information within any existing article(s) on the subject, and where the title is not a plausible redirect. This does not include split pages or any article that expands or reorganizes an existing one or that contains referenced, mergeable material. It also does not include disambiguation pages.
The title chosen for the vast majority of duplicate articles will be a plausible misspelling of, or alternative name for, the existing article, and a redirect should be created instead of deletion. This criterion should, accordingly, only be used rarely, and only for pages whose titles are not plausible redirects.
A11. Obviously invented
This applies to any article that plainly indicates that the subject was invented/coined/discovered by the article's creator or someone the creator personally knows, and does not credibly indicate why its subject is important or significant. The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify under Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Note: This is not intended for hoaxes (see CSD G3).[15]
- {{Db-a11}}, {{Db-invented}}, {{Db-madeup}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as obviously invented
Redirects
These criteria apply to redirects, including soft redirects, in any namespace, with exclusions listed for specific criteria. For any redirects that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion.
R2. Cross-namespace redirects
This applies to redirects (apart from shortcuts) from the main namespace to any other namespace except the Category:, Template:, Wikipedia:, Help: and Portal: namespaces.
- See also Wikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects, Category:Cross-namespace redirects, and MOS:LINKSTYLE.
- {{Db-r2}}, {{Db-rediruser}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as inappropriate cross-namespace redirects
R3. Recently created, implausible typos
This applies to recently created[14] redirects from implausible typos or misnomers. However, redirects from common misspellings or misnomers are generally useful, as are some redirects in other languages. This criterion does not apply to redirects created as a result of a page move,[6] unless nothing was at the title until recently. It also does not apply to articles and stubs that have been converted into redirects, including redirects created by merges,[16] or to redirects ending with "(disambiguation)" that point to a disambiguation page.
R4. File namespace redirects with names that match Wikimedia Commons pages
This applies to redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons, provided the redirect on Wikipedia has no file links (unless the links are obviously intended for the file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons).
- {{Db-r4}}, {{Db-redircom}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as file redirects shadowing Wikimedia Commons files
Other issues with redirects
For redirects that end in "(disambiguation)", see G14.
For redirects that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion.
Redirect pages that have useful page history should never be speedily deleted. In some cases it may be possible to make a useful redirect by changing the target instead of deleting it. Redirects that do not work because of software limitations, such as redirects to special pages or to pages on other wikis, may be converted to soft redirects if they have a non-trivial history or other valid uses.
For reversal of redirects, use {{Db-move}}
, a special case of {{Db-g6}}
.
Files
Note: These criteria formerly began with I (e.g. I1, I6, I9) but have since been replaced with F, without the actual criteria being changed. This was because the file namespace was formerly known as the image namespace.
For any images and other media that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Proposed deletion or Wikipedia:Files for discussion.
F1. Redundant
This applies to unused duplicates or lower-quality/resolution copies of another Wikipedia file having the same file format. This excludes images in the Wikimedia Commons; for these, see criterion F8.[17]
- {{Db-f1|replacement file name.ext}}, {{Db-redundantfile|replacement file name.ext}}, {{isd|replacement file name.ext}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as redundant files
F2. Corrupt, missing or empty file
This applies to files that are corrupt, missing, empty, or that contain superfluous and blatant non-metadata information.[18] This also includes file description pages for Commons files that do not include information that is specific to English Wikipedia (like {{FeaturedPicture}}
).[19]
F3. Improper license
This criterion is used to flag media licensed as "for non-commercial use only" (including non-commercial Creative Commons licenses), "no derivative use", "for Wikipedia use only" or "used with permission". These may be deleted, unless they comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. Files uploaded after 1 August 2021 licensed under versions of the GFDL earlier than 1.3, without allowing for later versions or other licenses, may be deleted.
- {{Db-f3}}, {{Db-noncom}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as files with unacceptable licenses
F4. Lack of licensing information
This applies to media files lacking the necessary licensing information to verify copyright status after being identified as such for seven days. Administrators should check the upload summary, file information page, and the image itself for a source before deleting under this criterion.
- {{subst:nsd}} – no source
- {{subst:nld}} – no license
- {{subst:nsdnld}} – neither source nor license
- Category:Wikipedia files with unknown source, Category:Wikipedia files with unknown copyright status
F5. Orphaned non-free use files
This applies to images and other media that are not under a free license or in the public domain and that are not used in any article. These may be deleted after being identified as such for more than seven days or 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. This includes previous revisions of the image or files overwritten by copyright violations. Reasonable exceptions may be made for images uploaded for an upcoming article.
- {{Db-f5}} – for immediate F5 deletions
- {{subst:Orfud}} – for files
- {{subst:Orfurrev}} – for revisions only
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as orphaned non-free use files
F6. Missing non-free use rationale
This applies to non-free files claiming fair use but without a use rationale. These may be deleted after being identified as such for seven days. The boilerplate copyright tags setting out fair use criteria do not constitute a rationale. This criterion does not apply to situations where a use rationale is provided but is disputed.
F7. Invalid fair-use claim
- Non-free images or media from a commercial source (e.g. Associated Press, Getty Images), where the file itself is not the subject of sourced commentary, are considered an invalid claim of fair use and fail the strict requirements of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria, and may be deleted immediately.
- Non-free images or media that have been identified as being replaceable by a free image and tagged with
{{subst:Rnfu}}
may be deleted after two days, if no justification is given for the claim of irreplaceability. If the replaceability is disputed, the nominator should not be the one deleting the image. - Invalid fair-use claims tagged with
{{subst:Dnfu}}
may be deleted seven days after they are tagged, if a full and valid fair-use use rationale is not added.
- {{Db-f7}}, {{Db-badfairuse}} – for immediate F7 deletions
- {{subst:Rnfu}} – replaceable with free images
- {{subst:Dnfu}} – disputed non-free use rationales
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as files with clearly invalid fair-use claims
F8. Files available as identical copies on Wikimedia Commons
Provided the following conditions are met:
- The Commons version is in the same file format and is of the same or higher quality/resolution.
- The file's license and source status is beyond reasonable doubt, and the license is undoubtedly accepted at Commons. To avoid deletion at Commons, please ensure the Commons page description has all of the following:
- Name and date of death of the creator of the artistic work represented by the file, or else clear evidence that a free license was given. If anonymous, ensure the page description provides evidence that establishes the anonymous status.
- Country where the artistic work represented by the file was situated, or where it was first published.
- Date when the artistic work represented by the file was created or first published, depending on the copyright law of the origin country.
- All file revisions that meet the first condition have been transferred to Commons as revisions of the Commons copy and properly marked as such.
- The file is not marked as
{{Do not move to Commons}}
or as{{Keep local}}
. - All information on the image description page is present on the Commons image description page, including the complete upload history with links to the uploader's local user pages (the upload history is not necessary if the file's license does not require it, although it is still recommended).
- If there is any information not relevant to any other project on the file description page (like
{{FeaturedPicture}}
), the image description page must be undeleted after the file deletion.
- If there is any information not relevant to any other project on the file description page (like
- If the file is available on Commons under a different name than locally, all local references to the image must be updated to point to the title used at Commons.
- The file is not protected. Do not delete protected images, even if there is an identical copy on Commons, unless the image is no longer in use (check what links here). They are usually locally uploaded and protected here since they are used in the interface or in some widely used high-risk template. Deleting the local copy of an image used in the interface does break things. More about high-risk images.
{{C-uploaded}}
images and other files may be speedily deleted as soon as they are off the Main Page.- {{Db-f8}}, {{Now Commons}}, {{Now Commons|File:name of file on Commons.ext}}
- Category:Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons, Category:Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons
F9. Unambiguous copyright infringement
This applies to obviously non-free images (or other media files) that are not claimed by the uploader to be fair use. A URL or other indication of where the image originated should be mentioned. This does not include images with a credible claim that the owner has released them under a Wikipedia-compatible free license. Most images from stock photo libraries such as Getty Images will not be released under such a license. Blatant infringements should be tagged with the {{Db-filecopyvio}}
template. Non-blatant copyright infringements should be discussed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion.
- {{Db-f9|url=URL of source}}, {{Db-filecopyvio|url=URL of source}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as copyright violations
F11. No evidence of permission
If an uploader has specified a license and has named a third party as the source/copyright holder without providing evidence that this third party has in fact agreed, the item may be deleted seven days after notification of the uploader. Acceptable evidence of licensing normally consists of either a link to the source website where the license is stated, or a statement by the copyright holder e-mailed or forwarded to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Such a confirmation is also required if the source is an organization that the uploader claims to represent, or a web publication that the uploader claims to be their own. Instances of obvious copyright violations where the uploader would have no reasonable expectation of obtaining permission (e.g. major studio movie posters, television images, album covers, logos that are not simple enough to be public domain, etc.) should be speedily deleted per reason F9 (unambiguous copyright infringement), unless fair-use can be claimed. Files tagged with {{Permission pending}} for more than 30 days may also be speedily deleted under this criterion. (Please note that the backlog for messages sent to the permissions-en queue is currently 0 days. You may wish to wait at least this amount of time before tagging VRT pending images for deletion.) Files tagged {{Permission received}} whose permissions have not been confirmed after 30 days may be deleted immediately under this criterion, without waiting an additional seven days, provided a check of the ticket is performed by a VRT agent to confirm that no further interaction is ongoing.
Categories
For any category pages that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.
C1. Unpopulated categories
This criterion applies to categories that have been unpopulated for at least seven days. This does not apply to disambiguation categories, category redirects, featured topics categories, categories under discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion (or other such discussions), or project categories that by their nature may become empty on occasion (e.g. cleanup categories, or Category:Wikipedians looking for help). Place {{Possibly empty category}} (or, for administrative categories, {{Wikipedia category}}) at the top of the page to prevent such categories from being deleted.
- {{Db-c1}}, {{db-catempty}}.
- Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion, and after seven days Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as empty categories
C2. Speedy renaming and merging
Assorted sub-criteria that are used only at WP:CFDS; please see that page for details and instructions.
User pages
These criteria apply only to pages in the User: and User talk: namespaces. For any user pages that are not speedy deletion candidates, use Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion.
U1. User request
Personal user pages and subpages (but not user talk pages) upon request by their user. This also includes editnotices for user pages. In some rare cases there may be administrative need to retain the page. User talk pages are not eligible for speedy deletion under this criterion. Pages which have previously been moved are only eligible if all previous titles were in the user's userspace. Note: The template does not display on certain pages (such as .css and .js pages), but its categorization will work.
U2. Nonexistent user
This applies to user pages, user subpages, and user talk pages of users that do not exist on the English Wikipedia (check Special:ListUsers), except user pages for IP users who have edited, redirects from misspellings of an established user's user page, and redirects created due to a user being renamed. Pages of users who exist on other WMF wikis but do not have local accounts are eligible for deletion.[20]
Before placing one of the following templates or deleting a page under this criterion, consider whether moving the page to another location, such as a sub-page of the user page of the primary contributor, is preferable to deletion.
- {{Db-u2}}, {{Db-nouser}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as userpage or subpage of a nonexistent user
U5. A non-contributor's misuse of Wikipedia as a web host
Pages in userspace consisting of writings, information, discussions, or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals, where the owner has made few or no edits outside of user pages, except for plausible drafts and pages adhering to Wikipedia:User pages § What may I have in my user pages?. It applies regardless of the age of the page in question.
Before placing this template or deleting a page under this criterion:
- Read Wikipedia:User pages § Handling inappropriate content and Wikipedia:User pages § Deletion of user pages.
- Consider blanking pages with a significant history unrelated to the content that is being deleted.
- For draft articles that are on a user's main page and which do not otherwise qualify for speedy deletion, consider moving it to a sub-page.
- {{Db-u5}}, {{Db-notwebhost}}
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as blatant NOTWEBHOST violations
Exceptional circumstances
These temporary criteria apply to large scale cleanups of problematic pages that would overwhelm the normal deletion processes. Criteria should be deprecated when no longer needed.
X3. Redirects with no space before a parenthetical disambiguation
Examples: "Foo(bar)", "Joe Smith(disambiguation)". This does not apply to terms that will correctly or plausibly be searched for without spaces, nor does it apply if the redirect contains substantive page history (e.g. from a merge). Before nominating a redirect under this criterion:
- Create the correctly spaced version as a redirect to the same target if it would make a good redirect but does not exist
- Adjust any incoming internal links to point to the correctly spaced version
Non-criteria
Commonly denied CSD reasons
The following proposals for new speedy deletion criteria are frequently raised, but have repeatedly failed to gain consensus:
- How-to articles
- Essay articles
- Expansion of A7, A9 and A11 to include books, software, schools and/or other subjects
- Neologisms
- Unsourced articles
A7, A9 and A11 scope
A7, A9 and A11 do not apply to any other subject that does not indicate importance. Expanding the scope of A7, A9 and A11 to different subjects (such as products, software, books, schools, etc.) have been proposed several times in the past and failed to gain consensus. Amongst the reasons for those rejections were that such subjects are not created often enough to require speedy deletion (such articles can be handled by proposed deletion or by listing the article at articles for deletion), that such subjects cannot be objectively covered in A7, A9 and A11's wording and that admins are not able to assess claims of importance for certain subjects. Before proposing a change to A7, A9 and A11 to expand their scope, please check whether your proposal has not already been discussed on the talk page (archives).
The following are not by themselves sufficient to justify speedy deletion:
- Reasons based on Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not or essays. Wikipedia is not: "a dictionary", "an indiscriminate collection of information", "a crystal ball", "a how-to list"; or essays like Wikipedia:Listcruft, Wikipedia:Obscure topics, Wikipedia:Deny recognition,...; are not valid reasons for speedy deletion.
- Less-obvious hoaxes. If even remotely plausible, a suspected hoax article should be subjected to further scrutiny in a wider forum. Truth is often stranger than fiction. Note that "blatant and obvious hoaxes and misinformation" are subject to speedy deletion as vandalism.
- Original research. It is not always easy to tell whether an article consists of material that violates the policy against novel theories or interpretations or is simply unsourced.
- Notability. Articles that seem to have obviously non-notable subjects are eligible for speedy deletion only if the article does not give a credible indication of why the subject might be important or significant.
- Failure to assert importance but not an A7, A9 or A11 category. There is no consensus to speedily delete articles of types not specifically listed in A7, A9 or A11 under those criteria. Nor does it apply for neologisms that do not meet A11 because new specialized terms should have a wider hearing.
- Author deletion requests made in bad faith. Author deletion requests made in bad faith, out of frustration, after others have contributed substantially (because the work of others is involved) or in an attempt to revoke their freely-licensed contributions are not granted. However, anyone may request deletion of pages in their userspace.
- Very short articles. Short articles with sufficient content and context to qualify as stubs may not be speedily deleted under criteria A1 and A3; other criteria may still apply.
- Copies that are not copyright violations. If content appears both here and somewhere else (possibly in modified form), consider the possibility that Wikipedia's is the original version and the other site copied from Wikipedia's version. Alternatively, the same author may have written both versions, or the original may be free content.
- PNG / GIF files replaced by JPEG images. JPEG encoding discards information that may be important later. Do not delete the original PNG / GIF files.
- Questionable material that is not vandalism. Earnest efforts are never vandalism, so to assume good faith, do not delete as vandalism unless reasonably certain.
- User and user talk pages of IP addresses. Although users are encouraged to create Wikipedia accounts, unregistered users are still allowed to edit Wikipedia, and are identified by their IP addresses. If an unregistered user has a static IP address, it may have a user page and/or user talk page associated with it, and even for non-static IP addresses, the history can contain important discussions or information that may be of interest.
- An article written in a foreign language or script. An article should not be speedily deleted just because it is not written in English. Instead it should be tagged with {{Not English}} and listed at Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English. It may be reconsidered after translation whether the article merits deletion, retention or improvement by means of a suitable tag. However, if it already exists on another Wikimedia project, it might be speedily deletable under criterion A2.
- Subject request. Sometimes somebody claiming to be the subject of a biographical article requests deletion of the article, or even blanks the article. Article subjects do not have an automatic right to have their articles deleted. Nor does such a criterion apply to namespaces other than article space: for example, pages in the Wikipedia namespace devoted to a discussion about a particular editor. See also: Wikipedia:Deletion policy § Deletion of biographies and BLPs
- Orphaned pages or redirects. A page cannot be deleted just because no other pages link to it. This includes redirects – even if 'What links here' returns nothing, a redirect may be a likely search phrase, or have links to it from outside Wikipedia.
- Redirects that are poorly targeted. A redirect should not be deleted just because its target is incorrect or confusing. Instead, change the redirect to a better target. If you're not sure where it should be targeted, open a discussion at Redirects for discussion.
- Drafts covering the same topic as an existing mainspace article. These are not valid deletions under A10 (due to not being articles) nor G6. They can be replaced with a redirect to the mainspace article if necessary.
Procedure for administrators
Make sure to specify the reason for deletion in the deletion summary. Also, in general the article's creator and major contributors should have been notified.
Before deleting a page, check the page history to assess whether it would instead be possible to revert and salvage a previous version, or there was actually a cut-and-paste move involved. Also:
- The initial edit summary may have information about the source of or reason for the page.
- The talk page may refer to previous deletion discussions or have ongoing discussion relevant to including the page.
- The page log may have information about previous deletions that could warrant SALTing the page or keeping it on good reason.
- What links here may show that the page is an oft-referred part of the encyclopedia, or may show other similar pages that warrant deletion. For pages that should not be re-created, incoming links in other pages (except in discussions, archives and tracking pages) should be removed.
If speedy deletion is inappropriate for a page:
- Please remove the speedy deletion tag from the page. Doing so will automatically remove the page from Category:Candidates for speedy deletion.
- Consider notifying the nominator, using {{speedy-decline}} or {{uw-csd}}. (If you're using CSD Helper, it will usually notify the nominator for you; it will normally use its own notification template.)
When deleting a page through the speedy deletion process, please specify the reason for deletion in the deletion summary, so that it will be recorded into the deletion log. Quoting page content in the deletion summary may be helpful, but must not be done for attack content or copyrighted text. In some cases, it would be appropriate to notify the page's creator of the deletion.
Twinkle or CSDHelper can be used to process nominations more quickly and smoothly. When processing a nomination:
- Twinkle can delete the page.
- Twinkle can notify the page creator if the page is deleted.
- CSDH can delete the page, convert the nomination into a PROD nomination, or decline the nomination.
- CSDH can notify the nominator if the nomination is converted or declined.
Obsolete
In the past, criteria beginning with the following letters were used:
- "P" for portals
- "T" for templates and modules
All criteria in these groups have been obsoleted; as such, these groups are not currently in use. Some criteria in the active groups were also used in the past but are no longer valid. They are kept here for historical reference and to preserve numbering. Two of the repealed criteria did not have consensus before being enacted, and two were meant to be temporary. The remainder were merged into broader criteria or deprecated entirely.
- A4. Attempts to correspond with the person or group named by its title
- Merged with and later superseded by "No content" (A3) in November 2005[21] as part of a bold rewrite that was made to simplify the CSD criterion (archived discussion 1, discussion 2, discussion 3).
- A5. Transwikied articles
- Was repealed in December 2022 due to lack of use (unopposed proposal). Instead, use Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Deleted articles that are temporarily restored to allow for a transwiki can be re-deleted under "technical deletion" (G6).
- A6. Attack articles
- Superseded by "Attack pages" (G10) in March 2006 (discussion).
- A8. Blatant copyright infringement articles
- Superseded by "Unambiguous copyright infringement" (G12) in October 2006 (unopposed proposal).
- R1. Redirects to non-existent pages
- Merged into "Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page" (G8) in September 2008 (discussion).
- F7a. Non-free images or media with a clearly invalid fair-use tag
- Repealed in March 2021 due to the problem being easily surmountable (discussion). Instead, the invalid tag should be corrected. Once the tag is corrected, other speedy deletion criteria may apply.
- F10. Useless non-media files
- Deprecated in favor of proposed deletion in February 2023 following rare usage and added technical restrictions on what file types can be uploaded (discussion).
- C3. Categories solely populated from a template
- Merged into "Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page" (G8) in October 2008 (discussion).
- T1. Divisive and inflammatory templates
- Enacted by Jimbo Wales without formally assessing consensus during the userbox wars. Was repealed in February 2009 (discussion). Instead, "attack pages" (G10) may be applicable in some cases; otherwise, use Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion for userboxes and Wikipedia:Templates for discussion for all other templates.
- T2. Misrepresentation of policy
- Was repealed in July 2020 following rare, often incorrect, use (discussion). Instead, "pure vandalism" (G3) may be applicable in some cases; otherwise, use Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.
- T3. Duplication and hardcoded instances
- Was repealed in December 2020 due to misuse and the seven day hold (discussion). Instead, use an existing applicable criterion or submit the template to Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.
- T4. Subpages of non-existent pages
- Merged into "Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page" (G8) in September 2008 (discussion).
- U3. Non-free galleries
- Was repealed in July 2021 since a bot automatically removes non-free images from user pages (discussion).
- U4. Old IP address talk pages that meet specific criteria
- Never enacted as policy anywhere, but deletions occurred nonetheless. Was repealed in March 2009 (discussion).
- P1. Any portal that would be subject to speedy deletion as an article
- Repealed in February 2023 following rare usage (discussion).
- P2. Underpopulated portal
- Repealed in February 2023 following rare usage (discussion).
- X1. Redirects created by Neelix
- Created as a G6 extension in December 2015 shortly after the discovery and arbitration case regarding 50,000+ questionable redirects created by the user Neelix, and later split into its own criterion. Was repealed in April 2018 after cleanup was completed (discussion). Instead, use Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion.
- X2. Pages created by the content translation tool
- Created to delete pages created by the content translation tool prior to 27 July 2016. Was deprecated in July 2017 when consensus agreed to move most of the remaining pages to the draft namespace (discussion).
See also
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes
- Wikipedia:Alternative outlets
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
- Category:CSD warning templates
- Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Deletion templates
- Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators
- Wikipedia:Deletion review
- Wikipedia:No blank pages
- Wikipedia:Proposed deletion
- Wikipedia:Undeletion policy
- Wikipedia:What to do if your article gets CSD tagged
- Wikipedia:Over-hasty Speedy Deleters
- Wikipedia:Field guide to proper speedy deletion
Footnotes
- ^ In this context, speedy refers to the simple decision-making process, not the length of time since the article was created.
- ^ The current wording of this paragraph dates to an April 2020 discussion. G14 was added in October 2020. C1 was added in August 2022.
- ^ The result of the most recent deletion discussion controls. This means that if the most recent discussion was "keep" or a default to keep through no consensus, G4 does not apply. Likewise, an article that was deleted through its most recent discussion, but was kept in earlier discussions, is subject to the criterion and may be deleted (discussion).
- ^ For the avoidance of doubt, if a page is deleted at AfD and subsequently recreated as a redirect, G4 does not apply, even if that option was discussed and rejected in the AfD (discussion).
- ^ A conversion to draft is when a page from a different namespace is moved, or its content copied, as a draft.
- ^ a b Page moves are excluded because of a history of improper deletions of these redirects. A move creates a redirect to ensure that any external links that point to Wikipedia remain valid; should such links exist, deleting these redirects will break them. Such redirects must be discussed at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion before deletion. However, redirects that were obviously made in error can be deleted as G6, technical deletions.
- ^ Note that new editors sometimes mistakenly start article drafts on talk pages that have no article. If you see this, move the draft to the draft space or to the user's userspace, making sure the new user is listed as author and not you.
- ^ It was determined that the community consensus in this RfC regarding draft namespace redirects amounted to "there is a clear consensus against deletion of draft namespace redirects. There is a rough consensus against the alternative proposal to delete draft namespace redirects after six months."
- ^ Per this RFC.
- ^ An Rfc containing relevant discussions on the A1 criterion
- ^ a b Consensus has developed that in most cases articles should not be tagged for deletion under this criterion moments after creation as the creator may be actively working on the content; though there is no set time requirement, a ten-minute delay before tagging under this criterion is suggested as good practice. Please do not mark the page as patrolled before that delay passes, to ensure the article is reviewed at a later time.
- ^ Routine coverage of unorganised events – for example, shooting incidents – may not necessarily qualify under A7; deletion discussions should be preferred in such cases.
- ^ Past discussions leading to schools being exempt from A7.
- ^ a b The definition of recent is intentionally flexible since some pages may receive more notice than others. Pages older than about 3–6 weeks are unlikely to be considered recently created; pages older than about 3–4 months almost never are. Higher-profile pages are considered recently created for shorter periods than those with a lower profile.
- ^ Unlike a hoax, subject to deletion as vandalism under CSD G3 as a bad faith attempt to deceive, CSD A11 is for topics that were or may have been actually created and are real, but have no notice or significance except among a small group of people, e.g. a newly invented drinking game or new word.
- ^ See Wikipedia:Merge and delete for an explanation as to why redirects created by merges cannot be deleted in most cases.
- ^ This does not apply to images duplicated on Wikimedia Commons, because of license issues; instead see "Images available as identical copies on the Wikimedia Commons".
- ^ Before deleting this latter type of file/page, check whether the MediaWiki engine can read it by previewing a resized thumbnail of it. Even if it renders, if it contains significant superfluous information that cannot be accounted for as metadata directly relating to the media data, it may be deleted. It is always preferred to correct the problem by uploading a file that contains only the good data plus acceptable metadata.
- ^ Content from file description pages that is relevant to the Commons should be copied over before deleting the local page. If necessary, copy the attribution history as well.
- ^ Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 85 § U2 and global accounts
- ^ Diff of change
- A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
- The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed here,
- And no objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.
- If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been as a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.
Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here
If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.
If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.
Use the following format on a new line at the beginning of the list:
* [[:Category:{old name here}]] to [[:Category:{new name here}]] – {reason for rename here} ~~~~
This will sign and datestamp an entry automatically.
Remember to tag the category with: {{subst:Cfr-speedy|New name}}
A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 01:50, 16 June 2024 (UTC). Currently, there are 342 open requests (. )
Do not use the "Move" tab to move categories listed here! Categories are processed following the 48-hour discussion period and are moved by a bot. |
Current nominations
- Category:Hybrid Air Vehicles HAV-3 to Category:HAV-3 – {C2D. Duplication with Hybrid Air Vehicles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Air_Vehicles_HAV-3 .} Philbobagshot (talk) 15:41, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:The Devil in fiction to Category:Devil in fiction – C2D and WP:THE. Brandmeistertalk 22:06, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
- Object to CFDS speedy rename I think this should have a full discussion, especially since "devil" has many meanings, even in Christian contexts. Is this about The Devil (ie. Satan) or a devil (ie. demon)? The loss of "The" removes the capitalization and the selectiveness of the "the". In non-Abrahamic contexts, it gets worse, with some mythologies translating into different grades of Devil/devils/demons. And of course fiction already does that (just look at fantasy with Greater Devils and such) -- 70.51.45.100 (talk) 06:48, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- The common meaning is the supreme personification of evil (and/or Satan), that's why the devil redirects to devil, which is not a disambiguation page. This is also consistent with WP:COMMONNAME. Brandmeistertalk 08:17, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Documentary films about robotics to Category:Documentary films about robots – C2A: See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_August_25#Category:Robotics_in_fiction Fixuture (talk) 20:12, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Short stories about robotics to Category:Short stories about robots – C2C: See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_August_25#Category:Robotics_in_fiction Fixuture (talk) 20:12, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Governors of Ottoman Crete to Category:Ottoman governors of Crete – C2C.Zoupan 08:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Seems OK per Category:Ottoman people by occupation. – Fayenatic London 09:20, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Governors of the Aidin Vilayet to Category:Ottoman governors of Aidin – C2C.Zoupan 08:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Governors of the Anatolia Eyalet to Category:Ottoman governors of Anatolia – C2C.Zoupan 08:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Governors of the Rumelia Eyalet to Category:Ottoman governors of Rumelia – C2C.Zoupan 08:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Governors of the Baghdad Eyalet to Category:Ottoman governors of Baghdad – C2C.Zoupan 08:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Governors (Ottoman Empire) to Category:Ottoman governors – C2C, C2D. Zoupan 08:12, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
Opposed nominations
- Category:Rover engines to Category:Rover Company engines – C2B: per Rover Company/Category:Rover Company. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:27, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose both: see below comments on Jaguar Cars. We need to distinguish the brand name from the company making the cars. HandsomeFella (talk) 11:56, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Jaguar engines to Category:Jaguar Cars engines – C2B: per Jaguar Cars/Category:Jaguar Cars. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:25, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose renaming of Category:Jaguar Formula One cars to Category:Jaguar Cars Formula One cars - the Formula One team was just known as "Jaguar", so the category name should remain as is. DH85868993 (talk) 11:14, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose all: agree with DH85868993; Jaguar Cars is the name of the company, it's not the brand name (despite the article saying so), "Jaguar" is, and the model names are like "Jaguar F-Type", not "Jaguar Cars F-Type". We need to distinguish the brand name from the company making the cars. HandsomeFella (talk) 11:56, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Piaggio aircraft to Category:Piaggio Aerospace aircraft – C2B: per Piaggio Aerospace/Category:Piaggio Aerospace. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:19, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose both: see above comments on Jaguar Cars. We need to distinguish the brand name from the company making the aircraft. HandsomeFella (talk) 15:41, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose both: Per WP:C2C (long-established tree naming convention}. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 09:05, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Bertone vehicles to Category:Gruppo Bertone vehicles – C2B: per Gruppo Bertone/Category:Gruppo Bertone. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:12, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose both: see above comments on Jaguar Cars. We need to distinguish the brand name from the company making the cars. HandsomeFella (talk) 12:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Would Support in CFD Some of the other renames here I would oppose because the name is both a specific brand and a company that houses other brands in the parent category. That's not the case here though. RevelationDirect (talk) 09:16, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Bandini vehicles to Category:Bandini Automobili vehicles – C2B: per Bandini Automobili/Category:Bandini Automobili. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:10, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose: see above comments on Jaguar Cars. We need to distinguish the brand name from the company making the cars. HandsomeFella (talk) 12:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Concur with all oppose on this set of renames; this is a semantic confusion of the company and the product line's brand name. It's the same as trying to rename all "Windows" categories to use "Microsoft" instead of "Windows". — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 21:35, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Would Support in CFD Some of the other renames here I would oppose because the name is both a specific brand and a company that houses other brands in the parent category. That's not the case here though. RevelationDirect (talk) 09:16, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Branches of thermodynamics to Category:Subfields of thermodynamics – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:49, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Fields of seismology to Category:Subfields of seismology – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:48, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Branches of psychology to Category:Subfields of psychology – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:48, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Branches of philosophy to Category:Subfields of philosophy – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:46, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Branches of meteorology to Category:Subfields of meteorology – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:45, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Fields of mathematics to Category:Subfields of mathematics – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:45, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Linguistics disciplines to Category:Subfields of linguistics – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:45, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Branches of immunology to Category:Subfields of immunology – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:44, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Fields of history to Category:Subfields of history – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:44, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Branches of geography to Category:Subfields of geography – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:44, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Forensic disciplines to Category:Subfields of forensics – C2A: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:44, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Fields of finance to Category:Subfields of finance – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:43, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Economics by specialty to Category:Subfields of economy – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:43, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Areas of computer science to Category:Subfields of computer science – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:43, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Branches of botany to Category:Subfields of botany – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:43, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Branches of biology to Category:Subfields of biology – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:42, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Astronomical sub-disciplines to Category:Subfields of astronomy – C2A: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:42, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Archaeological sub-disciplines to Category:Subfields of archaeology – C2C: As in rest of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. fgnievinski (talk) 02:41, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy There is no clear convention for the proposed format in Category:Subfields by academic discipline, and therefore C2C doesn't apply. Armbrust The Homunculus 18:44, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Of course there is: the convention of of the parent category, which features the keyword "Subfields", not any of "sub-disciplines", "disciplines", "branches", "fields", or "areas". fgnievinski (talk) 01:16, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Clear convention means almost every category in uses the proposed format in the tree. Currently, however, only 8 of the 32 subcategories of Category:Subfields by academic discipline uses the "Subfields of FOO" format, so it's not a clear convention. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:37, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Of course there is: the convention of of the parent category, which features the keyword "Subfields", not any of "sub-disciplines", "disciplines", "branches", "fields", or "areas". fgnievinski (talk) 01:16, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support it's simply citing the wrong criterion; we normalize subcat names to parentcat names absent an unusual reason not to. No prejudice against a later and larger CfR on the whole tree to use one convention consistently. This one should be done per WP:COMMONSENSE anyway, since "branches" is a vernacularism; people actually in academic disciplines/fields don't call them "branches" (or "areas" for that matter; "areas" means topical scopes of focus/specialization by individuals or groups, and "branches" doesn't really mean anything). — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 21:35, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose It is desirable to achieve a consistent category titling throughout the whole branch of Category:Subfields by academic discipline. However I am not sure if this is possible in that case, as there are many different words in use (e.g.: Branches of science). A proper CFR should decide. CN1 (talk) 11:07, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy There is no clear convention for the proposed format in Category:Subfields by academic discipline, and therefore C2C doesn't apply. Armbrust The Homunculus 18:44, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Kosovar Turks to Category:Kosovo Turks – C2D. Zoupan 21:28, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy for Category:Kosovar Turks only. Only recently moved and without discussion, therefore C2D doesn't apply. Armbrust The Homunculus 17:52, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
- It was bold, see the talk page, hits favour the new name.--Zoupan 18:18, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
- @Zoupan:, it may have been a good bold move, but it doesn't matter how good any of us thinks the move was -- recent bold moves are ineligible for C2D. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:14, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
- It was bold, see the talk page, hits favour the new name.--Zoupan 18:18, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose speedy for Category:Kosovar Turks only. Only recently moved and without discussion, therefore C2D doesn't apply. Armbrust The Homunculus 17:52, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Plymouth vehicles to Category:Plymouth (automobile) vehicles – C2B: per Plymouth (automobile)/Category:Plymouth (automobile). Armbrust The Homunculus 09:31, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Plymouth concept vehicles to Category:Plymouth (automobile) concept vehicles
- Oppose these two as clumsy and unnecessary. The main article needs disambiguating, but these don't. – Fayenatic London 13:37, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose: We do not apply parenthetical disambiguations in category-space if they're not needed. The resulting name would also be redundant to the point of browbeating the reader. Our readers are not morons, and they know that we don't have a category for something as trivially absurd as cars that happen to be in a place in Massachusetts. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 21:35, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Plymouth concept vehicles to Category:Plymouth (automobile) concept vehicles
On hold pending other discussion
- Category:Persecution by early Christians to Category:Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire - C2D per Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose the proposed name. Agree that it should change but not to this. "Persecution" is too POV. Wait until the main article has been through a rename proposal that I will initiate. Laurel Lodged (talk) 15:44, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Laurel Lodged: This nomination moved to section "On hold pending other discussion". Marcocapelle (talk) 19:05, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Laurel Lodged: where is the rename proposal on the article? I can't trace it. – Fayenatic London 21:24, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Fayenatic london: You must have been reading my mind. Just a few minutes ago I wrote to Marcocapelle asking him to remind me of this very item. I'll see to it now. Laurel Lodged (talk) 21:28, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Laurel Lodged: where is the rename proposal on the article? I can't trace it. – Fayenatic London 21:24, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Laurel Lodged: This nomination moved to section "On hold pending other discussion". Marcocapelle (talk) 19:05, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
Moved to full discussion
- Category:Tenhipalam to Category:Chelari – C2D per Chelari Le Deluge (talk) 17:59, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose as WP:SMALLCAT, only contains one page. Deletion proposed at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2016_April_12#Category:Tenhipalam. – Fayenatic London 12:56, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Railway stations served by Northern Rail to Category:Railway stations served by Northern - C2D in line with operator change on 1 April 2016 from Northern Rail (Serco-Abellio) to Northern (train operating company) 7ten (talk) 02:40, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
- This is ambiguous. I suggest Category:Railway stations served by Northern (train operating company) to match the parent article, Northern (train operating company). --Redrose64 (talk) 19:23, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- It is not ambiguous. It has the phrase "railway stations" in the title and a link to Northern (train operating company) on the category page. There is no need to further complicate or lengthen the title. Category:Railway stations served by Northern is perfect as proposed. Rcsprinter123 (interface) 19:41, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- It's ambiguous because it could easily refer to any of these. I should mention that Rcsprinter123 (talk · contribs) has been pre-emptively recategorising pages from Category:Railway stations served by Northern Rail to Category:Railway stations served by Northern. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:51, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- The link on the page is sufficient. Rcsprinter123 (reason) 20:00, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Rcsprinter123: @Redrose64: I have moved this to a full discussion here and have moved the articles back to the original category pending the discussion result. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:06, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
- The link on the page is sufficient. Rcsprinter123 (reason) 20:00, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- It's ambiguous because it could easily refer to any of these. I should mention that Rcsprinter123 (talk · contribs) has been pre-emptively recategorising pages from Category:Railway stations served by Northern Rail to Category:Railway stations served by Northern. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:51, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- It is not ambiguous. It has the phrase "railway stations" in the title and a link to Northern (train operating company) on the category page. There is no need to further complicate or lengthen the title. Category:Railway stations served by Northern is perfect as proposed. Rcsprinter123 (interface) 19:41, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- This is ambiguous. I suggest Category:Railway stations served by Northern (train operating company) to match the parent article, Northern (train operating company). --Redrose64 (talk) 19:23, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Synchronised swimming in China to Category:Synchronized swimming in China per C2C NB: Category:Chinese synchronized swimmers uses "Z" Hugo999 (talk) 09:01, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose Per WP:RETAIN AusLondonder (talk) 22:37, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support: RETAIN pertains to article content not categories, and it only applies anyway when the change would be arbitrary and has no real rationale (C2C is a rationale). — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 21:35, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Comment: agree with SMcCandlish. HandsomeFella (talk) 14:39, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Synchronised swimming competitions Brazil to Category:Synchronized swimming competitions in Brazil per C2A,C NB: Category:Brazilian synchronized swimmers uses "Z" Hugo999 (talk) 01:39, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose both Per WP:RETAIN AusLondonder (talk) 22:37, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
- Support both per comment above. RETAIN is not a magic wand that disappears other concerns. It's a default when there are no other concerns. And it doesn't apply in this namespace to begin with. [Note: The MOS:TIES part of MOS:ENGVAR can be relevant here, but it is not in this case other than we favor US spellings for W. Hemisphere topics, except where there's a strong British or Canadian tie.] — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 21:35, 17 March 2016 (UTC) Clarified. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 01:50, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
- Comment: agree with SMcCandlish. HandsomeFella (talk) 14:39, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
- Moved both above to a full discussion.
- Unfortunately nationalistic spelling obsessions is taking place here. I would never dream of trying to eradicate American English spelling in the way others are doing with British English spelling. No credible reason is being presented as to why WP:RETAIN is not relevant here AusLondonder (talk) 03:01, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
- To have one spelling within the country categories for Brazil and China (which both required changing for other reasons) Hugo999 (talk) 03:17, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) @AusLondonder:, you mean nationalist spelling stuff taking place like ... going RM to RM opposing all moves that have anything to do with alleged spelling differences between UK and US English, so desperately that one injects bogus rationales in all of them, clouding the discussion with noise? (This is not actually a UK vs. US English matter to begin with. Read Oxford spelling – ize is perfectly acceptable in British/Commonwealth English, just as in Canadian, especially in an academic/formal register, which is what WP is written in. The only English dialect that insists on one spelling is American, and it's not ise, so the ENGVAR question is entirely moot.) — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 01:50, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I would say "-ise" vs "-ize" is entirely moot as far as ENGVAR questions are concerned. I've seen so many consensus decisions where the adoption of "-ise" is done explicitly on ENGVAR grounds, right or wrong. That said, it's true that "-ize" is the older, more original form of English and is not a result of Webster's Americanism simplifications, as in the case of many other ENGVAR issues, so it is a somewhat different case. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:26, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
- Kind of an "WP:OTHERCRAPHAPPENED" point, though. >;-) How many of those discussions included any discussion of Oxford spelling? I concede "irrelevant" was hyperbolic. ENGVAR would be relevant for an -ise → -ize move if the topic had strong American ties. It shouldn't carry much weight the other way around, because -ize is okay in British/Commonwealth English. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 02:38, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- "-ize" is OK in British English, but it's questionable whether it is preferred (or more popular), which is probably the more salient issue. As much as proponents of Oxford style wish it ruled the isles, it doesn't always. I'm involved in academic publishing, and all UK journals I deal with, save those published by Oxford University, demand the "-ise" spelling. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:52, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- Kind of an "WP:OTHERCRAPHAPPENED" point, though. >;-) How many of those discussions included any discussion of Oxford spelling? I concede "irrelevant" was hyperbolic. ENGVAR would be relevant for an -ise → -ize move if the topic had strong American ties. It shouldn't carry much weight the other way around, because -ize is okay in British/Commonwealth English. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 02:38, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- Whatever you say, @SMCCandlish: the facts are clear. -ise remains overwhelmingly preferred in India, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom (plus many smaller countries). The European Union uses -ise. The Australian newspaper goes so far as to rename the World Health Organization to the World Health Organisation in its coverage. The Indian government will obviously have to rename Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops, Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation, Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation, Federation of Indian Export Organisations, India Trade Promotion Organisation, Defence Research and Development Organisation and also of course the Indian Space Research Organisation. All at your command. AusLondonder (talk) 03:17, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
- The -ise spelling is preferred in news style and fiction, the -ize in formal/academic publishing. Which kind is Wikipedia? I'm not arguing, of course, that the -ise spelling should be expunged; it's an acceptable and common variant outside the US, and yes, it's more common in less formal writing like newspapers. People simply have to stop treating ENGVAR as if it said "you can pick US or UK English only, and there is one an only one way to spell, punctuate or do anything in each of these dialects". It doesn't indicate anything like that, and it would be dead wrong if it did. On average I'll support an -ize to -ise move if the subject is British, Australian, Indian, etc. (not Canadian), but only if there are not countervailing reasons against it, like divergence from the rest of a consistent category (some categories consistently use one or the other depending on ENGVAR, some use only one spelling regardless of the country, and either system is okay, just not a mishmash), or no strong ties and someone just like -ise better. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 02:38, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- "The -ise spelling is preferred in news style and fiction, the -ize in formal/academic publishing." This is not my experience. As I mentioned above, I'm involved in academic publishing, and all UK journals I deal with, save those published by Oxford University, demand the "-ise" spelling. Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:33, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- The -ise spelling is preferred in news style and fiction, the -ize in formal/academic publishing. Which kind is Wikipedia? I'm not arguing, of course, that the -ise spelling should be expunged; it's an acceptable and common variant outside the US, and yes, it's more common in less formal writing like newspapers. People simply have to stop treating ENGVAR as if it said "you can pick US or UK English only, and there is one an only one way to spell, punctuate or do anything in each of these dialects". It doesn't indicate anything like that, and it would be dead wrong if it did. On average I'll support an -ize to -ise move if the subject is British, Australian, Indian, etc. (not Canadian), but only if there are not countervailing reasons against it, like divergence from the rest of a consistent category (some categories consistently use one or the other depending on ENGVAR, some use only one spelling regardless of the country, and either system is okay, just not a mishmash), or no strong ties and someone just like -ise better. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 02:38, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I would say "-ise" vs "-ize" is entirely moot as far as ENGVAR questions are concerned. I've seen so many consensus decisions where the adoption of "-ise" is done explicitly on ENGVAR grounds, right or wrong. That said, it's true that "-ize" is the older, more original form of English and is not a result of Webster's Americanism simplifications, as in the case of many other ENGVAR issues, so it is a somewhat different case. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:26, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
- Unfortunately nationalistic spelling obsessions is taking place here. I would never dream of trying to eradicate American English spelling in the way others are doing with British English spelling. No credible reason is being presented as to why WP:RETAIN is not relevant here AusLondonder (talk) 03:01, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
- Moved both above to a full discussion.
- Category:Organisations based in Hyderabad, India to Category:Organisations based in Hyderabad – C2C AusLondonder (talk) 09:11, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose There is a city in Pakistan by the same name.Shyamsunder (talk) 11:06, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Crime in Hyderabad, India to Category:Crime in Hyderabad – C2C AusLondonder (talk) 09:10, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose There is a city in Pakistan by the same name.Shyamsunder (talk) 11:06, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion AusLondonder (talk) 22:17, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose There is a city in Pakistan by the same name.Shyamsunder (talk) 11:06, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:PATH stations to Category:PATH (rail system) stations
- Category:PATH stations in New Jersey to Category:PATH (rail system) stations in New Jersey
- Category:PATH stations in New York to Category:PATH (rail system) stations in New York
- Oppose no disambiguation needed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djflem (talk • contribs)
- Moved to a full discussion. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:37, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose no disambiguation needed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djflem (talk • contribs)
- Category:New Jersey Transit stations to Category:NJ Transit stations
- Category:Proposed New Jersey Transit stations to Category:Proposed NJ Transit stations
- Oppose, name should include train or rail stations since NJT also operates light rail and bus stations and this category does not include them — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djflem (talk • contribs)
- Moved to a full discussion. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:21, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose, name should include train or rail stations since NJT also operates light rail and bus stations and this category does not include them — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djflem (talk • contribs)
- Category:Proposed New Jersey Transit stations to Category:Proposed NJ Transit stations
- Category:Pacific Electric Railway to Category:Pacific Electric – C2D per Pacific Electric Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:08, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Pacific Electric Railway templates to Category:Pacific Electric templates
- Category:Pacific Electric Railway succession templates to Category:Pacific Electric succession templates
- Oppose — confusing, reads like an electric utility company name instead of a public transit company name. Regards — Look2See1 t a l k → 00:57, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Moved to a full discussion. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:20, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose — confusing, reads like an electric utility company name instead of a public transit company name. Regards — Look2See1 t a l k → 00:57, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:United Kingdom European Union membership referendum to Category:United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 – C2D per United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:24, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose Reverted undiscussed move. Armbrust The Homunculus 18:33, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
- It was changed back to include the year (by another user). Including the year is consistent with the relevant naming guideline in Wikipedia:Naming conventions (government and legislation). Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:22, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- Moved to a full discussion. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:42, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
- It was changed back to include the year (by another user). Including the year is consistent with the relevant naming guideline in Wikipedia:Naming conventions (government and legislation). Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:22, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose Reverted undiscussed move. Armbrust The Homunculus 18:33, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Five Towns, New York to Category:Five Towns – C2D: per Five Towns. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:45, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose. The new title is ambiguous. It is surprising that the head article is not disambiguated, but regardless of that choice, this ambiguous categ name would lead to miscategorisation. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:02, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
- Moved to full discussion. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:23, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Mitsubishi Motors concepts to Category:Mitsubishi Motors concept vehicles – C2C: per the convention in Category:Concept automobiles. Armbrust The Homunculus 09:35, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- Category:Jeep concept automobiles to Category:Jeep concept vehicles
- Category:GM Korea concept automobiles to Category:GM Korea concept vehicles
- Category:General Motors concept automobiles to Category:General Motors concept vehicles
- Hang on. Are any of the contents not cars (automobiles)? The main article is concept car and has been for years, after a brief undiscussed move to concept vehicle. If all the contents are cars, then I suggest putting these four on hold pending a full nomination of the top category and all the hierarchy. – Fayenatic London 13:37, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose Good point by Fayenatic. But there is another separate issue: the head category is Category:Concept automobiles, and instead of trying to adopt that format per C2C, this nomination is trying to rename the pages away from that format. It seems that these categories could be standardised in at least 2 different directions, so a full discussion is required. I suggest a group nom with several pre-pack options, as I did a week ago with the subcats of broadcasting by country. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)
- @BrownHairedGirl: The Category:Concept automobiles format couldn't be "adopt"ed per C2C, because most subcategories don't use that. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:40, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry, my wording was clumsy. What I mean is that there is a prima facie C2C case for following the head category. As you note, that would fail on other grounds.
The point is that either way, there seems to be no speediable change available here. This needs a full discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:50, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
- Sorry, my wording was clumsy. What I mean is that there is a prima facie C2C case for following the head category. As you note, that would fail on other grounds.
- @BrownHairedGirl: The Category:Concept automobiles format couldn't be "adopt"ed per C2C, because most subcategories don't use that. Armbrust The Homunculus 10:40, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose Good point by Fayenatic. But there is another separate issue: the head category is Category:Concept automobiles, and instead of trying to adopt that format per C2C, this nomination is trying to rename the pages away from that format. It seems that these categories could be standardised in at least 2 different directions, so a full discussion is required. I suggest a group nom with several pre-pack options, as I did a week ago with the subcats of broadcasting by country. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)
- Now at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 February 18#Category:Concept automobiles. – Fayenatic London 21:54, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
- Hang on. Are any of the contents not cars (automobiles)? The main article is concept car and has been for years, after a brief undiscussed move to concept vehicle. If all the contents are cars, then I suggest putting these four on hold pending a full nomination of the top category and all the hierarchy. – Fayenatic London 13:37, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
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