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Frequently asked questions

Q1: I don't like this page's name. I want to rename it to Articles for discussion or something else.

A1: Please see Wikipedia:Perennial proposals#Rename AFD. Note that all of the "for discussion" pages handle not only deletion, but also proposed mergers, proposed moves, and other similar processes. AFD is "for deletion" because the volume of discussion has made it necessary to sub-divide the work by the type of change.

Q2: You mean I'm not supposed to use AFD to propose a merger or a page move?

A2: Correct. Please use Wikipedia:Proposed mergers or Wikipedia:Requested moves for those kinds of proposals.

Q3: How many articles get nominated at AfD?

A3: Per the Oracle of Deletion, there were about 470,000 AfDs between 2005 (when the process was first created) and 2022. This comes out to about 26,000 per year (2,176 per month / 72 per day). In 2022, there were 20,008 AfDs (1,667 per month / 55 per day).

Q4: How many articles get deleted?

A4: Between 2005 and 2020, around 60% of AfDs were closed as "delete" or "speedy delete". This is about 270,000. More detailed statistics (including year-by-year graphs) can be found at Wikipedia:Oracle/All and Wikipedia:Wikipedia records#Deletion.

Q5: Is the timeline strict, with exactly 168 hours and zero minutes allowed? Should I remove late comments?

A5: No. We're trying to get the right outcome, not follow some ceremonial process. If the discussion hasn't been closed, it's okay for people to keep discussing it.

Q6: How many people participate in AFD?

A6: As of October 2023, of the 13.9 million registered editors who have ever made 1+ edit anywhere, about 162,000 of them (1 in 85 editors) have also made 1+ edit to an AFD page. Most of the participants are experienced editors, but newcomers and unregistered editors also participate. Most individual AFD pages get comments from just a few editors, but the numbers add up over time.

Deletion (defunct)

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Deletion, a project which is currently considered to be defunct.DeletionWikipedia:WikiProject DeletionTemplate:WikiProject DeletionDeletion articles

This project page has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Noam Cohen (8 October 2006). "Wikipedia Wars: Giving the Heave-Ho in an Online Who's Who". New York Times.
David Segal (3 December 2006). "Look Me Up Under 'Missing Link': On Wikipedia, Oblivion Looms for the Non-Notable". Washington Post.
Daniel Terdiman (11 January 2007). "To delete Wikipedia entry or not to delete?". CNET News.
Matthew Moore (1 October 2009). "Wikipedia: 20 articles earmarked for deletion". Daily Telegraph.

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There are three processes under which mainspace articles are deleted: 1) speedy deletion; 2) proposed deletion (prod) and 3) Articles for deletion (AfD). For more information, see WP:Why was my page deleted? To find out why the particular article you posted was deleted, go to the deletion log and type into the search field marked "title," the exact name of the article, mindful of the original capitalization, spelling and spacing. The deletion log entry will show when the article was deleted, by which administrator, and typically contain a deletion summary listing the reason for deletion. If you wish to contest this deletion, please contact the administrator first on their talk page and, depending on the circumstances, politely explain why you think the article should be restored, or why a copy should be provided to you so you can address the reason for deletion before reposting the article. If this is not fruitful, you have the option of listing the article at WP:Deletion review, but it will probably only be restored if the deletion was clearly improper.

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AFD request: Synthoid

Just look at this article. 2605:B40:13E7:F600:40FE:7B6D:17E8:D289 (talk) 23:50, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since you subsequently redirected the page and that has not been reverted, the request for an AfD seems moot. --RL0919 (talk) 17:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bot to ping AfD (nth nomination) to previous AfD participants?

I have noticed a recent AfD on a new instance of a previously-deleted article rattling around the relist circuit. Seeing this makes me suggest a potential Bot task:

For each AfD (nth nomination) which commences, retrieve the Usernames of all participants in the previous AfD(s), and append a neutrally-worded Pinging UserX, UserY, etc. who participated in a previous AfD discussion line to the new AfD.

If these participants are pinged to reconsider whether their previous keep/delete opinions remain relevant, this could improve participation and resolution of the new AfD. AllyD (talk) 14:43, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A good idea which the nominators should actually be doing as part of the process. If a bot "forces" them to notify participants of previous AfD's of the same article, all the better. I am not a bot creator so have no idea of how easy or difficult programming a bot would be for this task, just commenting on your idea. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:52, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting idea, and it is supported by WP:APPNOTE (Editors who have participated in previous discussions on the same topic (or closely related topics)). If there're no objections here we can bring it to WP:BOTREQ and get some technical input on feasibility. Liu1126 (talk) 16:01, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I am of the opinion that what a new AfD needs most, if a previous one hadn't settled the question, is participation by previously uninvolved contributors, able to put a new perspective on things. Pinging previous participants (particularly those not sufficiently interested in a topic to have it watchlisted) may end up looking like an invitation to merely repeat what they said before. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:55, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I like the idea. Jclemens (talk) 01:50, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If we do something like this, let's take care not ping vanished/blocked editors. BD2412 T 02:04, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I like. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:46, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request to Complete an AFD nomination.

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Hello, Please could someone nominate a page for deletion for me? I can't create the subpage as an IP.

The page in question is Sweble.

My nomination statement is as follows:

I am really struggling to see how this wikitext parser is notable. The page has been tagged as being of questionable notability and using primary sources since 2011, so I think it's about time it went to AFD.
There doesn't seem to be a single source in the article that demonstrates third party coverage of this software. Citations 1, 2 and 3 are links to the software's own website. Citation 4 is an announcement that the authors of the software will be presenting it at a conference. Citations 5, 7, 10 and 11 are papers written by the authors of Sweble. Citation 6 is a dead link to what seems to have been an open source community page? Citations 8 and 9 are pages on the mediawiki wiki, unusable as sources.
A few google searches failed to turn up anything usable, mostly software repositories and the papers written by the software's authors. 86.23.109.101 (talk) 11:01, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, 86.23.109.101 (talk) 11:00, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sweble. Liu1126 (talk) 12:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AFD Request: 2023 Zaragoza F-18 crash

The event does not have long-lasting effects whatsoever and has no notability. It is only covered by local media and there has been no lasting coverage from any international media. It was not a significant event, neither in civilian nor military aviation. As such I would like someone to nominate this page for deletion. Thank you so much. PaPa PaPaRoony (talk) 09:07, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have you looked at Wikipedia:Twinkle? You can easily create it yourself using Twinkle Garuda3 (talk) 11:27, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PaPa PaPaRoony:

Done. See: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2023 Zaragoza F-18 crash. CycloneYoris ^talk! 02:17, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AFP request :

I think there are 2 issues with this article, but I'm not sure of the procedure to follow so I prefer to post there : {1} It's a new compagny with no effective product or service: testing is expected to begin in 2026, before commercial service in 2028. The use of nearly only the futur tense or verbs with conditionnal or future meaning as ("would", "planned", "is expected"...) shows that. {2} It seems that the subject has no significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent secondary sources. International Railway Journal is a media of limited interest (trade magazine for railway industry) and the content seems more promotional than informative. Quechoisir is a French media with a national audience but the mention is anecdotical. La Tribune is a French economic media but the coverage is not significant. 92.162.76.6 (talk) 21:41, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to have forgotten to include the name of the article in question. Having that would make matters easier to address. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 00:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm deeply sorry! The article is called Kevin Speed.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Speed 2A01:CB06:9010:85CA:902D:36F8:BBC6:525B (talk) 18:18, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. See: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Speed. CycloneYoris ^talk! 02:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AFD request: Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region

The main article has been moved to a different name, and this article including "Metro" rather than just "Mayor" on its own was the incorrect name for the article. It is necessary to delete the incorrect name article and retain the correct name article. UnicornSherbert (talk) 18:48, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AfD doesn't apply to redirects. See WP:RFD for the correct process to use. Iffy★Chat -- 20:19, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article was previously the main article until the article name was changed. It would not otherwise be a redirect if that was not the case... Surely deletion (or even speedy deletion) would apply? UnicornSherbert (talk) 21:40, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That article has been moved at least twice, if you want it to be moved back you should open an WP:RM discussion on the talk page. Iffy★Chat -- 21:48, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not asking for it to be moved back, I was trying to make the point that the article has been moved to its proper name so the previous article with the incorrect name should be deleted. UnicornSherbert (talk) 21:50, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects left behind after an article is moved are usually kept to avoid breaking links. Iffy★Chat -- 21:52, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, opened redirect for discussion on it. Thank you :) UnicornSherbert (talk) 21:54, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for nomination

~~Please finish the requested deletion nomination of 2022 Pembroke–Black Creek tornado. I left a reason for deletion on the talk page. 148.76.84.29 (talk) 14:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)~~ (Confirmed SOCK) The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reasoning was challenged as this is a brand-new editor who is currently trying to AfD a current GAN. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:20, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The challenged reasoning is not policy complaint and the user is, as usual, trying to WP:OWN their articles. Even though the tag was removed, I still request an AFD is started. 148.76.84.29 (talk) 14:26, 6 April 2024 (UTC) (Confirmed SOCK) The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I created a draft for it at Draft:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2022 Pembroke–Black Creek tornado but was unable to submit it. If someone could take care of that that would be appreciated. 148.76.84.29 (talk) 14:31, 6 April 2024 (UTC) (Confirmed SOCK) The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request was by a now-blocked SOCK. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Elizabeth Leitman

Please AFD the article for the following reason: “Unnotable, not notable outside of one event so fails WP:BLP1E at best.” 100.12.36.99 (talk) 14:16, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Iffy: Able to complete this nomination?--100.12.36.99 (talk) 18:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don;t know why I didn't see this ping until now, but

Done, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth Leitman. Iffy★Chat -- 08:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 Please AFD the article for the following reason: “Unnotable, not notable outside of one event so fails [[WP:BLP1E]] at best.” [[Special:Contributions/100.12.36.99|100.12.36.99]] ([[User talk:100.12.36.99|talk]]) 14:16, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
 :{{ping|Iffy}} Able to complete this nomination?--[[Special:Contributions/100.12.36.99|100.12.36.99]] ([[User talk:100.12.36.99|talk]]) 18:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
+::Don;t know why I didn't see this ping until now, but {{done}}, see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth Leitman]]. [[User:Iffy|Iffy]]★[[User Talk:Iffy|Chat]] -- 08:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC)