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[edit]Every day, the day page (that is, [[Wikipedia:Images for deletion/Year Month Day]]) more than five days old should be removed from Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion#Recent_nominations and a wikilink to the day page placed at Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion#Old_discussions. The decision to keep or delete an image is to be implemented only after the discussion for that template has been closed.
- If it may take significant time to assess the debate and/or do the closing edits, consider first editing the discussion section for the image and adding {{Closing}} just after the section header, to notify others that a close of the particular discussion is in progress. This helps to avoid edit conflicts during the close.
- Determine whether or not a rough consensus to delete has been reached. See: Deletion guidelines for administrators.
- After the image's section header, add:
{{subst:ifd top|Result}}
--~~~~- (where Result is usually either Delete or Keep)
- Remove {{Closing}} if you added it earlier.
- At the end of the image's section, but before the next image's section header, add:
- {{subst:ifd bottom}}
- If the decision is DELETE, then delete the page. (This will be automatically recorded in the Deletion log.) Remember to paste a link to the discussion in the "Reason for deletion" box (ie add [[Wikipedia:Images for deletion/Page]] ). If appropriate, delete the page's talk page or any associated sub-pages first. Also remember to check "what links here" and either delete any redirects or redirect them elsewhere.
- If the decision is Keep (including any variant such as "Redirect" or "No Consensus"):
- Add a link on the image's talk page to the discussion sub-page.
- The template {{oldifdfull}} is recommended for this, so add one of:
- {{oldifdfull|section heading|date=date of nomination|result=result}}
- {{oldifdfull|date=date of nomination|result=result}}
- {{oldifdfull|date=date of nomination}}
- (the default section heading is the template's name, so that parameter may be omitted entirely)
- (the default result is "Keep", so that parameter may be omitted)
- If the discussion failed to reach consensus, then the image is kept by default, but the decision should generally include a reference to the lack of consensus, in order to minimize ambiguity and future confusion.
- Remove {{ifd}} (and if applicable {{ifdc}}) from the image (be sure the IfD Category is also removed).
- If the page becomes a redirect, remember to fix double-redirects.
- Add a link on the image's talk page to the discussion sub-page.
- There is no such thing as quorum. If after the normal time period, there are no objections to deletion of an image, it can simply be deleted.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/50px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- All relevant revisions of the image have been moved to the Commons, not just the most recent one.
- The Commons version is as good as or better than the local one.
- The Commons version is under a free license, and properly tagged and attributed.
If you disagree with a decision, please discuss it with the closing editor and, if necessary, request deletion review.