Policy:Deletion

{{Policy}}

On the SCR Wiki, articles are deleted through two systems:

The first is for articles with absolutely no value whatsoever, created only for [[Policy:Vandalism|vandalism]], such as those about abusive topics. Entirely abusive articles (that are NOT edited versions of good articles) should be tagged with '''[[Template:delete|<nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki>]]''' by Editors, so that [[About:Staff|Staff]] can easily find them and delete them. Tagging articles in that way assigns the article to [[:Category:Candidates for deletion]] so that they may easily be found.

The second system is for articles with little to no value. If an article is off-topic (e.g. [[Robbie Williams]]), too specific (e.g. [[Shops at Leighton Stepford Road]]) or simply advertising a product/service/company (e.g. [[ShamWow!]]), then it should be tagged with '''<nowiki>{{prod}}</nowiki>''' which is '''proposed deletion'''. The deletion of PRODded pages should be discussed before action is taken, unless Staff find it to violate specific [[About:Policy|policy]] (at which point it can just be deleted). Pages with the prod template also show up in [[:Category:Candidates for deletion]].

==Deletion and Cleanup Templates==

{| class="wikitable"
!Template
!Description
!Category
|-
|'''[[Template:prod|<nowiki>{{prod}}</nowiki>]]'''
|'''Proposed Deletion''' - This page is probably useless, and administrators should consider deleting it. Members have a chance to respond on the Talk page. 
|[[:Category:Candidates_for_deletion]]
|-
|'''[[Template:delete|<nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki>]]'''
|'''Speedy Deletion''' - This page is useless, and should be deleted. There won't be any disputes over this, and an administrator can just delete it if they agree.
|[[:Category:Candidates_for_deletion]]
|}

See other templates at [[:Category:Templates]].