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This page contains information relating to Pikmin Fanon's policies and guidelines.

The deletion policy covers the process of deleting pages and files, when to delete them, and why to delete them. To tag an item for deletion, add the {{delete}} template to it, preferably with reasoning, and to see the list of pages and files currently up for deletion, see here.

Reasons for deletion

A page or file may be marked for deletion or outright deleted for any one of the following reasons. User pages are generally exempt from these standards.

The page or file is vandalism or patent nonsense or yields little to no important information. They may be deleted immediately.
It is a duplicate of another page or file due to a slight variation in the title. In this case, the content of the two is to be merged and one deleted.
All information is represented on other pages. There are certain exceptions where repetition of content may be useful.
The item is not about Pikmin or Pikmin Fanon. User images are exempt from this unless they go unused.
The item is no longer needed; this applies particularly to depreciated templates and categories.
Unused files have special rules regarding deletion. See below for more information.

When flagging an item for deletion, please provide a reason more than that it is unused, when possible.

Alternatives to deletion

Articles

Articles that are stubs or are of low quality can have {{todo}} placed on them. Provided in the template should be a descriptive way in which the article or section can be expanded and prevent the page from becoming eligible for deletion.

Redirects

Redirects leading to broken links are called broken redirects. They should be deleted unless the target page was previously moved elsewhere. If this is the case, find the moved page and edit the redirect to match the page's current title. Broken redirects are listed here.

Unused files

All files uploaded by editors must be used within twenty-four hours, lest they become eligible for deletion. Files that are not displayed on any pages, even if linked to, are automatically listed in a gallery of unused files. However, user files aside, being unused in and of itself is not reason enough for a file to be deleted: the image could indeed be useful somewhere, so it is always good to check before deleting unused files. Files often go unused because they were replaced: in which case, the replacement file should be linked to, not just mentioned, in the deletion proposal and at least named in the deletion log.

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-The '''Deletion Policy''' covers some rules and guidelines of what to [[Help:Administrator's Handbook/Page Deletion|delete]], when to delete and why to delete.
+The '''deletion policy''' covers the process of deleting pages and files, when to delete them, and why to delete them. To tag an item for deletion, add the {{t|delete}} template to it, preferably with reasoning, and to see the list of pages and files currently up for deletion, see [[:Category:Candidates for deletion|here]].
-==Deletion Policy==
+__TOC__
-Generally articles may be immediately deleted when they are either
-*Pages created just to vandalize or disrupt
-*Patent nonsense (total gibberish)
-*Unused duplicate images
-*Too short (depends on the subject)
-In other cases, there are more things to consider.
+==Reasons for deletion==
+A page or file may be marked for deletion or outright deleted for any one of the following reasons. User pages are generally exempt from these standards.
+*The page or file is vandalism or patent nonsense or yields little to no important information. They may be deleted immediately.
+*It is a duplicate of another page or file due to a slight variation in the title. In this case, the content of the two is to be merged and one deleted.
+*All information is represented on other pages. There are certain exceptions where repetition of content may be useful.
+*The item is not about Pikmin or Pikmin Fanon. User images are exempt from this unless they go unused.
+*The item is no longer needed; this applies particularly to depreciated templates and categories.
+*Unused files have special rules regarding deletion. See [[#Unused files|below]] for more information.
-==Deciding whether to delete==
+When flagging an item for deletion, please provide a reason more than that it is unused, when possible.
-#Whether a "rough consensus" has been achieved
-#Use common sense and respect the judgment and feelings of Wiki participants.
-#When in doubt, don't delete.
-==On deleting pages==
+==Alternatives to deletion==
-Here are some guidelines sysops should follow in making the decision to delete a page or not.
+===Articles===
+Articles that are [[:Category:Stubs|stub]]s or are of low quality can have {{t|todo}} placed on them. Provided in the template should be a descriptive way in which the article or section can be expanded and prevent the page from becoming eligible for deletion.
-#When deleting a page, one may or may not want to delete its talk page or any subpages as well. If the talk page is ''not'' deleted, put a link to the deletion discussion thread on the talk page.
+===Redirects===
-#Simply deleting a page does ''not'' automatically delete its talk page. If you delete these as well, do that first, and then the main page.
+Redirects leading to broken links are called broken redirects. They should be deleted unless the target page was previously moved elsewhere. If this is the case, find the moved page and edit the redirect to match the page's current title. Broken redirects are listed [[Special:BrokenRedirects|here]].
-#When filling in the "Reason for deletion" text, ensure that the following is ''not'' included:
-#*Any copyright infringing text
-#*Personal information of users
-#Redirects to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects.
-#If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> to a <span style="color:blue;">better title</span>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>, with an edit comment like ''(moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution)''. The <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted.  <span style="color:blue;">Better title</span> would then be changed to redirect to <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>.
-==Unused Images==
+==Unused files==
-Users are supposed to use all images they upload within 24 hours, otherwise they are eligible for deletion. Images that do not appear on any pages automatically get listed on [[Special:UnusedFiles]]. However, aside from personal images, being unused in and of itself is not enough reason for an image to be deleted: the image could indeed be useful somewhere, so it is always good to check before deleting unused files. Additionally, simply saying "unused" is not a valid reason when marking images with <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki>. Images are often unused because they were replaced, in which case, the replacement file must be linked to in the delete template and at least named in the deletion log.
+All files uploaded by editors must be used within twenty-four hours, lest they become eligible for deletion. Files that are not displayed on any pages, even if linked to, are automatically listed in a [[Special:UnusedFiles|gallery of unused file]]s. However, user files aside, being unused in and of itself is not reason enough for a file to be deleted: the image could indeed be useful somewhere, so it is always good to check before deleting unused files. Files often go unused because they were replaced: in which case, the replacement file should be linked to, not just mentioned, in the deletion proposal and at least named in the deletion log.
+{{clear}}
-==Things to remember==
+{{navboxes|
-*Excessive and/or unjustified deleting can result in loss of [[PikminFanon:Administrators|sysop]] powers.
+{{policies}}
+}}
-==See also==
-*[[:Category:Candidates for deletion]]
-*[[Special:Log/delete|Deletion log]]

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