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Only users with sysop privileges can delete articles | Only users with sysop privileges can '''delete articles'''. | ||
Sysops | Before requesting a deletion (or deleting) an article, consider whether it has been around long enough that someone out there might have bookmarked the page and will be unhappy to find it gone. In that case, better to leave the page with some appropriate text or turn it into a [[redirect]] to a more useful article. | ||
To request that an article be deleted: | |||
# Go to the article and click '''What links here''' in the left navigation bar to see which other articles contain links to this article. Edit those articles to remove the links or point them somewhere more appropriate. | |||
# Clear the text from the article. | |||
# Use [[:Template:Delete|the delete template]] at the top of the article. | |||
Sysops: | |||
# Review articles in [[:Category:Articles for deletion]] | |||
# Make sure that there are no links to this article (as described above). | |||
# Delete as appropriate. | |||
[[Category:Help]] | [[Category:Help]] |
Revision as of 04:29, 31 March 2007
Only users with sysop privileges can delete articles.
Before requesting a deletion (or deleting) an article, consider whether it has been around long enough that someone out there might have bookmarked the page and will be unhappy to find it gone. In that case, better to leave the page with some appropriate text or turn it into a redirect to a more useful article.
To request that an article be deleted:
- Go to the article and click What links here in the left navigation bar to see which other articles contain links to this article. Edit those articles to remove the links or point them somewhere more appropriate.
- Clear the text from the article.
- Use the delete template at the top of the article.
Sysops:
- Review articles in Category:Articles for deletion
- Make sure that there are no links to this article (as described above).
- Delete as appropriate.