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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 continue 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)

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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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please add this article

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please add this article :

Onam and Muslims

reason :

I find that recent comments by few religious leaders, which kerala as a whole took it as communal and non secular , should not be given weightage in Wikipedia here. so i find it is non sense to add as an article.

You can find the artcile here: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/160919/to-celebrate-or-not-to-celebrate.html

another one : https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/muslim-man-celebrates-onam-kerala-payasam-fest-340645-2016-09-12

"There is no legal text compatible to this produced even after five centuries from the region, but some preachers with the influence of Arab cultural Islam and its wide influence in the various realm create commotions through unexpected comments against Onam celebrations of Muslim communities. The idea of branding of other cultures as un-Islamic was introduced as part of ‘reform’, but now it silently lingers even the tongue of traditionalists."

These are comments passed by one or two islamic preachers and never to be considered the view point of all Muslims of Kerala. They have rejected these as seen from the article.

The religious organization of muslims in kerala , which represent 95% of muslims in kerala are : Sunni organizations (AP or EK).

These organizations never said 'officially' any comment on onam. Usually it is through fatwa Muslims organizations declare their views. No one released a fatwa.

Mere communal comments of some communal leaders cannot be considered as a mass view and never to be the part of wikipedia as an article

This is a religious promotional article , only made from 2-3 religious preachers speeches Fsrvb (talk) 15:35, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 August 6

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Hello, I'm not sure if it is because of a script I have installed but about half of this daily log page is in pink after the listing of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Chinese Puzzle (TV series) on the page. I tried to add some code to that AFD discussion page to stop whatever wiki code was turning the page pink after Cunard's comment but it had no effect. This pink background is very distracting so any advice, either what script to uninstall or what fix the daily log page might have, would be appreciated. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:07, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is it gone now, Liz? I tried this, which seemed to fix it (I think User:Headbomb/unreliable.js was the script affected). Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:42, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you so much Extraordinary Writ! That did it. It seems to happen when an editor puts a bare URL in a comment. But I'll check that script and see if I should uninstall it. I only see it happening in AFD pages for some reason. Thanks again, it's appreciated. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:30, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Notability (species)

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An RfC to adopt a subject-specific notability guideline regarding the notability of species has been opened at Wikipedia talk:Notability (species)#Proposal to adopt this guideline. C F A 💬 22:27, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Malformed AfD

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zoe Gardner (migration expert) has been created by a very new editor and hasn't got the necessary infrastructure - I think a bot might pick it up and mend it but wonder if an AfD regular here could fix it? Is there a standard place/way to report these? PamD 08:58, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Or, if there is a standard way to mend a malformed AfD or a way to report it, could this perhaps be added to the AfD page? It has info about how to open, contribute to, and close an AfD, but not about how to mend a malformed one. Thanks. PamD 09:24, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PamD fixed. Please refer to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion#How to nominate a single page for deletion for future reference. TarnishedPath^talk 10:29, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TarnishedPath Yes, I could see those instructions, but was anxious for it not to appear that I was the editor proposing deletion and wasn't sure how to avoid that. Thanks. PamD 11:07, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PamD, I got around not appearing to be the nominator by not putting in details in the text field or signing the template. I.e., {{subst:afd2 | pg=Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zoe Gardner (migration expert) | cat= | text=}}. TarnishedPath^talk 11:18, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll make a note of that in my "Useful stuff" bit of my sandbox! PamD 11:34, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]