Wikiversity:Deletion policy

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Contents 1 Current Process 2 Proposed decision points 2.1 General 2.2 Articles and images 2.3 User pages for vandalism-only user accounts 2.4 Miscellaneous 3 See also

[edit] Current Process

Currently deletion decisions are decided by consensus on the Requests for Deletion page.

[edit] Proposed decision points

[edit] General

1. No meaningful content or history. This includes test edits (eg, "asdf" or "Can I really create a page here?"), obvious nonsense, or simple vandalism. If it is likely that a page will just be created again after deletion, see: Wikiversity:Welcome templates.
2. Reposted content previously deleted according to this deletion policy, unless it was significantly rewritten in a manner that calls into question the deletion reason.
3. Banned contributor: content created and edited solely by a banned user after they were banned, where there is possibility of bad faith. Good contributions by a banned user should be accepted, but where bad faith is possible it should be assumed.
4. Redundant: Two versions of the same text on different pages, with no significant differences between them. After significant time (at least weeks) have passed and the originator has not responded to messages. The deleter should fix links from the deleted to the remaining text.
5. Beyond scope: The content clearly lies outside the scope of Wikiversity (such as advertisements). This doesn't apply to works which belong on other Wikimedia projects (see Transwikied articles).
6. Copyright violation: Content which is a clear and proven copyright violation, or content previously deleted as a copyright violation. Use Template:Nothanks-sd to inform the person who added the copyrighted material to Wikiversity.
7. Author's request: Deletion per request of the author, if the author is the only significant contributor, the request is not in bad faith, and the content is not to the benefit of Wikiversity. If the author blanks the page, this may be taken as a request.

[edit] Articles and images

1. Articles transwikied to another project, or images uploaded to the Wikimedia commons with the original contributor noted and existing links modified to new locations.
2. Images and other media files uploaded with no license information are to be tagged with {{nld}}, and might be deleted as soon as one week later. Note: media Uploaders should be notified that the image in question is slated for deletion if no license information is forthcoming; consider emailing the user if they don't contribute regularly and have email enabled. In some cases, uploaded media files can be assumed to have been created by a Wikiversity participant and uploaded with the intent that the media files are available under the GFDL. In such cases, other Wikiversity participants can use Template:GFDL-presumed and there is no need to delete the media files, even if the original uploader cannot be contacted.

[edit] User pages for vandalism-only user accounts

Sometimes user accounts are created only for vandalism. User pages for vandalism-only accounts can be deleted. See: Wikiversity:No shrines for vandals.

[edit] Miscellaneous

1. Process deletion: deletion as part of a page move or history merge, as long as the action requiring the deletion is uncontroversial.
2. Unneeded redirects from page titles created within the last week, or older redirects tagged with {{subst:dated soft redirect|"[[new title]]"}} for at least two months. Redirects to inexistant pages may be deleted at any time. Unneeded redirects include alternate mixed-case capitalisation (one redirect for all-first-letter capitals suffices), and redirects from page moves where the original title is incorrect.
3. Internamespace redirects from the article namespace to any other namespace.
4. Unneeded talk: a discussion page for deleted or inexistant content.

[edit] See also