Wikipedia:Requests for deletion

If you think a page should be deleted, read the deletion policy to make sure.
Then follow these instructions on how to request a page for deletion. To find more information on what discussed deletions and quick deletions are:
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Discussed deletion

Put the deletion tag on the article.

1. Add this tag: {{rfd|REASON}} to the top of the page.
2. Please use a change summary such as "nominated for deletion".
3. Save the page.
4. You can also check the "Watch this page" box to add the page to your watchlist. This lets you to know if the RfD tag is removed.

Create a discussion page.

1. On the box that has appeared at the top of the article, click the link to create a discussion page.
2. Type the page name and the reason you are requesting deletion in the right places.

List it here

1. Look at the discussion page you have just made, and follow the instructions in the red box.
2. Once you have done that, you may wish to remove that tag.

Quick deletion

See also: Category:Deletion requests

If you think a page has nonsense content, add {{non}} to the top of the page.

If you think a page does not say why the subject is important, add {{notable}} to the top of the page.

If you think a page should be deleted per other quick deletion rules, add {{QD|reason}} to the top of the page.

Notifying the user

Generally, you should try to be civil and tell the user that created the page to join the discussion talking about the page. This can be done by adding {{RFDNote}} to the bottom of their talkpage.

Discussions

See also: Wikipedia:Request for undeletion

• The discussion is not a vote. Please make suggestions on what action to take, and support your suggestion with reasons.
• Please look at the article before you make a suggestion. Do not make an opinion using only the information given by the nominator. Looking at the history of the article may help to understand the situation.
• Please read other comments and suggestions. They may have helpful information.
• Start your comments or suggestions on a new line. Start with * and sign after your comment by adding ~~~~ to the end. If you are responding to another editor, put your comment directly below theirs and make sure your comment is indented (using more than one *).
• New users can make suggestions, but their ideas may not be considered, especially if the suggestion seems to be made in bad faith. The opinion of users who had an account before the start of the request may be given more weight or importance.
• Suggestions by users using "sock puppets" (more than one account belonging to the same person) and IP addresses will not be counted.
• Please make only one suggestion. If you change your mind, change your first idea instead of adding a new one. The best way to do this is to put <s> before your old idea and </s> after it. For example, if you wanted to delete an article but now think it should be kept, you could put: "Delete Quick keep".
• If you would like an article to be kept, you can improve the article and try to fix the problems given in the request for deletion. If the reasons given in the nomination are fixed by changing, the nomination can be withdrawn by the nominator, and the deletion discussion will be closed by an administrator.
• Try to avoid confusing suggestions, such as delete and merge.

Remember: You do not have to make a suggestion for every nomination. You should think about not making a suggestion if:

1. A nomination involves a topic that you do not know much about.
2. Everyone has made the same suggestion and you agree with that suggestion.

• All times are in UTC.

Current deletion request discussions

Panzer Division

Panzer Division (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)

Creol has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: Notability issues. While there is a US based band with this name (industrial, not metal) and an album by the metal band Marduk (Swedish and an album, not Norwegian or a band), I can't find much to support the existance (let alone notability) of a Norwegian band of this name.` --Creol(talk) 06:19, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Please discuss this request below, but keep in mind that you shouldn't vote on everything and that there may be options other than "keep" or "delete", such as merging.

Discussion

• Delete - there is no evidence that it meets any of the criteria for notability.--Peterdownunder (talk) 06:28, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

This request is due to close on 06:19, 20 March 2012 (UTC), seven days after it was filed, although it may be closed earlier at the discretion of an administrator.

Alphabert

Alphabert (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)

Alpha Quadrant has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: The subject of the article lacks a significant amount of coverage in reliable independent sources. It appears to fail the notability guidelines. Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 00:31, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Please discuss this request below, but keep in mind that you shouldn't vote on everything and that there may be options other than "keep" or "delete", such as merging.

Discussion

This request is due to close on 00:31, 20 March 2012 (UTC), seven days after it was filed, although it may be closed earlier at the discretion of an administrator.

Chromatic (band)

Chromatic (band) (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)

Creol has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: Not notable. --Creol(talk) 05:50, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Please discuss this request below, but keep in mind that you shouldn't vote on everything and that there may be options other than "keep" or "delete", such as merging.

Discussion

• Delete - I have searched and cannot find any independant sources to verify the band exists.--Peterdownunder (talk) 10:50, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
• Delete - I can't find anything. Not even a myspace page! Osiris (talk) 11:23, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

This request is due to close on 05:50, 19 March 2012 (UTC), seven days after it was filed, although it may be closed earlier at the discretion of an administrator.

The Gulls

The Gulls (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)

Creol has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: Can not find any support of notability. Top google hit is myspace. --Creol(talk) 09:13, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Please discuss this request below, but keep in mind that you shouldn't vote on everything and that there may be options other than "keep" or "delete", such as merging.

Discussion

Support deletion I did a bit of searching for sources myself and the best I could find was [1]. I'm not even sure that is the same band. The other I found was the Reverbnation bio page which is already listed as the only source in the article. Notability is definitely lacking here. This is a local band without press coverage and without wide attention.--TParis (talk) 15:37, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

• Delete - they do not meet our guidelines for notability.--Peterdownunder (talk) 11:02, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

This request is due to close on 09:13, 14 March 2012 (UTC), seven days after it was filed, although it may be closed earlier at the discretion of an administrator.

House of Pandolfi

House of Pandolfi (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)

Osiris has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: Can't find anything to support there being any kind of organised "House of Pandolfi". Osiris (talk) 10:02, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Please discuss this request below, but keep in mind that you shouldn't vote on everything and that there may be options other than "keep" or "delete", such as merging.

Discussion

• Looking over the history of Capua (the Italian WP has a good sized article on it) most of the information here does seem to mesh with the ruling family of the principality during the 9th and 10th centuries. While sources would be needed to verify much of the information beyond which member of the family ruled at which times, and the article is in need of cleanup and wikifying (and checking for copyright issues.. nothing obvious out there, but could exist), it seems a valid article on a historic ruling family of some notablity. --Creol(talk) 06:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

• There may be some merit to it after all then. What made me tag the article as a hoax was the supposed pretender named in the last paragraph—"Ernesto Cristoforo Costantino Pandolfi". It gets only 1 other hit on a Google search (maybe it's misspelled). Osiris (talk) 12:17, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Pandolfi does not come up in a search on Credo. I could locate some basic info on Landolfo I of Capua. I searched the text for a copyright breach but could not locate matching text. I would agree with Creol, keep with a cleanup, and search for some evidence and refs.--Peterdownunder (talk) 10:58, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

This request is due to close on 10:02, 11 March 2012 (UTC), seven days after it was filed, although it may be closed earlier at the discretion of an administrator.

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Related pages

• All archives before July 2008 - implementation of new system made archives redundant
• Category:Requests for deletion that did not succeed
• Category:Requests for deletion that succeeded
• Wikipedia:Deletion policy
• Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion
• Category:Deletion requests
• Category:Quick deletion requests