MediaWiki talk:Deletereason-dropdown

• General
  • Patent nonsense (CSD G1)
  • Test page (CSD G2)
  • Vandalism (CSD G3)
  • Making way for an uncontroversial move (CSD G6)
  • Author requested deletion or blanked the page (CSD G7)
  • Talk page where main page does not exist (CSD G8)
  • Attack page (CSD G10)
  • Blatant advertising (CSD G11)
  • Copyright violation (CSD G12)
• Articles
  • Article provides no context (CSD A1)
  • Biography that does not assert notability (CSD A7)
  • Club or group that does not assert notability (CSD A7)
  • Company that does not assert notability (CSD A7)
  • Band that does not assert notability (CSD A7)
• Other
  • Empty category (CSD C1)
  • User page or subpage where user requests deletion (CSD U1)

Could an admin change the part where it says article to page, to simplify it? Oysterguitarist 03:48, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

The problem with that is that there is a distinct difference between "Article" and "Page". Page refers to basically every entry on the site while Article is specifically used for Main space pages (and certain wikipedia space pages based on content and style). Changing Article to Page also changes the rules for deletion such that any page on the site is subject to quick deletion on the same grounds as articles (think rule A2 (technically not listed, but would eventually spill over to it) - "article can not be just a collection of links" applied to most templates... )— Preceding unsigned comment added by Creol (talk • contribs)

Simplification

Since the reason in the log is shown in "recreatewarning" to regular editors, I have simplified the reasons and explained some. Best, NonvocalScream (talk) 18:07, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

editprotected

Why don't we change G6 to G5 an so on? 11:13, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Historical reasons. People remember the numbers as certain things and changing them all would be a hassle. Majorly talk 11:33, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't see why not, even though some people do remember the numbers. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 14:00, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Trust me, more trouble than it's worth. Plus, see en:MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Goblin 14:08, 22 June 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Kennedy!

3 times one reason

Hi there! Did anyone noted, that we have 3 times the reason QD#G6? Our Policy page WP:QD mention only one time QD#G6. I think we should change it. —Barras (talk) 09:32, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeh, this should stay like that as there are three different possible forms of G6, as well as many more. People often use the wrong one though, so perhaps the other one could be moved up next to the first two. G6 is "housekeeping", and there are different forms of housekeeping, thus the multiple reasons. Goblin 13:20, 13 July 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Kennedy!

How about a separate header for "Maintenance"? Chenzw  Talk  13:23, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

A "Maintenance" header would be quite useful, good idea. I agree w/ Goblin that we should keep the several G6s for clarity. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 17:49, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Yup, think this is a good idea. Further G6s could also be introduced that way. T6 should also be moved if that's the case though, as that's a type of G6. On the subject of QDs (and probably going OT from this thread now) I think we need to do some cleaning up, for example seperating out the TP and G criteria - even if it is only adding extra Gs! (Remember, G5 is free, so T6 could become G5, T7 and T8 become G7 and G8 [as they are on that page]) Regards, Goblin 17:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Nickers!

We should keep the multiple entries. Other than that, I'm good with everything else that's been said. fr33kman ^talk 18:09, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't want to remove an entry, I want to rename two of the G6 reasons. --Barras (talk) 09:50, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

QD:R1

QD:R1: Redirect to non-existent page: I've added this. I'm not sure when this was removed, but it doesn't make sense to do so. It's not the same case as a redlink really. It's a redirect to a redlink and we shouldn't be doing that. Let's make the pages first and then we can add redirects. fr33kman ^talk 02:14, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but I thought it was replace by G8 Page needs a deleted page to make sense, or one that does not exist; Talk on talk page is not related to the main page.. Barras || talk 12:32, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

R1 is totally redundant to G8. A redirect with a deleted target is a "page needs a deleted page...", so why bother with two separate criteria for the same thing? PeterSymonds (talk) 01:29, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

U2

Is there a reason that U2 isn't listed on the dropdown?--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 05:13, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Not really...I just manually type it if I ever do that reason...but I have rarely used that reason. -DJSasso (talk) 13:05, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Alright. Yeah it's really not the most common deletion reason.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 16:12, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I'd say go ahead and add it. -DJSasso (talk) 17:13, 30 January 2013 (UTC)