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WikiProject proposed deletion patrolling works to patrol those articles listed in all articles proposed for deletion to assist in Wikipedia's proposed deletion process. Proposed deletion, unlike the normal deletion process, does not attract very much attention. Furthermore, the proposed deletion process can be confusing to editors who aren't familiar with it. The goal of this project is to not only encourage patrolling, but also to make it easier for all of us by sharing the workload. It's hard to know who else is patrolling proposed deletion, because articles that are de-prodded aren't visible.
See Wikipedia:Proposed deletion for the policy page. To summarize, proposed deletion may be used to delete articles where the deletion is not controversial, but where the article does not meet the speedy deletion criteria. Articles proposed for deletion can be deleted after seven days without further process if no one objects.
An article is proposed for deletion when an editor adds {{subst:prod|reason}} to the top of an article. This will add the {{ dated prod}} template, with the date filled in, to the top of the article. In order to contest a proposed deletion, just remove the {{ dated prod}} tag from the article. Some of the rules about proposed deletion:
To see the articles currently proposed for deletion, go to Category:Proposed deletion, one of the shortcuts redirecting there ( CAT:PROD, WP:APD, or WP:APFD), or the automated summary table Wikipedia:PRODSUM. Remember to include deprod in your edit summary when deprodding an article.
Prod status | How to check | What to do |
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Prod on a page other than an article. | Non-article page listed in category, or category has a subcategory | Deprod. Leave {{subst: deprod-article|(pagename)|(place to list)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. |
Prod re-added after being removed. | Check the edit history and talk page | Deprod. Leave {{subst: deprod-reprod|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. |
Prod on an article previously up for AfD, error message is displayed, page appears in Category:Proposed deletions needing attention | Determine if previous AfD relates to the proposed page or to a page previously published in the same title where the subject topics were not the same. | If prod and AfD are related, deprod and leave {{subst:
deprod-reprod|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. If prod and AfD are unrelated, add "|priorafd=unrelated" to the prod template in the following manner: {{
Proposed deletion/dated|priorafd=unrelated}} and let the prod run its course.
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Prod and AfD on the same article | Check the article | Deprod. If the Prod was added after the AfD was begun, leave {{subst: deprod-reprod|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. Otherwise, consider leaving {{subst: adw|(pagename)}} ~~~~ to inform them of the AfD. |
Prod where a viable alternative to deletion exists | Non-notable albums may be merged or redirected to the artist article. Non-notable books may be merged or redirected to the author's article. In general, the first few links in an article's lead may be considered as good merge or redirect targets. | Merge or redirect the article yourself. Replace the prod tag with a merge proposal. Remove the prod tag and suggest a merge or redirect and proposed target(s) in the edit summary or article talk page. |
Prod on an article you don't want to have deleted | Evaluate the article and prod concern. | Deprod. Explain why on the article talk page. Optionally, leave {{subst: deprod-disagree|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. |
Prod on an article you feel may be too controversial to delete via prod | Evaluate the article and prod concern. | Deprod. Consider sending the article to afd. If you do, consider leaving {{subst: deprod-afd|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page; if not, consider {{subst: deprod-contro|(pagename)}} ~~~~ In either case, explain your reasoning on the article talk page. |
Prod left without using an edit summary | Check the edit history. | Leave {{subst: prod-summary}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. If you don't deprod, consider adding {{ prod2}} to the article and leave an edit summary to indicate that you endorse the prod. |
Prod concern suggests improvements. | Evaluate the article and prod concern. | If improvements would salvage the article, deprod and either improve, or leave tags such as {{ cleanup}} so that others can improve. |
Prod reason missing or inadequate for deletion. | Evaluate the prod reason. | If you don't disagree with the proposal, add {{ prod-2|(reason)}} below the {{ dated prod}} to give an additional reason. Consider leaving {{ prod-reason}} on the prodder's talk page. |
Prod on article someone worked hard on. | Evaluate the quality of the article. | Check the article creator's talk page to see if they've been notified. If not, leave {{subst: prodnote|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on their talk page to notify them about the proposal. |
Prod with multiple problems | Consider using {{subst: deprod-m|(pagename)|(message)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's talk page to inform them, where (message) is a further message. | |
Good prod | Evaluate prod concern, article, and check history and talk page for AfDs | Consider adding {{ prod-2}} to let others know someone has checked. |
Some words of caution. Use your judgement, but be careful. Specifically,
However, don't think that proposed deletion patrolling isn't worthwhile: it is! By doing this, we ease the burden of the admins, and we are especially more likely to do well at educating users when they have misunderstood prod or related policies. Also, while prod isn't designed for it, a prod tag on certain articles may be a call for improvement, and the encyclopedia may be improved through your attention.
Discussions about this project should take place on the talk page.
User:DumbBOT/ProdSummary | Pending PRODS sorted by date/time nominated. Includes nominator's concern. |
User:SDZeroBot/PROD sorting | PRODS sorted by subject area. Includes excerpt from the start of the article and nominator's concern |
User:SDZeroBot/PROD grid | Sortable list of prods. Includes date and excerpt from the start of the article |
Category:Proposed deletion | Index to various sub-categories, e.g. PRODS nominated on a given date |
Category:Proposed deletions without a talk page | Adding a talk page with projects might draw attention to these |
Category:Proposed deletions needing attention | PRODs with an error in the template |
Regular proposed deletion patrollers may wish to put the PROD patrol userbox on their user page by adding {{ User wikipedia/PROD Patrol}}:
|
The following are prod templates listed at Category:Proposed deletion-related templates:
If you are interested in proposed deletion patrolling, please add your name to the bottom of this list. Consider saying how often you plan to look at the proposed deletion articles. You can also add Category:WikiProject proposed deletion patrollers to your userpage to become part of the WikiProject proposed deletion patrollers.
This
WikiProject is believed to be semi-active. Although activity is slower than it once was, anyone is welcome to participate in the project. Remove the
|Semi-active parameter from this template if activity resumes or if this tag was changed in error. If almost no activity occurs in this WikiProject, consider replacing this tag with {{
WikiProject status|Inactive}}. |
If you would like training for reviewing new pages, please see WP:NPRSCHOOL |
For issues concerning the use of the Page Curation Tools please see Wikipedia:Page Curation and its related talk page. |
WikiProject proposed deletion patrolling works to patrol those articles listed in all articles proposed for deletion to assist in Wikipedia's proposed deletion process. Proposed deletion, unlike the normal deletion process, does not attract very much attention. Furthermore, the proposed deletion process can be confusing to editors who aren't familiar with it. The goal of this project is to not only encourage patrolling, but also to make it easier for all of us by sharing the workload. It's hard to know who else is patrolling proposed deletion, because articles that are de-prodded aren't visible.
See Wikipedia:Proposed deletion for the policy page. To summarize, proposed deletion may be used to delete articles where the deletion is not controversial, but where the article does not meet the speedy deletion criteria. Articles proposed for deletion can be deleted after seven days without further process if no one objects.
An article is proposed for deletion when an editor adds {{subst:prod|reason}} to the top of an article. This will add the {{ dated prod}} template, with the date filled in, to the top of the article. In order to contest a proposed deletion, just remove the {{ dated prod}} tag from the article. Some of the rules about proposed deletion:
To see the articles currently proposed for deletion, go to Category:Proposed deletion, one of the shortcuts redirecting there ( CAT:PROD, WP:APD, or WP:APFD), or the automated summary table Wikipedia:PRODSUM. Remember to include deprod in your edit summary when deprodding an article.
Prod status | How to check | What to do |
---|---|---|
Prod on a page other than an article. | Non-article page listed in category, or category has a subcategory | Deprod. Leave {{subst: deprod-article|(pagename)|(place to list)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. |
Prod re-added after being removed. | Check the edit history and talk page | Deprod. Leave {{subst: deprod-reprod|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. |
Prod on an article previously up for AfD, error message is displayed, page appears in Category:Proposed deletions needing attention | Determine if previous AfD relates to the proposed page or to a page previously published in the same title where the subject topics were not the same. | If prod and AfD are related, deprod and leave {{subst:
deprod-reprod|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. If prod and AfD are unrelated, add "|priorafd=unrelated" to the prod template in the following manner: {{
Proposed deletion/dated|priorafd=unrelated}} and let the prod run its course.
|
Prod and AfD on the same article | Check the article | Deprod. If the Prod was added after the AfD was begun, leave {{subst: deprod-reprod|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. Otherwise, consider leaving {{subst: adw|(pagename)}} ~~~~ to inform them of the AfD. |
Prod where a viable alternative to deletion exists | Non-notable albums may be merged or redirected to the artist article. Non-notable books may be merged or redirected to the author's article. In general, the first few links in an article's lead may be considered as good merge or redirect targets. | Merge or redirect the article yourself. Replace the prod tag with a merge proposal. Remove the prod tag and suggest a merge or redirect and proposed target(s) in the edit summary or article talk page. |
Prod on an article you don't want to have deleted | Evaluate the article and prod concern. | Deprod. Explain why on the article talk page. Optionally, leave {{subst: deprod-disagree|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. |
Prod on an article you feel may be too controversial to delete via prod | Evaluate the article and prod concern. | Deprod. Consider sending the article to afd. If you do, consider leaving {{subst: deprod-afd|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page; if not, consider {{subst: deprod-contro|(pagename)}} ~~~~ In either case, explain your reasoning on the article talk page. |
Prod left without using an edit summary | Check the edit history. | Leave {{subst: prod-summary}} ~~~~ on the prodder's User talk page. If you don't deprod, consider adding {{ prod2}} to the article and leave an edit summary to indicate that you endorse the prod. |
Prod concern suggests improvements. | Evaluate the article and prod concern. | If improvements would salvage the article, deprod and either improve, or leave tags such as {{ cleanup}} so that others can improve. |
Prod reason missing or inadequate for deletion. | Evaluate the prod reason. | If you don't disagree with the proposal, add {{ prod-2|(reason)}} below the {{ dated prod}} to give an additional reason. Consider leaving {{ prod-reason}} on the prodder's talk page. |
Prod on article someone worked hard on. | Evaluate the quality of the article. | Check the article creator's talk page to see if they've been notified. If not, leave {{subst: prodnote|(pagename)}} ~~~~ on their talk page to notify them about the proposal. |
Prod with multiple problems | Consider using {{subst: deprod-m|(pagename)|(message)}} ~~~~ on the prodder's talk page to inform them, where (message) is a further message. | |
Good prod | Evaluate prod concern, article, and check history and talk page for AfDs | Consider adding {{ prod-2}} to let others know someone has checked. |
Some words of caution. Use your judgement, but be careful. Specifically,
However, don't think that proposed deletion patrolling isn't worthwhile: it is! By doing this, we ease the burden of the admins, and we are especially more likely to do well at educating users when they have misunderstood prod or related policies. Also, while prod isn't designed for it, a prod tag on certain articles may be a call for improvement, and the encyclopedia may be improved through your attention.
Discussions about this project should take place on the talk page.
User:DumbBOT/ProdSummary | Pending PRODS sorted by date/time nominated. Includes nominator's concern. |
User:SDZeroBot/PROD sorting | PRODS sorted by subject area. Includes excerpt from the start of the article and nominator's concern |
User:SDZeroBot/PROD grid | Sortable list of prods. Includes date and excerpt from the start of the article |
Category:Proposed deletion | Index to various sub-categories, e.g. PRODS nominated on a given date |
Category:Proposed deletions without a talk page | Adding a talk page with projects might draw attention to these |
Category:Proposed deletions needing attention | PRODs with an error in the template |
Regular proposed deletion patrollers may wish to put the PROD patrol userbox on their user page by adding {{ User wikipedia/PROD Patrol}}:
|
The following are prod templates listed at Category:Proposed deletion-related templates:
If you are interested in proposed deletion patrolling, please add your name to the bottom of this list. Consider saying how often you plan to look at the proposed deletion articles. You can also add Category:WikiProject proposed deletion patrollers to your userpage to become part of the WikiProject proposed deletion patrollers.