Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Old submissions
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This page is a central location to coordinate the review and deletion of old declined AfC submissions that meet certain criteria. It exists to facilitate implementation of the consensus reached here.
Criteria
[edit]An AfC submission page may be deleted under speedy deletion criterion G6 (routine housekeeping) if and only if it meets the following criteria:
- It is a single-article submission page and not a daily log page;
- It contains a declined AfC submission and is categorized in Category:Declined AfC submissions;
- It was declined at least six months ago; and
- It was declined for one of the following reasons, and the reason should be noted in the deletion summary:
- Certain general speedy deletion criteria
- Nonsense (corresponds to criterion G1)
- Test page (corresponds to criterion G2)
- Vandalism or a blatant hoax (corresponds to criterion G3)
- Attack page (corresponds to criterion G10)
- Unambiguous advertising or promotion (corresponds to criterion G11)
- Copyright infringement (corresponds to criterion G12)
- Certain article speedy deletion criteria
- No context (corresponds to criterion A1)
- No content (corresponds to criterion A3)
- Duplicates an existing article (corresponds to criterion A10)
- Other criteria
- Humorous, not factual
- Certain general speedy deletion criteria
AfC submission pages that contain harmful content and meet one of the general speedy deletion criteria, such as vandalism, attack pages, and copyright violations, may be deleted under the appropriate general speedy deletion criteria.
Dated categories
[edit]As of 7 November 2024, pages in the following dated categories, or their subcategories, with titles that start with Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/... may satisfy the criteria above. If you would like to take upon yourself the checking of one of these categories in whole or in part, you may do so by adding your username in a comment after the category link.
- 2008
- Category:AfC submissions by date/July 2008 - being checked by User:Example (comment is for demonstration purposes only)
- Category:AfC submissions by date/August 2008 - being checked by User:Example (comment is for demonstration purposes only)
- Category:AfC submissions by date/September 2008 - being checked by User:Example2 (comment is for demonstration purposes only)
- Category:AfC submissions by date/October 2008
- Category:AfC submissions by date/November 2008
- Category:AfC submissions by date/December 2008
- 2009
- Category:AfC submissions by date/January 2009
- Category:AfC submissions by date/February 2009
- Category:AfC submissions by date/March 2009
- Category:AfC submissions by date/April 2009
- Category:AfC submissions by date/May 2009
- Category:AfC submissions by date/June 2009
- Category:AfC submissions by date/July 2009
Requests for deletion
[edit]Option 1
[edit]Any editor who finds an AfC submission page that meets the criteria for deletion listed above but is unable (i.e., any editor who is not an administrator) or unwilling to personally delete that page, or who would like a second opinion about whether a page meets the criteria, may list the page for deletion in this section. Please use this page to request deletion of AfC submission pages in lieu of speedy deletion tags so as not to inundate Category:Candidates for speedy deletion with AfC submission pages.
After a page is listed here, it may be deleted at any time once it is confirmed to meet the criteria above.
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Abdul Mohammed - attack page (example for demonstration purposes)
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ABCom - copyright infringement (example for demonstration purposes)
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/1950s in Sports - no content (example for demonstration purposes)
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/1million billions 1000000000000000 - humorous (example for demonstration purposes)
Option 2
[edit]Please list any AfC submission pages that meet the criteria for deletion indicated above in this section. If no editor objects to the proposed deletion with 48 hours, the page may be deleted by any administrator.
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Abdul Mohammed - attack page (example for demonstration purposes)
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ABCom - copyright infringement (example for demonstration purposes)
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/1950s in Sports - no content (example for demonstration purposes)
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/1million billions 1000000000000000 - humorous (example for demonstration purposes)