New Zealand:Candidates for speedy deletion

Proposals for deletion of pages should be discussed on an appropriate Forum or Talk page unless there is a good reason why deletion should be speedy.

There are a few, limited, cases where pages may be deleted speedily. Non-admins can ask for an admin to delete such a page simply by adding a   tag, but a note to an active admin is desirable in case that edit is not noticed for a while.

A list of pages to be deleted can be found at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion.

Pages you want deleted that may not be speedily deleted should first be discussed at Forum:Proposed deletions.

When deleting, check the page history first to see if you can revert to an older version instead of deleting the entire page.

You can consider turning problematic pages into relevant redirects as an alternative to deletion.

Ideally, when an admin deletes a test page or other page with no useful content, it is a good idea to put a note on the author's talk page explaining things, and preserving the deleted content, pointing them to the sandbox in cases of tests.

Candidates for speedy deletion

 * 1) No meaningful content or history (e.g., random characters).
 * 2) Test pages (e.g., "Can I really create a page here?").
 * 3) Pure vandalism (see also dealing with vandalism).
 * 4) Very short pages with little or no context (e.g., "He is a funny man that has created Factory and the Hacienda. And, by the way, his wife is great.")
 * 5) Reposted content that was already deleted according to policy.
 * 6) Temporarily deleting a page in order to move a page.
 * 7) Broken redirects or ones caused by typos during a page move.
 * 8) Duplicate images.
 * 9) Talk pages of already deleted articles, although the material may be worth moving to somewhere else.
 * 10) User talk pages of non-logged in users where the message is no longer relevant. (This is to avoid confusing new users who happen to edit with that same IP address.)
 * 11) Empty categories if the creator has been consulted and/or no value in the category is seen. If the category name might inadvertently be used again, consider using template:category redirect instead.
 * 12) User and talk pages on request of the user, where there is no significant abuse, and no administrative need to retain the page.