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Wikipedia has several methods of deleting pages and media. Certain content may qualify as a candidate for speedy deletion. If not, an administrator may delete content within seven days if no one objects using the proposal process. Otherwise, a user may put it up for discussion on one of the pages listed below.

Contents 1 List of deletion discussions 2 List of deletion reviews 3 Related noticeboards 4 Prerequisites 5 Search all deletion discussions 6 See also

[edit] List of deletion discussions

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion - all encyclopedia articles except for redirects
• Wikipedia:Templates for discussion - all templates except for stub types and userboxes
• Wikipedia:Files for deletion - all images, audio, and video
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion - all categories except for stub types (categories that need renaming or merging are also listed here)
• Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion - all redirects
• Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion - categories and templates used for categorizing stubs
• Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion - all user pages, Wikipedia: namespace pages, portals, userboxes and any non-mainspace page that doesn't fit into the other categories

[edit] List of deletion reviews

• Wikipedia:Deletion review - Debates on undeletion of deleted pages and disputes over deletion-debate decisions

[edit] Related noticeboards

• Wikipedia:Copyright problems - Articles, music, and video with copyright issues are listed here and deleted after a while.
• Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images - Images with copyright/licensing issues are listed here.

[edit] Prerequisites

The following are good things to know before participating in a deletion discussion:

• Wikipedia:Deletion policy
• Wikipedia:Deletion process
• Wikipedia:Guide to deletion

[edit] Search all deletion discussions

Note: to limit search to only title of the page, enter search term preceded with intitle: example, to search for the word battleships in the full text, just enter:

battleships

to search for battleships specifically in the title of the page, enter:

intitle:battleships

to search for navy in the full text, but battleships specifically in the title, enter:

navy intitle:battleships

[edit] See also

• Alternative outlets to recreate deleted articles
• Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions
• Deletion and deletionism
• Deletion guidelines for administrators
• Deletion policy
• Deletion precedents
• Deletion process
• Deletion review
• Deletion review guide
• Guide to deletion
• Introduction to deletion process
• Undeletion policy