Elite Dangerous Wiki:Candidates for speedy deletion

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 {{speedydelete}} tag.

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

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.

Examples of 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.
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. Pages whose useful content has been moved to an appropriate local page, after checking that the history and attribution are preserved and a redirect is not needed.
7. Temporarily deleting a page in order to move a page.
8. Broken redirects or ones caused by typos during a page move.
9. Duplicate images.
10. Talk pages of already deleted articles.
11. 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.)
12. Empty categories.
13. User and talk pages on request of the user, where there is no significant abuse, and no administrative need to retain the page.

Applying the examples

Use these examples for clear cases, with an explanation that another editor can check. A brief but meaningful game article, an article awaiting sources or a disputed interpretation normally needs improvement or discussion. An obvious duplicate image may still have different usage, licence details or history; check those before removing it.

Use a reason relevant to Elite Dangerous Wiki. Numbered criteria imported in a template example do not create a local deletion rule. If an editor raises a substantive objection, ask an administrator to assess it under Project:Deletion policy. Do not republish private information or suspected copyright infringements in a deletion explanation.