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=== Usage === | === Usage === | ||
Only administrators can delete pages. Other users should instead use this template to propose a page for deletion. It can also be used to propose one section of a larger page for deletion. | |||
<pre>{{Delete| | You should cite a brief reason in the first argument, and can expand in the article's discussion page. Don't clear the page's content except where it's obviously spam. | ||
<pre>{{Delete|Reason.}}</pre> | |||
Users are welcome to argue against deletion. You can override the default discussion page with a second argument to the template: | Users are welcome to argue against deletion. You can override the default discussion page with a second argument to the template: | ||
<pre>{{Delete| | <pre>{{Delete|Reason.|Talk:Alternative Page}}</pre> | ||
Flagged pages can be found in [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Delete]]. | Flagged pages can be found in [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Delete]]. | ||
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will produce: | will produce: | ||
{ | <center> | ||
{|style="width: 48em; padding:2px; margin:0; margin-bottom:10px; background-color:#f1f1de; border:1px solid #cc9; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 0.5em; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 1em; border-radius-bottomright: 0.5em; border-radius-bottomleft: 1em; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 0.5em; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 1em;" | |||
|<div style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"> [[Image:Tango-user-trash-full.png|48px|left|link=]] This material is proposed for deletion ... </div><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 87%;">Message. | |||
([[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|Discuss]])<br />Make sure [[Special:WhatLinksHere/{{FULLPAGENAME}}|no other pages link here]] and check [[Special:PageHistory/{{FULLPAGENAME}}|the page's history]] before deleting.</p> | |||
|}</center> | |||
<hr> | <hr> | ||
</noinclude><includeonly><center> | </noinclude><includeonly><center> | ||
{|style="width: | {|style="width: 48em; padding:2px; margin:0; margin-bottom:10px; background-color:#f1f1de; border:1px solid #cc9; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 0.5em; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 1em; border-radius-bottomright: 0.5em; border-radius-bottomleft: 1em; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 0.5em; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 1em;" | ||
|<div style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"> [[Image: | |<div style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"> [[Image:Tango-user-trash-full.png|48px|left|link=]] This material is proposed for deletion ... </div><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 87%;">{{{1|}}} | ||
([[{{{2|{{TALKPAGENAME}}}}}|Discuss]])</p> | ([[{{{2|{{TALKPAGENAME}}}}}|Discuss]])<br />Make sure [[Special:WhatLinksHere/{{FULLPAGENAME}}|no other pages link here]] and check [[Special:PageHistory/{{FULLPAGENAME}}|the page's history]] before deleting.</p> | ||
|}</center></includeonly> | |}</center>[[Category:Articles for deletion]]</includeonly> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:56, 21 December 2023
Template Documentation for Delete
This page is a template and should only be used as part of other articles. For more information, read Help:Template.
Please do not experiment with this template; you could ruin all pages using this template. If you want to edit this template, copy the text to Template:Sandbox, edit and test it there, and copy it back when it works.
Feel free to voice your opinion regarding this template.This template proposes a page or section for deletion.
Usage
Only administrators can delete pages. Other users should instead use this template to propose a page for deletion. It can also be used to propose one section of a larger page for deletion.
You should cite a brief reason in the first argument, and can expand in the article's discussion page. Don't clear the page's content except where it's obviously spam.
{{Delete|Reason.}}
Users are welcome to argue against deletion. You can override the default discussion page with a second argument to the template:
{{Delete|Reason.|Talk:Alternative Page}}
Flagged pages can be found in Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Delete.
Example
{{Delete|Message.}}
will produce:
 Message.
(Discuss) |