Help:Deletion - Revision history

Darkfire: Clarification

2020-07-27T19:16:37Z

Clarification

TiMan: /* Fixed a typo and shortened an example, as the last part of the example doesn't really add to it. */

2020-07-27T18:13:56Z

Fixed a typo and shortened an example, as the last part of the example doesn't really add to it.

TiMan: /* Removed TOC */

2020-07-27T17:49:36Z

Removed TOC

Darkfire: Added some criteria, divided them into sections

2020-07-27T17:41:44Z

Added some criteria, divided them into sections

Darkfire: Added a "how to add a deletion notice"

2020-07-27T17:11:20Z

Added a "how to add a deletion notice"

TiMan at 08:40, 22 July 2020

2020-07-22T08:40:45Z

TiMan at 17:29, 21 July 2020

2020-07-21T17:29:06Z

TiMan at 14:51, 18 July 2020

2020-07-18T14:51:11Z

TiMan: /* Example formatting */

2020-07-17T12:09:07Z

Example formatting

TiMan: /* Added an example */

2020-07-17T10:05:35Z

Added an example

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 == Criteria for Deletion ==
-These lists are not comprehensive and common sense should be used.
+These lists are not exhaustive and common sense should be used.
 ===Article Contents===
-These are guidelines for content that should be removed from articles. If necessary for the integrity of an article, it is heavily suggested to replace these with original content.
+These are guidelines for content that should be removed from articles.
 * Parts of the text which do not pertain to its topic. A frequent example is community tutorials which feature the author's opinion pieces and contact information.
 * Text fragments created to attack individuals, games, or companies.
 * Anything offensive or vulgar in nature.
 ===Entire Articles===

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-Some articles or images may be candidates for deletion if they do not meet Wiki standards or conform to wiki guidelines. Content may be deleted if it is vulgar or offensive, unrelated to FG's games (and their mods) and their development, or meets other criteria for deletion.
+Some articles or images may be candidates for deletion if they do not meet Wiki standards or conform to wiki guidelines. Content may be deleted if it is vulgar or offensive, unrelated to Frictional Games or user created content, or meets other criteria for deletion.
 == Criteria for Deletion ==
-These lists are not exhaustive and common sense should be used.
+These lists are not comprehensive and common sense should be used.
 ===Article Contents===
 These are guidelines for content that should be removed from articles. If necessary for the integrity of an article, it is heavily suggested to replace these with original content.
 * Any images that don't meet the [[Help:Image Use Policy|Image use policy]].
 * Anything which is not fair use. For example: copyrighted text that has been pasted or quoted without crediting the author.
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 * Articles which do not cover any aspect of development or any relevant games or mods. An article about someone's school or a random video game would fall into this category.
 * Articles which have been created for the sake of vandalism.
 * Copies of existing articles.
 == Suggesting an Article for Deletion ==

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 '''An administrator will review the content and determine if it should be deleted.'''
 [[Category:Wiki]]
 [[Category:Help]]

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 ← [[Help:Contents]]
-Some articles or images may be candidates for deletion if they do not meet Wiki standards or conform to wiki guidelines. Content may be deleted if it is vulgar or offensive, unrelated to Steam applications and their development, or meets other criteria for deletion.
+Some articles or images may be candidates for deletion if they do not meet Wiki standards or conform to wiki guidelines. Content may be deleted if it is vulgar or offensive, unrelated to FG's games (and their mods) and their development, or meets other criteria for deletion.
 == Criteria for Deletion ==
-These are guidelines for articles that should be deleted. This list is not comprehensive and common sense should be used.
+===Entire Articles===
 * Articles which do not cover any aspect of development or any relevant games or mods. An article about someone's school or a random video game would fall into this category.
 * Articles which have been created for the sake of vandalism.
-* Articles created to attack individuals, games, or companies.
+* Copies of existing articles.
-* An article about a mod you are thinking about making but don't have a team or any content for.
+* Articles made for purposes of self-promotion. User pages are an exception to this.
-* Anything offensive or vulgar in nature.
+* Articles which contain too little information to justify their existance, but don't qualify as [[Help:Stubs|stubs]]. This means that nothing substantial can be added to them. For example, narrow-scoped tutorials of practices already explained in broader terms elsewhere: "Using looping timers to replenish lantern oil".
 == Suggesting an Article for Deletion ==

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 == Suggesting an Article for Deletion ==
-'''''Only Administrators can delete articles and files.''''' Normal users must add a [[Template:Delete|delete]] template tag to mark an article or file that might deserve deletion. Example:
+'''''Only Administrators can delete articles and files.''''' Normal users must add a [[Template:Delete|delete]] template tag to mark an article or file that might deserve deletion.
-{{delete|It contains offensive content.}}
+To mark an article for deletion, put the template along with your reason in the page's wikitext:
-An administrator will review the content and determine if it should be deleted.
+<pre>{{delete|It contains offensive content.}}</pre>
 [[Category:Wiki]]
 [[Category:Help]]

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