User:Forenti/Jobs/Speedy Deletion

Speedy deletion is a task that is commonly performed on Wikipedia. It is basically the marking of newly-added articles that are not suitable for Wikipedia, so that they may be checked by an administrator before being deleted.

Markup
Various templates are used to mark whether an article should be deleted and for what reason. A list of the templates and their markup can be found here. Generally, they are in the format of, with section being the section of the criteria for speedy deletion the article belongs under.

Removal of speedy deletion template by editor
If the speedy deletion template is removed by the only editor, place the original template on the page and place a template deletion warning on the editor's talk page.

Query raised here.

Links

 * New pages
 * Speedy deletion templates