User:Robert A West/UfD

Proposed text #3
Unreferenced. Any article which was created after this criterion was adopted that remains without any references 14 days after tagging may be speedily deleted. "References" here is to be interpreted broadly. If in doubt, don't use speedy deletion. You should add a note on the article creator's user talk page when an article has been tagged and when it has been deleted.


 * This does not apply to disambiguation pages and redirects

Notes:

 * "14 days" is intended to allow enough time for editors to see that the article they have written has been tagged and to find a reliable source to satisfy the criterion.
 * "created after this criterion was added". This CSD does not act retrospectively.
 * "14 days after tagging" is intended to reduce the possibility of biting. Tagging gives editors the warning and time to fix a problem. Allowing deletion any time after 14 days without a source would cause more good faith editors to become upset at the loss of their work without notice.
 * "Without any references" means that sourcing is not a question of how good an article's references are, but whether they exist at all. If the references, further reading and external links sections are blank and sources aren't mentioned in the text, then it would be eligible.  If the article is subject to questions concerning eligibility of sources and whether particular statements are covered by the provided sources, that is outside the scope of this policy.  The policy simply requires the article to have at least one reference, regardless of quality.
 * ""References" here is to be interpreted broadly" means references may be in-line citations, works in a reference section, external links, or mentions of a source in the text; questions of whether the references are adequate must be settled by discussion, normally at V, AfD or PROD.

Implementation

 * Tagged articles shall be listed in a central location as WP:PROD articles are now, to allow other editors to add references. The tag should be removed if and only if a reference is added.
 * Any article deleted under this criterion shall be undeleted if a reference is provided or if the article's creator agrees to add references shortly after undeletion; copies of the text should be made available in user-space at request.
 * Like other criteria for speedy deletion, this is carefully worded to ensure that "almost all articles that can be deleted using the rule, should be deleted, according to general consensus." Appeals to this rule shall satisfy all the restrictions agreed by consensus.
 * There are times when admins should ignore all rules; when doing so, they must ignore this one too.