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Certainly. Deletion on Wikipedia is performed in accordance with the deletion policy. There are three main avenues for deletion on Wikipedia: speedy deletion, proposed deletion, and deletion discussions. Deletion can occur for a number of reasons. I suppose the most basic and fundamental reason to delete an article is if the article is not suitable for an encyclopedia. But different editors have different opinions on what is suitable and what isn't. Thus, notability was established. A lack of notability is probably the largest reason articles are deleted on Wikipedia. Generally, a subject is presumed notable for a standalone Wikipedia article if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. If a subject has not received this significant coverage, it is assumed that a quality, well-researched article cannot be written about the subject, and the article is deleted. A notability concern will usually go through the deletion discussions avenue, but if the issue is so obvious that it is believed no editor would oppose it, the proposed deletion process is used instead.

In addition to notability, articles can be deleted for other reasons too. Wikipedia is free content, meaning anyone can use and distribute its text for any purpose, subject to certain terms and conditions. Plagiarism and copyright infringement is therefore unacceptable, and any article that is unambiguously a copyright violation of another source may be speedily deleted from Wikipedia (see WP:CSD). There are some more obvious reasons for deleting an article: nonsense, vandalism, blatant hoaxes, blatant advertising, and attack pages can be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. See the criteria for speedy deletion and valid reasons for deletion.

From my experience, I think the most common subjects of articles that get nominated for deletion are probably people and organizations. Many new editors on Wikipedia will start by trying to write an article about themselves or about their company. This is discouraged for a number of reasons; namely, conflict of interest. Very few people and companies receive the significant coverage required for notability. There is actually a speedy deletion criterion that says if an article about a real person, an organization, an event, an animal, or a piece of web content does not have a credible claim of significance or importance, it may be speedily deleted without discussion. Schools and educational institutions are exempt from this criterion, because there is a longstanding precedent that high schools and degree-awarding universities are significant in their respective communities, and will almost always meet notability guidelines.

We have a page at Articles for deletion/Common outcomes that lists common outcomes and trends that occur at deletion discussions for specific topic areas. You may find that helpful. I hope this rather lengthy rundown of Wikipedia deletion has been helpful to you. Thank you for your contributions! Mz7 (talk) 22:20, 7 May 2014 (UTC)