Wikipedia:Experimental Deletion/XD5

=XD5=

eXperimental Deletion method XD5 is a slight variation to XD2, and uses templates and categories.

Instructions

 * 1) Add the template reason
 * 2) Do not blank the page.
 * 3) Done!
 * 4) If the template remains on any page for N days, the page may be deleted by an admin

Variations

 * (N presently set to five, which is arbitrary)

Pro&Con

 * You can look up pages deleted in this way in Category:XD5
 * You can also look by day, e.g. Category:XD5 26 August 2005 to find out what's new there.
 * Suggested reason for deletion is clear and obvious.
 * Interested users can still quickly read the article to consider if it's worth restoring.
 * Pages deleted in this way do become redlinked, eventually.
 * Other Pros and cons are as yet unknown. Try it out and report back on the talk page!
 * Requires no software changes.
 * No extra server load for thresholds, and doesn't interfere with Special:Shortpages

Similar proposals

 * Oct2005 - Deletion reform/Proposals/Uncontested deletions (active)
 * Aug2005 - Deletion_reform/Proposals/Butt_simple (inactive)