Wikipedia:Update/1/Deletion policy changes, December 2008 to June 2009


 * Criteria for speedy deletion
 * Added to WP:CSD: "The criterion does apply if the claim of signficiance [sic] or importance given is not credible."
 * Added to WP:CSD: [Images] "(or other media files)"
 * Added to WP:CSD: [Blatant infringements should be tagged with] "the template (or, for image files," [the  template)]


 * Deletion policy
 * In WP:DEL, changed one link from user to user
 * A couple of references to GFDL were updated to match our new licensing policy
 * Added to WP:DEL: List of policies to cite in deletion debates


 * Oversight
 * Removed two usernames and moved another
 * Added pointer to oversight-l


 * Category deletion policy
 * Changed "five days" to "seven days" throughout


 * Criteria for speedy deletion
 * Changed the lead section substantially
 * Added to WP:CSD: "and blatant hoaxes"
 * Added to WP:CSD: link to the proposal called WP:RECREATE
 * In WP:CSD, changed "has never existed or has been deleted" to "does not exist"
 * Added to WP:CSD: "Files licensed under versions of the GFDL prior to 1.3, without allowing for later versions, may be deleted."
 * Removed from WP:CSD: "The image is under a valid free license or public domain. Non-free images should not be deleted under this criterion, because they are not allowed on Commons. Instead, the copy on Commons should be deleted."


 * Deletion policy
 * Changed 5 days to 7 days throughout; the standard duration for deletion discussions of all kinds is now 7 days
 * Added to See also: link to the proposal called WP:RECREATE


 * Office actions
 * Minor wording changes


 * Oversight
 * The entire page was expanded and rewritten.


 * Criteria for speedy deletion
 * Changed "Blatant advertising" to "Unambiguous advertising or promotion", and other occurrences of "blatant" were also changed to "unambiguous".
 * Added to WP:CSD: "The image is under a valid free license or public domain. Non-free images should not be deleted under this criterion, because they are not allowed on Commons. Instead, the copy on Commons should be deleted.", and also "... (the upload history is not necessary if the image is in the public domain, although it is still recommended)."


 * Proposed deletion
 * The 5-day deadline was changed to a 7-day deadline


 * Oversight
 * The page was largely rewritten.


 * Criteria for speedy deletion
 * Added: "For requests to hide the contents of edit summaries, see Oversight."
 * Removed from WP:CSD: "Talk pages of anonymous users may be deleted if all of the specific criteria are satisfied." (Another similar sentence was also removed.)
 * Added to WP:CSD: pointer to Cross-namespace redirects
 * Added: "DO NOT DELETE PROTECTED IMAGES, even if there is an identical copy on Commons. They are usually locally uploaded and protected here since they are used in the interface or in some widely used high-risk template."
 * Added to WP:CSD: "[In order to alert administrators that a page meets one of the criteria for speedy deletion, place one of the following relevant templates at the top of the page] (within  for templates)."
 * Added to See also: essay, Deletion of pages under construction


 * Oversight
 * Added: "[The permission is granted ...] and beginning in February 2009 with a community election following vetting by the arbitration committee ..."
 * Added: "A description of the current and historical processes for appointing new Oversighters can be found at CheckUser/Appointments; the process is the same for both."
 * Small change to the list of oversighters


 * Proposed deletion
 * Changed "only articles" to "only articles, lists, and disambiguation pages"


 * Criteria for speedy deletion
 * Removed from WP:CSD: "Administrators deleting such pages should not quote the content of the page in the deletion summary"
 * In WP:CSD, changed the listing of the namespaces
 * Shortened WP:CSD and several other F sections.
 * Removed from WP:CSD: "When nominating a template for speedy deletion, surround the speedy deletion tag with &lt;noinclude&gt;&lt;/noinclude&gt;, so that pages that use the nominated template do not themselves get listed as candidates for speedy deletion."
 * Repealed criterion T1.
 * Added See also links: Category:CSD warning templates, Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, Template messages/User talk namespace (Grid of warning messages)


 * Oversight
 * Updated WP:Oversight


 * Attack page
 * Added: "This is especially important if the page contains biographical material about a living person."


 * Criteria for speedy deletion
 * Added to WP:CSD: "Talk pages of anonymous users may be deleted under this reason only if all of the specific criteria from WP:OLDIP are true."
 * Added to WP:CSD: "Both the page title and page content may be taken into account in assessing an attack."
 * Added to WP:CSD, "[to tag images for forthcoming deletion,] or  if a new image has superseded it."
 * Un-deprecated WP:CSD: "Templates in "Template:" namespace that are divisive and inflammatory. General criterion 10 may also apply."
 * Added: "IP user talk pages may be deleted only if all of the specific criteria from WP:OLDIP are true. Reasons based on ... Obscure topics ... are not valid reasons for speedy deletion."
 * Added to See also: Criteria for speedy deletion/Overturned speedy deletions


 * Deletion policy
 * Added to WP:DEL: "For simple image undeletions, try ImageUndeleteRequest"


 * Oversight
 * Changed "Oversighted edits differ from normal deletion performed by administrators, since once removed, they cannot be seen even by administrators, nor can they easily be restored to the database." to "When using the oversight function on an edit, it is possible to supress the text of a revision, the username of a contributor, and the edit summary of a contribution, or any combination thereof. It is also possible to completely supress the revision from being viewed by anyone except other users with the Oversight permission. In this way it differs from normal administrator deletion."
 * Reworded: "All other oversighted revisions remain viewable by every user, minus the offending material that was removed.
 * Updated list of oversighters
 * Removed WP:OVERSIGHT and part of WP:OVERSIGHT


 * Criteria for speedy deletion
 * Added to WP:CSD: "[These abbreviations can be confusing to new editors] (or anyone else unfamiliar with this page)"
 * Tweaked definitions of G1, G6, G8, A7, A9, I9, and U1, and deprecated T1.
 * Changed "Articles that seem to have obviously non-notable subjects are only eligible for speedy deletion if the article does not assert the importance or significance of its subject." to "Articles that seem to have obviously non-notable subjects are eligible for speedy deletion only if the article does not give a reasonable indication of why the subject might be important or significant."


 * Deletion policy
 * Added to WP:DEL: "[Where to find them:] ... Possibly unfree images"


 * Oversight
 * Updated list of oversighters
 * Added "This includes hiding revisions made by editors who were accidentally logged out and thus inadvertently revealed their own IP addresses."