Wikipedia:Update/1/Deletion policy changes during May 2009


 * 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.