On Wikipedia, many pages are deleted every day, as per their deletion policy. This blog will help you understand why your Wikipedia page might get removed and what you can do about a deletion that you disagree with.? There are many reasons why your Wikipedia page might be deleted, these included, but are not limited to the following:
- If your content meets at least one of the criteria for speedy deletion.
- The content you have uploaded violates copyrights and/or includes other material that violates Wikipedia?s non-free content criteria.
- It included vandalism, or if it exists solely to depreciate the subject.
- It is composed entirely of patent nonsense i.e. gibberish or has many redirecting links.
- It includes advertising or some other kind of spam without any relevant content.
- If the article cannot be attributed to reliable sources, and if they contain hoaxes or even original theories and conclusions. The page gets deleted when multiple attempts to find reliable sources to verify them fail.
- If it breaches Wikipedia?s policy on the biographies of living persons.
- If it includes files that are unused or violate the non-free policy of Wikipedia.
- If it contains any other content that is not suitable for an encyclopedia.
- An editor sees your article and feels that it does not belong on Wikipedia.
- They nominate the article for deletion, along with an explanation of why they think it is inappropriate for the site.
- Other editors respond to the nomination:
- In the AfD or Articles for Deletion process, the editors (including you) may agree- indicated with support/delete- or disagree-indicated with oppose/keep- or even suggest other alternatives to deletion such as merging it or redirecting it to another article.
- In the PROD process, the editors may agree or disagree. If your article is nominated for this process and you disagree with it, you need to indicate why you object to deletion in the edit summary.
- After discussion, the administrators will evaluate the responses and then take action as required.
- Don?t panic. Deletion is not automatic, it is a process. Unless your article meets the criteria for speedy deletion, your page will not be deleted immediately.
- Many established users have had their pages nominated for deletion. People will try to reason about whether the article you have uploaded is worthy of being on Wikipedia. Pay attention to the reasons given in the nomination. If you cannot understand something, ask for an explanation. Address the reasons given and refute them as best as you can (backing them up with reliable sources) and try to improve your article accordingly. If others are making you feel that the deletion is personal, request them to stay civil. Refrain from making any personal attacks.