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See How to use this page for the official rules of this page, guidelines for Speedy Deletion and Speedy Renaming, and how to do cleanup.

Deletion of a category may mean that the articles and images in it are directly put in its parent category, or that another subdivision of the parent category is made. If they are already members of more suitable categories, it may also mean that they become a member of one less category.

Deletion Tools

Articles ( howto / log )

{{subst:afd}}
{{subst:afd2|pg=|text=}}
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Templates ( howto / log )

{{tfd|}} {{subst:tfdnotice|}}
{{subst:tfd2||vote=|text=}}

Images ( howto / log )

{{ifd}} {{subst:idw|}}
{{subst:ifd2|image=|uploader=}}
AB CV NE NS OB OF OR UE

Categories ( howto / log / C )

{{cfd}} {{subst:cfd2||text=}}
{{cfr|}} {{cfm|}} {{subst:cfr2|||text=}}
{{cfdu|SEC}} {{cfru|NEW|SEC}}
====[[:SEC]]==== {{cfd-article|}}

Stub types

{{sfd-t}} {{sfd-c}} {{sfd-r}}

Miscellaneous {{md1}}
Copyvios {{copyvio}}
Deletion review
Mergers

{{merge}}
{{mergeto}} {{mergefrom}}
{{mergedisputed}}
{{merging}}
{{afd-mergeto}}
{{afd-mergefrom}}

Redirects {{rfd}}
Page moves

{{move}}
{{moveoptions}}
{{CapitalMove}}

Speedy {{delete}} {{db}}

Patent {{nonsense}}
Empty {{empty}}
Vanity {{db-bio}}
Attacks {{db-attack}}
Copyvios {{db-copyvio}}
{{db-repost}}

Unfree images

{{pui}} {{PUIdisputed}}
{{nonfreedelete}}
{{no source}} {{no license}}
{{or-fu-re}} {{or-fu-nr}}

{{Move to Wiktionary}}
{{Move to Wikisource}}
{{Move to Wikibooks}}
{{Move to Wikibooks Cookbook}}
{{Move to Wikiquote}}

Deletion policy / log / watchlist


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Redirecting categories

It is our general policy to delete categories that do not have articles in them. Unlike articles, categories are mostly for internal use only. If they don't have any articles, they shouldn't have any links from any articles or any other categories, because they are not useful for navigation and classification.

However, some categories frequently have articles assigned to them accidentally, or are otherwise re-created over and over again. In these cases, we use a form of "soft" redirection.

Categories cannot be redirected using "hard" redirects (#REDIRECT [[target]]) due to flaws in the MediaWiki software. Instead, just use Template:Categoryredirect. NekoDaemon (talk • contribs) will occasionally patrol these categories and move articles out of them and into the redirect targets automatically.

You can see a list of redirected categories in Category:Wikipedia category redirects.

Special notes

Some categories may be listed in Category:Categories for deletion but accidentally not be listed here.

See also meta-discussion going on at Wikipedia talk:Categories for deletion phrases regarding the content of the {{cfd}} template, and about advisory/non-advisory phrases to be used on this "Categories for deletion" page.

Anonymous users may nominate and comment on proceedings, just as in VfD. Votes from anonymous or new users may be discounted if they lack edit history. See Wikipedia:Suffrage and WP:SOCK for details.

Categories relating to stub articles should not be nominated here, but should be taken to Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion.

When nominating a category, it's helpful to add a notice on the talk page of the most-closely related article. Doing so would not only extend an additional courtesy, but possibly also bring in editors who know more about the subject at hand. You can use {{cfd-article}} for this.

Centralized discussions
Discussions
Straw polls
Recently concluded

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Stub categories for deletion

Main page: Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion

Discussions

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Unresolved after seven days

See /unresolved.

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Cleanup overhead

Bots

Bots task pages are listed below. Tasks on those pages are being handled by the bot, and may or may not also be listed below.

Discussions moved off-page

Please see:

To be emptied or moved

Editors: Please take care to note whether or not the discussion suggests the category may need to be split among multiple destination categories, if the category should be converted into a list, or if there are any other special circumstances that preclude a bot from blindly implementing the decision.

The following categories meet the requirements 1) for deletion but are not empty, or 2) for renaming/moving. You can still review discussions, which have been moved to archive pages (in particularly controversial cases, discussion may be left intact on this page instead). This section is meant to be a summary with no discussion. Some cleanup links have been moved to bots task pages listed above. Please link to the per-day page that has the discussion on it.

Move/Merge and delete

From speedy

(none at this time)


From regular debates




Empty and delete

Please link to the per-day page that has the discussion on it.


Delete me

The below meet the eligibility requirements for deletion at the top of this page. These categories have been de-populated, and any documentation of this decision taken care of. Admins may delete these categories at will (do not delete the log page). If there is a particular category which is replacing the deleted category (if redundant, misspelled, etc.) as noted below, that should be mentioned in the deletion log entry.

The category to be deleted is listed first, followed by the proper category that renders it obsolete. Please link to the per-day page that has the discussion on it.

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