My Time at Sandrock Wiki:Deletion policy

The deletion policy is a policy regarding the deletion of any type of article, category, image, media, blog, discussion, comment, userspace, message wall, or other types of content or namespaces. This policy outlines when and what should be deleted. Deletion may refer to removal of illegitimate content on any part of a namespace, or complete deletion.

Wiki maintenance can still be performed without reasoning, as long as the maintenance does not affect any part of the wiki.

All deletions are under the discretion of the moderator or administrator.

Guidelines
All guidelines listed under Policies apply. All namespaces apply, regardless of what is stated on each guideline.


 * Malicious articles or comments are subject to immediate removal without discussion
 * Any malicious intents added on legitimate articles must be removed immediately; the legitimate article should not be deleted. Any article created for the sole intention of violating the wiki policies must be immediately deleted. Malicious intents include but are not limited to: spam, vandalism, trolling, inappropriate content and/or files, plagiarism, vulgarity, or illicit advertising. In regards to the severity of the article or comment's malicious intents, all violators may be blocked according to the blocking policy.


 * Spam articles include...
 * Spam articles must be promptly removed. Spam articles can be considered as, but not limited to: irrelevance; self-promotion (non-My Time at Portia user content) outside of userspace; intentional trolling; blank/empty or illegitimate/false article, inaccuracy; gibberish or nonsense; inappropriate content and/or files; illicit advertising.


 * All user content cannot be outside of the userspace
 * Under no circumstances should any user content extend outside of the userspace. All user content must stay in the userspace. At this time, My Time at Portia Wiki does not support voice-actor articles.


 * Mark for deletion
 * Use Template:Delete to add a candidate for deletion at the top of the article. To use the template, add  . Comments do not need the template.


 * Good faith articles must have a discussion
 * Articles created under good faith should have a civilized discussion to determine the outcome of the article: to keep, alter, move, or delete. The involved parties should be notified as well. If at least one involved party does not partake in the discussion within at least three days since creation, the article can be altered, moved, or deleted. Good faith articles should be marked for deletion.


 * Provide a reason for deletion
 * When deleting any type of content or namespace, a reason should be provided to make clarification to any viewing parties. Reasons allow users to understand why such content or namespace was deleted. Use the dropdown to choose a reason that makes sense.


 * Malicious content in the reasoning box must be removed
 * When providing a reason, the article or comment's content remains visible. All malicious content should be removed from the reasoning box.


 * Discussion policy applies
 * The discussion policy applies to all article comments, blogs, Discussion, forums, message walls, or any other form of discussion.

What links here
What links here is a special page that lists all pages on the wiki that links to the viewing page. Remember to check all links and remove them to prevent red-links or broken templates.

After all pages have been removed on the special page, the page can be deleted.

What to delete

 * Violation of wiki policies
 * Malicious intentions on any namespace
 * User content outside of userspace
 * Advertisement
 * Illegitimate articles or comments
 * Duplicate
 * Plagiarism
 * Per discussion policy, such as:
 * Spam comments
 * Unhelpful or irrelevant comments
 * Obsolete images, videos, categories, templates

When to delete
The following are examples that should help determine when to delete:
 * Malicious intentions - immediate removal, no discussion required
 * Advertisement - immediate removal, no discussion required
 * User content outside of userspace - immediate removal, with notification to involved parties
 * Plagiarism - immediate removal, with notification to involved parties
 * Spam comments - immediate removal, no discussion required
 * Duplicate - at least three days, with discussion
 * Good faith - at least three days, with notification to involved parties
 * Obsolete - unused files, categories, or templates can be deleted as part of wiki maintenance
 * Wiki maintenance - can be removed any time as long as any part of the wiki is not affected, also checking What links here
 * Comment maintenance - can be removed after 3 months, if the comment is no longer relevant in regards to the discussion policy