ESB:Proposals/Deletion policies (revision 3)/voting

	Proposal Archive The following proposal has been discussed and is now marked as resolved. The page has been protected and now serves as an archive. Do not edit this page. Date Resolved: March 26, 2017 Result: Passed; unanimous support after 3 days.

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Proposal

I'm proposing a few minor changes to the deletion policy:

V. Deletion

A. General (revised September 19, 2016)

1. The requests for deletion process is an optional process; administrators can delete anything they believe is necessary.
2. If there is any controversy over deleting a certain page, abstain from a deletion war, do not delete the page, and bring the page in question to a deletion discussion as outlined in this article.
3. Anyone can nominate a page (article, template, category, image, video, etc.) they feel should be deleted.

B. Process (revised September 19, 2016)

1. Fill out a form to create a deletion discussion.
2. Once the discussion is created, the nominator must explain why they feel the article should be deleted.

a. If no explanation is given after twenty-four (24) hours, it will be closed as invalid.

3. A discussion will occur, centered on that particular page.
4. Neutral votes do not count in the final tally for consensus (70%)

C. Closing discussions (revised September 19, 2016)

1. Only administrators can close deletion discussions.
2. If a discussion closes and the result is deletion, the page can be redirected to another article if there is a useful redirect.
3. Deletion discussions generally last seven (7) days.
4. Exceptions

i. If a deletion discussion does not receive a consensus (70%) either way after one (1) month, the discussion can be closed as "no consensus" and the page is kept.
ii. If the page in question is a spam page, the deletion discussion may be closed immediately, and the page will be deleted.
iii. The creator of a deletion discussion may withdraw their discussion at their sole discretion.

Voting ends on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 6:16 p.m., eastern time. Nicko756 ^{(M•C•E) Sign!} 22:16, March 22, 2017 (UTC)