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This page serves as a place to '''request and discuss deletions'''.

==General==
The following are the policies to the requests for deletion process.
*A. General
:*1. This process should generally be used to discuss deletions. However, pages may be deleted by an administrator immediately without a discussion if the page breaks any of the "article relevance," "crossover content," and "fanon" sections of the content policy.
:*2. If there is a page that a user thinks should be deleted but that does not violate the content policy, the user should bring the page in question to a deletion or merge discussion as outlined in this article.
:*3. Anyone can nominate a page (article, template, category, image, video, etc.) they feel should be deleted or merged.
:*4. There cannot be a combined total of more than twenty (20) deletion or merge requests open at a given time. If there are already twenty (20) requests at one time, do not create more or the requests made over the limit will be marked as invalid.
*B. Process
:*1. Fill out the form to create a deletion or merge discussion.
:*2. Once the discussion is created, the nominator must explain why they feel the article should be deleted or merged.
::*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%).
:*5. If an active deletion request exists on a page, it may not be requested for merge. Likewise, a page with an active merge discussion may not be requested for deletion. If this occurs, the later discussion created will be closed as invalid.
*C. Closing discussions
:*1. Only administrators can close deletion discussions. Assistants can also archive deletion discussions if the final result is not deletion. Administrators and assistants can close merge 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 and merge discussions generally last seven (7) days.
:*4. Exceptions
::*i. If 90% or more of votes (including neutrals) are either remove or keep after four (4) days, the discussion can end with a result.
::*ii. If a discussion does not receive a consensus (70%) either way after two (2) weeks, the discussion can be closed as "no consensus" and the page is kept.
::*iii. If the page in question is a spam page, the discussion may be closed immediately, and the page will be deleted.
::*iv. A page cannot be nominated a second time (and so on) for deletion or merge less than one (1) month after a previous request on the same page has been archived.
::*v. The creator of a deletion or merge discussion may withdraw their discussion at their sole discretion.
*D. Request Limits for Pages
**1. When a page has been voted to not be deleted or merged three consecutive times within three months or four (4) consecutive times (without a bounded time for the requests be submitted it), the page will be exempt from being requested to be deleted or merged for six (6) months.
**2. After the initial six month ban of requesting on a page, every request that results without a deletion or merge will result in another six month exemption.
**3. A page can be exempt from any six month exemption from deletion and merge requests if:
***If any discussion of a page's deletion that is currently exempt is found to have three (3) or more [[User:The gamer 987654321/Wrongly deleted pages/ESB:Sockpuppetry cases|sockpuppets]]. The six (6) month exemption will be lifted and an administrator will create a new discussion.
***If a proposal is passed that allows deletion or merge in a category containing pages for the purposes of housekeeping, the page can be deleted or merged without a discussion if the passed proposal is defined in conjunction with a valid reason.
**4. All pages currently exempt from deletion and merge requests will be put in a sub-page to be displayed and updated on the [[ESB:Requests for deletion]] and [[ESB:Requests for merge]] pages. The starting date and ending date of their exemptions will also be listed.

==Request form==
*1. Replace PAGE with the title of the page you believe should be deleted in the box below.
*2. Click "submit."
*3. When you submit, fill out the information on the resulting page, then save the page.
*4. Copy and paste the following under "requests" of this page, replacing "PAGE" with the title.
:*'''<nowiki>[[ESB:Requests for deletion/PAGE]]</nowiki>'''
*5. Add the template {{T|Deletion-request}} to the page nominated for deletion.
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==Requests==
===Pages exempt from requesting===

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===Requests for deletion===
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===Archive===
*''For requests that were archived after December 2020, click here: [[ESB:Requests for deletion/archive/3]]''
*''For requests that were archived between December 2019 and December 2020, click here: [[ESB:Requests for deletion/archive/2]]''
*''For requests that were archived before December 2019, click here: [[ESB:Requests for deletion/archive/1]]''

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