Template:Delete

The Wikipedia deletion policy explains the criteria for deletion and the guide to deletion may help you understand why an article has been nominated.

Adds article to Category:Pages proposed for deletion unless nocat option is used.

Articles for Deletion (AfD) Discussion Etiquette

Users participating in AfD discussions are expected to be familiar with the policies of civility and wikiquette.
- This also applies to the other deletion pages.
AfDs are public, and are sometimes quoted in the popular press. Please keep to public-facing levels of civility, just as you should for any edit you make to Wikipedia.
Don't make personal attacks against people who disagree with you.
Do not make unsourced/unreferenced negative comments about living people, or those not so alive. These may be removed by any editor.
Remember that while AfD may look like a voting process, it does not operate like one. Justification and evidence for a response carries far more weight than the response itself. Thus, you should not attempt to structure the AfD process like a vote:
- Don't add tally boxes to the deletion page.
- Don't reorder comments on the deletion page to group them by keep/delete/other. Such reordering can disrupt the flow of discussion, polarize an issue, and emphasize vote count or word count.
- Do not message editors about AfD nominations because they support your view on the topic. This can be seen as votestacking. See Wikipedia:Canvassing for guidelines.

Please attempt to stay civil and not wage personal attacks. Comments are also acceptable.

1: reason, optional (but requested) parameter. The reason deletion is recommended.
date: optional parameter. Use to display the month and year that the article was recommended for deletion.
nocat: optional parameter. Suppresses category if any value is provided.