Template:Db-a7/sandbox
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If this Template:Pagetype does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. If you created this page and you disagree with the given reason for deletion, you can click the button below and leave a message explaining why you believe it should not be deleted. You can also visit the talk page to check if you have received a response to your message. Note that this Template:Pagetype may be deleted at any time if it unquestionably meets the speedy deletion criteria, or if an explanation posted to the talk page is found to be insufficient.
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Template:Speedy deletion templates
This template is used to tag pages for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria, specifically CSD A7. There is a separate template for each criterion – see the table to the right.
This template places the page into the categories: Candidates for speedy deletion, and Candidates for speedy deletion as importance or significance not asserted.
Usage
The template should be placed at the top of the page to be deleted.
Parameters
{{db-a7}}
- This is the most basic form of the template.
{{db-a7|bot=ExampleBot}}
- Bot accounts will specify the
|bot=
parameter to notify the reviewing admin that the page was tagged by an automated process.
{{db-a7|TypeOfEntity}}
- Where TypeOfEntity is the type of subject the article is about (band, company, website, etc). Please ensure that the entity is one of those listed in the CSD criterion, and consider instead using one of the more specific templates listed below. Note that books, albums, software etc., or schools, are specifically not allowed under this criterion.
Author notification
If you nominate a page for deletion under this criterion, please consider placing the following code:
{{subst:nn-warn|PageName|header=1}}
...on the User talk page of the main contributor(s) to the page, replacing PageName with the name of the page being marked for deletion. This will display the following user warning template:
Notes
Please consider using one of these more specific templates:
- {{db-person}} for articles about real people
- {{db-band}} for articles about bands, singers, musicians, or musical groups
- {{db-club}} for articles about clubs or groups
- {{db-inc}} for articles about companies, corporations or organisations
- {{db-web}} for articles about websites, blogs, forums, or other web content
- {{db-animal}} for articles about individual animals such as pets
- Note that books, albums, software etc., or schools, are specifically not allowed under the A7 criterion.
See also
- Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion
- Wikipedia:Deletion policy
- Wikipedia:Deletion process
- Wikipedia:Deletion review
- Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace
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