Project:Deletion requests

Articles for deletion (AfD) is where Wikipedians discuss whether an article or disambiguation page should be deleted or merged. Articles listed are normally discussed for at least seven days, after which a decision may be reached based on community consensus; if consensus is clear prior to the seven day threshold, an AfD may be closed early. Common outcomes are that the article is kept, deleted, merged, redirected, incubated, moved to another title, or userfied to a user subpage.

This page explains what you should consider before nominating, the steps for nominating, and how to participate in AfD discussions. It also links to the lists of current debates, and two companion processes to AfD: speedy deletion, based on clearly defined criteria (such as vandalism and patent nonsense), and proposed deletion, used to suggest uncontroversial deletions. For uncontroversial article merges, you can be bold and perform the merge yourself.