Criteria For Article Deletion

Some articles warrant removal from this wiki. This page covers the conditions in which it is appropriate to delete an article.

These types of pages should be removed:

Pages that meet all three of the following criteria:

• Has not been approved for usage in the story canon or has been rejected
• Has not been edited in approximately 1 year (abandoned)
  • This refers to contributing edits that add content and move the article towards completion
  • Batch edits, links updated by the move plugin, and minor fixes for spelling and grammar are disregarded
• Does not currently have an NTSE thread (is not waiting on moderators)

If the author has left the site or become inactive then articles can be removed immediately as they're unlikely to be ever finished, unless someone else takes over writing them.

Note: The edit time limit was previously 90 days but articles in the WIP section now get a full year.

Pages without links to them are considered orphans; orphan pages should be eliminated by linking to them from the appropriate articles (eg equipment lists or item lists, or the WIP for works in progress).

• Pages without links to them (orphan pages) may be deleted even if they are approved, if they appear to be unused in the roleplay.

To find orphan pages, see Orphan Pages

It is permissible for any member to immediately delete pages that only contain:

• Pornography outside of the NSFW namespace
• Copyrighted materials used without permission
• Obvious spam
• Pages that have nothing to do with the SARP
• No content
• Headers but no text

As of July 2016, pages that are a work-in-progress and have not been approved to appear on the wiki should be deleted if they are not in the WIP: namespace where they are supposed to be. Alternatively, you can also move the page or get Wes to move the page if it looks valuable.

Currently, all members have the ability to delete articles but non-moderators should ask permission from Wes or Nashoba first unless it's spam or other content that needs immediate action. To delete an article, go to the edit screen, remove all content, and save.