Purpose

Maintenance template used to mark pages for deletion if they meet criteria and add them to Category:Pages needing deletion. By adding file=1 as a parameter, the template can also be used to mark files for deletion and add them to Category:Files needing deletion.

Usage

Parameter Description
file Must be given a value (such as "1" or "y") to display. Changes header to mark a file page for deletion.
reason Enables a reason to be given for why the page is marked for deletion.
date Displays the date the page was marked for deletion on.

Code

{{Delete}}
{{Delete|file=|reason=|date=}}

Examples

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