Guidelines:Deletion

The deletion policy of Megami Tensei Wiki defines the criteria for which pages or files can be deleted.

General

Wiki staff are able to delete pages or files off of the wiki and, only if necessary, remove entire page histories as well. With the exception of obvious spam or requested personal pages, this is an extreme measure and is rarely done without careful consideration. Content pages and files must meet certain criteria to be deleted off the wiki and, depending on the page subject, may first require community discussion in a talk page before proceeding.

In the majority of cases, it is greatly preferable to improve the quality of a page as opposed to proposing for its deletion. Likewise for files, it is preferable to upload a better quality file as a new version over the original upload as opposed to an entirely new upload (unless the new file has a different file extension, which would necessitate a separate upload that supersedes the original upload).

Pages

With the obvious exception of spam, offensive content, and requested personal pages, content pages on the wiki are rarely ever deleted unless they meet certain criteria. These include:

• The subject is off-topic to the Megami Tensei franchise, is spam, or contains offensive content that violates our Code of Conduct. These will be deleted immediately.
• The page is on-topic to the franchise, but does not cover canon information or real-world information pertaining to the franchise. For example: 'Fanon' topics would not be allowed.
• The page is a duplicate of a pre-existing page on the wiki. The duplicate's content will be merged with the original page and the duplicate will either be turned into a redirect or deleted.
• The page's content has been merged with another page, rendering the original page unnecessary. The original page will either be turned into a redirect or deleted.
• The page is a user's personal page (such as a sandbox) that the user has personally requested to be deleted. User talk pages cannot be requested for deletion.

Pages suggested for deletion should be marked with Template:Delete, preferably with a reason and the date it was flagged on provided in the template parameters. E.g. {{Delete|reason=|date=}}. Pages with this template are added to Category:Pages for deletion. If you want to suggest that a page be merged with another one or be moved, use Template:Merge or Template:Move instead, respectively.

If a content page is believed to be unnecessary or whose content would be better suited elsewhere, then a topic in its talk page should be made to discuss whether the page should be moved, split, merged, or deleted and to allow the community to reach a consensus. These discussions will be monitored by a wiki staff member and allowed a minimal period of two weeks to discuss, whereupon the suggestion will be evaluated one more time by wiki staff and action taken in regards to general consensus.

Talk pages are never deleted for archival purposes. If in the event that a talk page has grown too long, its content will be archived.

Files

Like pages, files are not deleted unless they meet certain criteria:

• The file is off-topic to the Megami Tensei franchise or has no wiki use, is spam, contains offensive content that violates our Code of Conduct, or has been altered by artificial intelligence (AI) processing. These will be deleted immediately.
  • This also includes files uploaded by users for personal use, such as user icons or logos. These are not allowed on the wiki.
• The file has been superseded by another upload of a different file extension that is of higher quality than the original upload.
• The file is a duplicate of a pre-existing file on the wiki, unless the duplicate is of a different file extension that requires a separate upload, whereupon it will supersede the original file.
• The file no longer has any use on the wiki or is deemed redundant to host.

Files suggested for deletion should be marked with Template:Delete, preferably also with a reason and date added to the template parameters. E.g. {{Delete|reason=|date=}}. Files with this template are added to Category:Files for deletion. As most files only ever get deleted if they have been superseded or infringe rules, there is generally no need to hold a discussion for these.