Template:Delete

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Purpose

Maintenance template used to mark articles or files for deletion if they meet certain criteria. Articles marked with this template will be added to Category:Pages for deletion, while marked files will be added to Category:Files for deletion.

Articles and files must meet certain criteria in order to be proposed for deletion. These criteria are outlined in the page deletion guidelines.

Usage

Parameter Description
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|reason=|date=}}

Examples

{{Delete}}
This article has been proposed for deletion.
Discuss this proposal on the talk page.

Marking a page for deletion with a reason and date

{{Delete|reason=Plagiarized.|date=April 19, 2023}}
This article has been proposed for deletion. (April 19, 2023)
Reason: Plagiarized. Discuss this proposal on the talk page.

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Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
datedate

no description

Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTDAY}}, {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Unknownoptional
reasonreason

no description

Unknownoptional
nocatnocat

no description

Unknownoptional