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
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Description
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| reason |
Enables a reason to be given for why the page is marked for deletion.
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| date |
Displays the date the page was marked for deletion on.
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Code
{{Delete}}
{{Delete|reason=|date=}}
Examples
{{Delete}}
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This article has been proposed for deletion.
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| Discuss this proposal on the talk page.
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Marking a page for deletion with a reason and date
{{Delete|reason=Plagiarized.|date=April 19, 2023}}
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This article has been proposed for deletion. (April 19, 2023)
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| Reason: Plagiarized. Discuss this proposal on the talk page.
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