TEPwiki:Pages for discussion
Pages for discussion (PfD) serves as a centralized location for discussing what to do with potentially problematic pages whose potential move, redirect, merge, archival, or deletion may not be uncontroversial. This roughly follows the procedure of Wikipedia's XFD process, except that it serves to discuss pages in all categories.
This exists for the deletion of articles that should not be speedy deleted. In most cases, speedy deletion occurs in one of two cases:
- The author requests deletion.
- A page clearly violates a community policy (usually regarding plagiarism), leading to staff deleting it and "locking it down."
The process to delete a page, using the article on Tretrid as an example, is as follows:
{{pfd}}is added to the top of Tretrid.- A page at TEPwiki:Pages for discussion/Tretrid (which you can get to by clicking the discussion page redlink on the deletion template from the previous step) is created with the contents
{{subst:pfd2|pg=Tretrid|text=[reason] --~~~~}}, where [reason] is, quite self explanatorily, the reason that it is up for discussion. For example,{{subst:pfd2|pg=Tretrid|text=Tretrid is really lame and I don't want to deal with it on TEPwiki anymore. --~~~~}}. - A listing is created on this page, in this case,
{{subst:pfd3|Tretrid}}, under the current date at the top. - The discussion then happens. Please write a comment on the discussion subpage to create a record of your opinion. Responses here should be bulleted, so they should start with a
*. Please state, in one word, your preferred solution in bold, before using the rest of your message to explain your rationale. To reply to someone else's comment, create a new line after the comment you wish to reply to, add**at the start of the line to indent, and then write your response. Make sure to append all your comments with~~~~to mark the comment as yours and to mark the time you made the comment. If you wish to retract a statement, please use<s></s>or{{strikethrough}}to cross out your commentlike this. - Once a consensus is reached, the action is completed by someone who can do so (usually an administrator), and the page at TEPwiki:Pages for discussion/Tretrid is appended to have
{{subst:pfd top}} '''RESULT'''. ~~~~at the top and{{subst:pfd bottom}}at the bottom.
Current discussions
- Page discussions are indexed by the day they were first listed. Please place new listings at the top of the section for the current day. If no section for the current day is present, please start a new section.
August 24, 2023
Alma mater
It's a soft redirect to Wikipedia that doesn't really serve much of a purpose, and What Links Here shows that there are no article-space links that link there. This is the type of page that I probably would have simply deleted, but it's probably better procedurally to PFD this now that the process exists. --Tretrid (talk) 23:27, 24 August 2023 (CDT)
August 8, 2023
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The result of the discussion was speedy delete upon staff consultation. --Tretrid (talk) 18:28, 9 August 2023 (CDT) File:Nassad.jpgSuggested by Norgs. Non-canon, and... interesting design choices for the eagle. --Tretrid (talk) 22:13, 8 August 2023 (CDT)
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Nassad
Suggested by Norgs. Article made non-canon by the removal of Nacata from the map. --Tretrid (talk) 22:10, 8 August 2023 (CDT)
- Pages for nations made non-canon due to inactivity should be archived and their original pages redirected to the Archive: namespace. Asmo (talk) 05:04, 9 August 2023 (CDT)
Kurikia
Page on a nation that was removed from the map a month or two ago. Nomination suggested by Norgs. --Tretrid (talk) 22:05, 8 August 2023 (CDT)
- Delete as nominator - this article is fairly barebones anyway. There wouldn't be too much to keep even if we do. --Tretrid (talk) 22:07, 8 August 2023 (CDT)
- Pages for nations made non-canon due to inactivity should be archived and their original pages redirected to the Archive: namespace. Asmo (talk) 05:04, 9 August 2023 (CDT)
- Kurikia is still in TEP and still RPs on the RMB, so he may come back for this. --Lerasi (talk) 11:07, 9 August 2023 (CDT)
- If the page gets deleted, it can always be undeleted by an administrator, reconstituting the page and its history in its entirety. So Kurikia going back for it shouldn't be much of a problem. I think the main concern of this discussion is what we should do with it in the meantime. --Tretrid (talk) 12:41, 9 August 2023 (CDT)
Latianburg
Another one of Rico's nation pages. Potentially important historically given certain old 2017 RPs, but should also be considered for deletion. --Tretrid (talk) 22:02, 8 August 2023 (CDT)
- Pages for nations made non-canon due to inactivity should be archived and their original pages redirected to the Archive: namespace. Asmo (talk) 05:05, 9 August 2023 (CDT)
Nacata
Another one of Rico's nations. Again, we should decide whether it's worth preserving or whether we should delete it. --Tretrid (talk) 21:48, 8 August 2023 (CDT)
- Pages for nations made non-canon due to inactivity should be archived and their original pages redirected to the Archive: namespace. As a blanket rule, there is never any downside or cost to archiving, so it's always worth it to preserve. Deletion is reserved for pages that break TEP rules. Asmo (talk) 05:06, 9 August 2023 (CDT)
Kuthernburg
Formerly canon article from a previously active RPer who has since left. We should decide what to do with it. --Tretrid (talk) 21:44, 8 August 2023 (CDT)