Template:Afd notice

Nomination of ARTICLE NAME for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article ARTICLE NAME is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ARTICLE NAME until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may still edit the article, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the AfD notice from the article until the discussion is closed.

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Usage

This template is intended to be placed on a user talk page to warn the creator of or a principal contributor to an article that such article has been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Wikipedia Page History Statistics may be used to identify principal contributors to an article by number of edits.

To use, append {{subst:Afd notice|Name of nominated page}} ~~~~ to a user talk page; a section heading will be automatically created. If this is a renomination or a group nomination, please give the name of the nomination page as a second parameter.

Examples:

• {{subst:Afd notice |ARTICLE NAME }} ~~~~
• {{subst:Afd notice |ARTICLE NAME |ARTICLE NAME (2nd nomination)}} ~~~~
• {{subst:Afd notice |ARTICLE NAME |NAME OF GROUP NOMINATION PAGE}} ~~~~
• {{subst:Afd notice |ARTICLE NAME |action=merging |target=MERGE TARGET}} ~~~~
• {{subst:Afd notice |ARTICLE NAME |action=redirect |target=REDIRECT TARGET}} ~~~~
• {{subst:Afd notice |ARTICLE NAME |action=draft}} ~~~~

The template should always be substituted lest attempted replies should modify the template page; editors are encouraged to modify substituted templates to suit unique circumstances. Note that if you use the Twinkle tool, this template and all of the other relevant deletion-related templates will be automatically added to all of the corresponding pages for you whenever you nominate a page for deletion.

Warning: Aggressive use of this template may be seen as canvassing, which is disruptive and may lead to the canvasser(s) being blocked.

Options

You can change the level-two header to a level-three header:

• {{subst:Afd notice |ARTICLE NAME | header=3}}

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Afd notice

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page name	1	Name of the page being nominated. Example Weather in London	Page name	required
Nomination name	2	Page name that the subpage of WP:AfD is called, if not equal to the article's title. Example Weather in London (2nd nomination)	String	optional
Nomination suffix	order	Similar to unnamed parameter 2, but only appends a suffix to the value of unnamed parameter 1. Must begin with a space character entity ( ). Example   (2nd nomination)	String	optional
Outcome	outcome action	Desired outcome of the process. Suggested values deletion draft merging redirecting Default deletion	String	optional
Target	target	Target of the process if merging or redirecting.	Page name	optional
Header level	header	Change the level-two header to a level-three header. Suggested values 3	Number	optional

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