- You must sign in to nominate pages for deletion. If you do not sign-in, or you edit anonymously, you will get stuck part way through the nomination procedure.
I.
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Put the deletion tag on the article.
- Insert
{{subst:afd}} at the top of the article.
- Do not mark the edit as minor.
- Include in the edit summary
AfD: Nominated for deletion; see [[Roll20:Articles for deletion/NominationName]] replacing NominationName with the name of the page being nominated.
- You can check the "Watch this page" box to follow the page in your watchlist. This allows you to notice if the AfD tag is removed.
- Save the page.
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II.
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Create the article's deletion discussion page.
The resulting AfD box at the top of the article should contain a link to "Preloaded debate" in the AfD page.
- Click that link to open the article's deletion discussion page. Some text and instructions will appear.
- Give a reason for the deletion and a category for the debate (instructions are on that page).
OR
- Click the link saying "this article's entry" to open the deletion-debate page.
- Insert this text:
{{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | cat=Category | text=Why the page should be deleted}} ~~~~ Replace PageName with the name of the page, Category with a letter from the list M, O, B, S, W, G, T, F, and P to categorize the debate, and Why the page should be deleted with the reasons the page should be deleted.
- You can check "Watch this page" to follow the debate.
- Use an edit summary such as
Creating deletion discussion for [[PageName]]
- Save the page.
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III.
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Notify users who monitor AfD discussion.
- Open the articles for deletion log page.
- At the top of the list on the log page (there's a comment indicating the spot), insert:
{{subst:afd3 | pg=NominationName}} replacing NominationName appropriately (use "PageName ", "PageName (2nd nomination) ", etc.).
- Link to the discussion page in your edit summary:
Adding [[Roll20:Articles for deletion/NominationName]]
- Save the page. Your insertion will be expanded to the same form as the preceding lines in the file:
{{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName}} .
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("AfD" as used on this page is an abbreviation for "Articles for deletion".)