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GreenCheck This page documents an official policy of the Wild Kratts Wiki.
All questions or suggestions concerning this policy must be submitted on the talk page prior to an admin making changes, which may happen at any time with or without notification.
Nutshell This policy in a nutshell states:
  • Do not create content that is copyrighted, useless, unrelated to the topic and/or the in-universe canon, similar to another of its kind, or vandalistic in nature.
  • Content that falls under any of these qualities are subject for deletion.
  • Users may nominate a page for its deletion, and under administrator supervision may also hold a discussion on it.


The Wild Kratts Wiki strives to host accurate, detailed, and useful content for readers and contributors alike to be satisfied with. However, we are not an indiscriminate collection of information. We want to keep only the best content that will help us to both please our readers and contributors, as well as accomplish our goals concerning content and community.

The following have been accepted via consensus as a good summation as to what type of content cannot be created on this wiki, as well as how to fairly and functionally remove it. Pages and files that fall under these qualities may face deletion.

What NOT to create

Listed below are various types of content that are considered unworthy of being featured on this wiki and therefore shouldn't be created. All such pages and files should be tagged with the wiki's nomination template (see below).

Continued creation of these pages despite clear warnings is grounds for blocking and/or a page protection.

General

  • Pages that violate copyright law according to Wikipedia's non-free content criteria
  • Pages considered to be vandalism, such as:
    • Jokes or potty humor
    • Inappropriate subjects or subject matter
    • Anything else that violates the policies of this site
  • Pages considered to be spam, such as:
    • Advertisements
    • Pages that use a language other than English, in whole or in part
      • EXCEPTION: Chinese characters that are being used for a specific purpose in the article (like name translations) are permitted.
    • Anything else containing non-wiki-relevant information
  • Pages containing exact or similar information to another like it (or simply multiples of a page; known as content forks with articles)
  • Pages with anything fanon-related
  • Anything else at the discretion of an administrator

Articles

  • Articles about details of little importance[1]
  • Articles about a general subject outside of wiki-relevant information (real-life people, terms, etc.)[2]
  • Anything else at the discretion of an administrator

Categories

  • Categories that may be considered overcategorizing
  • Categories containing only a few items and is therefore not really needed[1]
  • Anything else at the discretion of an administrator

Image and video files

  • Files that violate copyright law
  • Corrupt or empty files
  • Duplicate / Similar-looking files[1]
  • Anything else that violates the Image Policy
  • Anything else at the discretion of an administrator

The process

Nomination

  • To nominate a page for deletion, add the following template code to the very top of the page, above all other tags that may already be there:
{{delete|Reason goes here}}
Which gives...
Gourmand Stuck on Sharks 3 Au revoir.

Wild Kratts Wiki:Deletion Policy is a candidate for deletion for the following reasons:
Reason goes here
If you disagree with it being a candidate for deletion, please explain here or improve the page and remove this message. Before deleting, always check what links here and the page history.

  • In the <reason> slot, supply a credible reason for why you feel the page qualifies for deletion. Try to be specific, but also brief in your reasoning (e.g. "Spam" or "Not significant enough for its own article"). If you wish to give more details about your reasoning, post them in a new topic on the page's talk page. Nominations without a reason may be removed and ignored.
  • Pages tagged with this template will be evaluated by an administrator, and then will result in one of the following ways:
  1. If the template's reasoning specifies spam, vandalism, or any other quality determined by the administrator to be eligible for a speedy deletion, then the page will be deleted on the spot.
  2. If the template's reasoning specifies a subjective quality (e.g. the "significance" of an article), and/or if the administrator determines it to be eligible for community consensus, then the topic will be moved to a discussion period (see below).

Discussion

  • Users who disagree (or agree) with the nomination have the option of expressing their opinion on the page's talk page. This is where the page's fate will be discussed by the community.
  • After about 5-7 days[3] of discussion (or lack thereof), an administrator will evaluate the discussion with one of the following results:
  1. If there is a clear consensus from the discussion, then the discussed action will be executed on the article.
  2. If there is an unclear consensus from the discussion, or if no discussion was started on the talk page, then the decision is automatically left up to the evaluating administrator to either delete or keep the page.

Notes

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 This particular detail may vary at the discretion of an administrator.
  2. These types of articles can simply be redirected to a page on Wikipedia where it is used in more detail.
  3. May be lengthened or shortened at the discretion of an administrator.

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