• CategoryProposedDeletion

If you think a page should be removed:

1. consider renaming the page instead

   • copy-pasting an existing page into a new one loses page history.

2. consider merging or splitting the page instead

3. either delete it yourself or add it to CategoryProposedDeletion

If you delete the page yourself:

1. check the page is actually proposed for deletion, not just linking to the category page
2. check whether people have had enough time to reply since the proposal was added
3. check whether you agree with the reason for deletion
   • there should be an explanation in the category list

     • check the raw text, in case the explanation was added with a ## comment

   • otherwise, go to the page's "info" page and find the edit that added the proposal
     • it might have a useful comment

4. search for linkto:<pagename> and remove any links that would be broken by the deletion

   • you can do this by clicking on the page title at the top of the page
5. delete any translated versions of the page too
6. write your rationale for deleting the page in the comment field
   • if the page was already proposed for deletion, copy the rationale from the proposal

Common reasons for deleting pages

• the page doesn't comply with Debian Wiki content criteria, especially:

  • Duplication of existing documentation (contribute to that documentation directly!)
• the page documents non-recommended practices, like:

  • Explaining how to install something from upstream source (i.e not using .deb package...)

• the page is almost empty
• the page is a translation, and it's lagging too much