User:Pingveno/Edit Checking Cheat sheet

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This is a cheat sheet I have made to avoid having to look up the same Wikipedia policies every time I am doing edit checking.

Contents

[edit] User Warnings

Vandalism: {{uw-vandalism1}}, {{uw-vandalism2}}, {{uw-vandalism3}}, {{uw-vandalism4}}, {{uw-vandalism4im}}
Content removal: {{uw-delete1}}, {{uw-delete2}}, {{uw-delete3}}, {{uw-delete4}}
Testing: {{uw-test1}}, {{uw-test2}}, {{uw-test3}}, {{uw-test4}}
Spam linking: {{uw-spam1}}, {{uw-spam2}}, {{uw-spam3}}, {{uw-spam4}}
Other behavior: see Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace.

Warning templates should always be used with the "subst:" keyword, as strongly suggested on Wikipedia:Template substitution. They are shown without subst here to reduce the display space occupied by this table, not to encourage their use without subst. For example, type {{subst:uw-vandalism1}}~~~~ (not {{uw-vandalism1}}) to warn common first-time vandals.

The levels of templates are:

  1. Assumes good faith
  2. No faith assumption
  3. Assumes bad faith; stern cease and desist
  4. Assumes bad faith; strong cease and desist, last warning

[edit] Speedy Deletes

[edit] Criteria

  • Uncontroversial deletes
  • Advertising or other spam without relevant content (but not an article about an advertising related subject)
  • Content not suitable for an encyclopedia
  • Copyright infringement
  • Hoax articles (but not articles describing a notable hoax)
  • Images that are unused, obsolete, violate fair-use policy, or are unencyclopedic
  • Inappropriate user pages
  • Inflammatory redirects
  • Article information that cannot possibly be attributed to reliable sources
  • All attempts to find reliable sources in which article information can be verified have failed
  • Newly-coined words or terms (i.e., neologisms).
  • Overcategorization
  • Patent nonsense or gibberish
  • Redundant templates
  • Subject fails to meet the relevant notability guideline (WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:CORP and so forth)
  • Vandalism that is not correctable

[edit] Process

Place one of the following tags on the page. If willing to improve the article, place {{holdon}} at top.

Template Synonyms Criteria Used for

The following templates add pages to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion:
{{db}} {{db-reason|reason}}
{{deletebecause|reason}}
{{delbecause|reason}}
{{delete|reason}}
{{d|reason}}
{{Speedy deletion|reason}}
{{Speedy|reason}}		 Replace reason with a specific reason for speedy deletion.
Please try to write out a reason that will be comprehensible to non-Wikipedians.

Or, you can use a specific reason template:
{{db-g1}} {{db-nonsense}} CSD G1 Patent nonsense. You can put {{subst:Nonsensepages|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g2}} {{db-test}} CSD G2 Test page. You can put {{subst:uw-creation1|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g3}} {{db-vandalism}} CSD G3 Vandalism. You can put {{subst:uw-creation2|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-pagemove}} CSD G3 Nonsense redirects that are created from the cleanup of page move vandalism. You can put {{subst:Mp2-n|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g4}} {{db-repost}} CSD G4 Copies of material that was previously deleted after an XfD discussion. Articles that were only previously speedily deleted do not fall under this category. You can put {{subst:repost-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g5}} {{db-banned|Name of banned user}} CSD G5 Contributions made by a banned user while they were banned.
{{db-g6}} {{db-histmerge|Page to merge history from}} CSD G6 History merge.
{{db-move|Page to be moved|reason for move}} CSD G6 Making way for a non-controversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved and the reason for the move.
{{db-copypaste|Page to be moved}} CSD G6 Cleaning up copy-and-paste page moves to make way for a clean, non-controversial move. Please add the name of the page that is to be moved.
{{db-xfd}} CSD G6 An admin has closed a deletion debate as a "delete" but not deleted the page.
{{db-blanktalk}} CSD G6 Blank talk page with no substantial edit history.
{{db-maintenance}} CSD G6 Other non-controversial "housekeeping" tasks, such as reversing a redirect.
{{db-g7}} {{db-author}} CSD G7 Speedy request by only editor.
{{db-blanked}} CSD G7 Page blanked by only editor.
{{db-g8}} {{db-talk}} CSD G8 Talk page of a deleted or nonexistent page.
{{db-g10}} {{db-attack}} CSD G10 Attack page intended to disparage its subject. You can put {{subst:attack|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g11}} {{db-spam}} CSD G11 Blatant advertising. You can put {{subst:spam-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-g12|url=URL of source}} {{db-copyvio|url=url of source}} CSD G12 Blatant copyright violation. You can put {{subst:uw-copyright|page name|url=url of source}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-a1}} {{db-empty}}
{{db-nocontext}}		 CSD A1 Very short articles without context. Use {{subst:empty-warn|pagename}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-a2}} {{db-foreign}} CSD A2 Foreign language article duplicated on other Wikimedia project.
{{db-a3}} {{db-nocontent}}
{{db-contact}}		 CSD A3 No content other than external links of whatever kind, or an attempt to contact subject of article.
{{db-a5}} {{db-transwiki}} CSD A5 Transwikification completed (if article is a dictionary definition only and has been transwikied, with or without an Articles for deletion discussion).
{{db-a7}} {{db-bio}} CSD A7 Article about a person, group, company, or web content that does not indicate the importance of the subject. Try to use one of the more specific templates rather than {{db-a7}}. You can put {{subst:nn-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page, or, if it seems that someone has created a user page in the encyclopedia section instead of their user page, you can put {{subst:nn-userfy|page name}} -- ~~~~ on their talk page.
{{db-person}} – for people
{{db-band}} – for bands
{{db-club}} – for clubs, societies, groups, and organizations
{{db-inc}} – for companies and corporations
{{db-web}} – for websites
{{db-r1}} {{db-redirnone}} CSD R1 Redirect to non-existent page. You can put {{subst:redirnone-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-r2}} {{db-rediruser}} CSD R2 Redirect to user page. You can put {{subst:rediruser-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-r3}} {{db-redirtypo}}
{{db-redirmisnomer}}		 CSD R3 Recently created redirect that is a result of an implausible typo or misnomer. You can put {{subst:redirtypo-warn|page name}} ~~~~ on the user's talk page.
{{db-i1}} {{db-redundantimage|replacement image name.ext}}
{{isd|replacement image name.ext}}		 CSD I1 Same or better image exists on Wikipedia (not for now on Commons).
{{db-i2}} {{db-noimage}} CSD I2 Corrupt or empty image.
{{db-i3}} {{db-noncom}} CSD I3 "No commercial use" or "by permission" images uploaded after target date.
{{db-i4}} {{db-unksource}} CSD I4 Lack of licensing -- Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{no license}}, {{no source}}, or a similar template.
{{db-i5}} {{db-unfree}} CSD I5 Unused copyright image -- Should only be used if the image has been previously tagged with {{or-cr}}, {{or-fu}}, or a similar template.
{{db-i6}} {{db-norat}} CSD I6 Image with fair use tag but no fair use rationale - must have been tagged as such for seven days and uploaded after 2006-05-04.
{{db-i7}} {{db-badfairuse}} CSD I7 Bad fair use template - image tagged as fair use with a template that is patently irrelevant to the actual image, like {{game-screenshot}} on a photo of a celebrity. Please notify uploader on their talk page using {{subst:badfairuse|image name including prefix|tag that was on the image}}.
{{db-i8}} {{db-nowcommons}}
{{db-nowcommons|Name of image on Commons.ext}}		 CSD I8 Identical image has been moved to or is otherwise available on Commons. Unless moved by its uploader, the image must have been tagged with {{NowCommons}} for a week.
{{db-i9}} {{db-imgcopyvio|url=URL of source}} CSD I9 Blatant copyright infringements.
{{db-i10}} {{db-badfiletype}} CSD I10 Uploaded file which is not an image, video or sound, is unused, and has no foreseeable encyclopedic use.
{{db-c1}} {{db-catempty}} CSD C1 Category that has been empty for at least four days.
{{db-c2}} {{db-speedyrename}} CSD C2 Category being speedily renamed (typo fix, expanding abbreviation, capitalisation fix, compliance with "by country" format, singular to plural conversion or vice versa).
{{db-c3}} {{db-catfd}} CSD C3 Category that is populated solely by a template that has been deleted.
{{db-u1}} {{db-userreq}} CSD U1 User page or subpage requested to be deleted by the user with whom it is associated.
{{db-u2}} {{db-nouser}} CSD U2 Userpages of users who do not exist.
{{db-u3}} {{db-gallery}} CSD U3 Fair use galleries in user space.
{{db-t1}} {{db-divisive}} CSD T1 Templates that are divisive and inflammatory.
{{db-t2}} {{db-policy}} CSD T2 Templates that are blatant misrepresentations of established policy.
{{db-t3|~~~~~|OtherTemplate}} CSD T3 Templates which are duplicates of, hard-coded instances of, or an inferior alternative to, OtherTemplate.
{{db-p2}} {{db-emptyportal}} CSD P2 Underpopulated portal.

[edit] Deletion Process

  1. Mark with {{subst:prod|reason}}

See also Wikipedia:Deletion policy

[edit] Mark for Improvements

[edit] Improvement Instructions