MediaWiki talk:Deletereason-dropdown

Deletion reasons
As this was recently added in the upgrade we should make use of it as soon as possible, see my suggestion list below based on what I currently have in my monobook.js:

General speedy reasons
 * G1: Purely vandalism
 * G2: Test page
 * G3: Sole editor's request
 * G4: Housekeeping
 * G5: Attack page
 * G6: Recreation of deleted page
 * G7: Decision or conditional enforcement by arbitration committee.

Article Speedy Reasons
 * A1: No appropriate information
 * A2: Missing of verifiable source for the information
 * A3: Incontrovertibly unrelated to both GW and GWW

Image Speedy Reasons
 * I1: Redundant image
 * I2: Corrupt or unviewable image

Category Speedy Reasons
 * C1: Empty unused category

User Speedy Reasons
 * U1: User requested deletion
 * U2: Non-existent user
 * U3: Violates the user space policy in content

Redirect speedy reasons
 * R1: Redirect to User namespace
 * R1: Redirect to Guild namespace
 * R1: Redirect to Talk namespace
 * R1: Redirect to User/Guild/Talk namespace
 * R2: Redirect for implausible typo or search term
 * R3: Blatantly misleading redirect
 * R4: Broken redirect

'''Common Deletion Reasons
 * Deletion uncontested after three days
 * Associated page deleted
 * Move remnant
 * Copyright violation

Image Reasons
 * Incorrect user image naming
 * Incorrect user image naming and replaced
 * Incorrect guild image naming
 * Incorrect guild image naming and replaced
 * Orphaned image
 * Associated guild page deleted for inactivity

Guild Reasons While this list is a bit long and I'm not sure if certain ones could be made to show up only on certain namespaces, this should cover pretty much everything we need. -- Kakarot  14:45, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Guild cleanup not performed within 7 days
 * Inactive guild page
 * I would rather use the list we have now (the one that Galil made) rather than a dropdown list -- it's easier than finding a reason from a very restricted space in the dropdown. But of course we could still make use of this, it's just that I would prefer using what I already have. --[[Image:User Brains12 Spiral.png|16px|]] Brains12 \ talk 15:12, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah same here especially since with his way they can be added then modified depending on the situation but having this list would allow those sysops that don't have Galil's reasons added to still have a quicker way of adding deletion reason, maybe try to shorten this down a bit. -- Kakarot [[Image:User_Kakarot_Sig.gif|Talk]] 15:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd say boil it down to the most common ones: G1, A1, I1, U1, R1 and R2, 3 days, user/guild image naming (combine into one and we can put if it's been replaced into the additional reason space if needed), orphaned, and the guild ones... Any others that tend to be used on a daily basis? - Tanetris 16:34, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok I've shortened it down some based on your suggestion Tanetris, I crossed off the removed ones so that people could still see what they were and also replaced the three R1 ones with a single one. -- Kakarot [[Image:User_Kakarot_Sig.gif|Talk]] 16:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I would prefer to only have the speedy deletions (and then all), as those are the only fixed ones. poke | talk 17:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Still, we have a lot of common reasons that are unlikely to change; unless we remove a namespace or two, of course.--[[Image:User Brains12 Spiral.png|16px|]] Brains12 \ talk 17:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * @Poke - So you mean replacing the headings General speedy reasons, Article Speedy Reasons, Image Speedy Reasons, Category Speedy Reasons, User Speedy Reasons, and Redirect speedy reasons with something like General Speedy Deletion Reasons and putting all of what was originally under them under the new heading. Same thing with the Common Deletion Reasons, Image Reasons, and Guild Reasons replaced with General Deletion Reasons. -- Kakarot [[Image:User_Kakarot_Sig.gif|Talk]] 17:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I mean the same list which is here: Guild Wars Wiki:Deletion policy. Not because it doesn't change but because it is directly described by the policy whereas everything else lies in the decision of an admin and as both of you already stated above, you prefer your "own" ways with your own custom text (as I do). poke | talk 17:37, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh right, mis-interpreted what you meant with "and then all" thought you meant and then the rest. Anyway as to the speedy deletion reasons the ones that have been crossed off are the ones that aren't used that often and the non-crossed off ones are the ones that Tanetris mentioned. As to the non-speedy, I'd say still keep at the very least "Deletion uncontested after three days" and "Copyright violation" and maybe even the guild reasons since those last two are something we do on a daily basis. -- Kakarot [[Image:User_Kakarot_Sig.gif|Talk]] 17:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Other deletion reasons are described in policy (uncontested after 3 days is right in the deletion policy above the speedy reasons, others are described in other policies such as the guild policy). Also, even though you didn't mean to suggest it, I do like simplifying the headers to speedy and non-speedy.
 * Speedy deletion reasons
 * G1: Purely vandalism
 * G3: Sole editor's request
 * A1: No appropriate information
 * A3: Incontrovertibly unrelated to both GW and GWW
 * I1: Redundant image
 * I2: Corrupt or unviewable image
 * C1: Empty unused category
 * U1: User requested deletion
 * U2: Non-existent user
 * R1: Redirect to User/Guild/Talk namespace
 * R2: Redirect for implausible typo or search term
 * R4: Broken redirect


 * Non-speedy deletion reasons
 * Deletion uncontested after three days
 * Associated page deleted
 * Copyright violation
 * Incorrect user/guild image naming
 * Orphaned image
 * Guild cleanup not performed within 7 14 days
 * Inactive guild page
 * Move remnant
 * I took out "Associated guild page deleted" as it's pretty well covered by "Associated page deleted" or "Orphaned image", and I took out "Move remnant" as it will fall under R1 or R2 99% of the time. I also have some doubts about whether C1 is all that common, but I don't mind if others feel differently. Seems like a good list, covers the basics without being unmanageably large. I think the speedy deletions are best left in the order from the deletion policy, but do we want to order the non-speedies somehow? - Tanetris 18:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me, I was working on a similar shorter list although mine was slightly longer because of the few extra normal reasons but the speedy reasons was more or less identical. I just didn't get a chance to add it here as I was feeling a little light headed ... damn heat and no air con :( -- Kakarot [[Image:User_Kakarot_Sig.gif|Talk]] 18:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I think I'll continue using my reasons then.. :P poke | talk 18:36, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Due to the changes in the Guild page policy I changed the guild cleanup reason to 14 days, and removed Inactive guild as a reason. Since that 'frees up' a space on the list, I added move remnant since that is a fairly common delete reason. --[[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png | Wyn's Talk page]] Wyn 18:16, 8 September 2008 (UTC)