On Speedy Deletion

I'd like to tell you if an article should get nominated for speedy deletion. As you might notice, you can only have three reasons for deletion. If an article was called: How To Turn Into A Rock To Go Bankrupt, it would be {{nfd|imp|jok|sar}}. If it was {{nfd|hat|imp|jok|sar}} it wouldn't show the sar. In this case, it should get nominated for speedy deletion. By the way, don't use {{nfd|spe}}. I did that before. Use {{speedy}}.

Thank you!!!!

Not quite... Here is what the Deletion Policy has to say about speedy deletions:

You do not speedy simply because an article fits multiple criteria for deletion... If you feel an article meets more then three of the deletion criteria pick the three worst... When reviewing NFDs it's the number of votes and the article's content that admins look at not the number of codes you put in the NFD tag. For example: If an article is Not a How-To, is a Joke, is a Sarcastic, and is Dangerous.... The mere fact it is not a how-to is enough to delete it so who cares if you can't list all four of those reasons the first one is sufficient. The reason you can put more then one is in case the first reason you list is debatable... That way people voting have to consider the different criteria. If an article obviously violates the deletion policy you do not need to list six different NFD codes... Personally I would say two at most is almost always sufficient but one is usually fine.

Like to add on this - If an article isn't in the regular wikiHow formatting standards, please do not mark articles with a {{nfd|not}} unless it's REALLY NOT salvageable. It takes up people's time to review NFD articles. A very simple {{format}} tag is doable. Also, I agree with Omniomi. I personally dislike it when there's 3 or more tags if there's no hard proof or debate that it needs all three/more. Tags are defineable interchangeable; an article does not need to be tagged as sarcastic, joke, not, and accuracy.

Yesterday I put two speedy tags on two different articles. One had no content at all, and was new. The other had *illegal! All the way through about a hundred times. Neither had any information at all, and both were brand new.

Speedies go on completely blank pages, I assume? (Brand new, nothing else in the history...)

No, {{speedy}} is for "patent nonesense" and blank pages. The article has to be unsalvageable to apply the template.

A brand new article that looks like this:

and is brand new... Would get a {{speedy}}

This is patent nonsense. {{speedy}}

also, if a page has very offensive, profane content, or is very badly sexually charged it should be speedied.


My rule of thumb for speedy tagging, which others have touched upon somewhat, is: If I can even in my wildest imagination find it possible that someone could save the article- nominate for deletion. If I think no reasonable edit, no matter how awesome, could save the article- speedy.