FAMEPedia:Miscellany for deletion/Administrator instructions

Administrator instructions for Miscellany for deletion:

To process a debate listed at FAMEPedia:Miscellany for deletion after 7 days: destination page's talk page: '''
 * 1) If a clear consensus has not emerged, consider relisting the discussion:
 * To relist a discussion, do the following:
 * Open the discussion for editing. Add your relisting comments, ideally that will refocus the discussion, or note the date of late publicising of the discussion.
 * Add {{subst:mfdr}} directly below the pagelinks template
 * Subsequent relisting timestamps must be placed above the old
 * Add {{subst:relist}} to the very bottom of the discussion
 * Leave an edit summary noting that the discussion is being relisted along with the date it is being relisted at (i.e. the current date)
 * Save the page
 * The that manages MfD will be by shortly to finish the process (i.e. move the transclusion of the discussion to the new day)
 * In general, discussions should not be relisted more than twice.
 * 1) Some discussions may take significant time to assess the debate and close. Consider first editing the discussion sub-page and adding mfdh (or closing) to the top and mfdb to the bottom, to notify others that a close is in progress.
 * 2) Determine (using the guidelines) what the consensus was, and whether any associated talk or sub-pages should be deleted.
 * 3) Enter the following text at the top and bottom of the MFD discussion sub-page.  (This will create a shaded box around the discussion thread confirming that it has been closed.  See the example below.)  Note that the header template and closing result go above the top section header.
 * Do the following:
 *  RESULT. ~                &larr; Add this line at the very top of the page, with RESULT in bold.
 * === Header ===                                                           &larr; Leave this line alone.
 * DISCUSSION                                                                              &larr; Body of the discussion stays unchanged
 *                           &larr; Add bottom template
 * If additional explanation is needed as to why you have closed a deletion discussion as a certain result, add additional comments immediately after  RESULT.  on the first line.
 * 1) If the decision is DELETE, then delete the page. (This action will be recorded in the deletion log.) Remember to paste a link to the discussion in the "Reason for deletion" box (ie add   FAMEPedia:Miscellany for deletion/Page   ). If appropriate, delete the page's talk page or any associated sub-pages first. Also remember to check "what links here" and either delete any redirects or redirect them elsewhere.
 * 2) If the decision is KEEP (including REDIRECT or USERFY), remove the MFD Header from the page (be sure the MFD Category is also removed). Then put a link to the discussion sub-page on the page's talk page (for user pages a personal note is recommended, otherwise use the template old mfd for this), so add:
 * (always include the votepage as it ensures the link will work if the page is later moved, or if it was a talk page that was nominated)
 * (the default result is "keep")
 * 1) * Fix double-redirects if the page becomes a redirect.
 * 2) * If no consensus was reached, then the page is kept by default, but the decision should generally include a reference to the lack of consensus, in order to minimize ambiguity.
 * 3) * If the consensus was USERFY a.k.a. USERSPACE, this is usually done without leaving a redirect behind, unless there's well-supported rationale to retain one. Consequently, non-admin closers who do not have the page-mover bit should not normally close an MfD with a result of USERFY, since they are unable to move pages without leaving redirects behind.
 * 4) ** Material is mostly userfied when it is inappropriate in projectspace, where someone has been "citing" it as if it's FP:P&G material or a community-accepted major essay. So, a redirect would defeat the point of the userspacing. In USERFY cases, the default is to not retain a redirect.
 * 5) ** Non-admins should not close with USERFY, but leave it to an admin, if the consensus also entails deleting inappropriate FP:FOO shortcuts, an action non-admins cannot perform.
 * 6) If the decision is MERGE:
 * 7) * Mark both pages, add mfd-mergeto and mfd-mergefrom to the top of their respective pages as follows. For details, see their respective descriptions.
 * '''nominated page:
 * '''nominated page:
 * 1) If the MfD involved a Portal, please log the closure and result at portals for deletion at mfd.
 * 2) There is no need to worry about archiving; this is accomplished automatically by User:One bot.

Header and footer text
After closing the discussion, the page will look like this: Your signature timestamp

FAMEPedia:Example


Nominator's rationale. Nominator's signature timestamp
 * DISCUSSION THREAD