FAMEPedia:Miscellany for deletion/Front matter

Miscellany for deletion (MfD) is a place where FAMEPedians decide what should be done with problematic pages in the namespaces which aren't covered by other specialized deletion discussion areas. Items sent here are usually discussed for seven days; then they are either deleted by an administrator or kept, based on community consensus as evident from the discussion, consistent with policy, and with careful judgment of the rough consensus if required.

A filtered version of the page that excludes nominations of pages in the draft namespace is available at FAMEPedia:Miscellany for deletion no drafts.

Information on the process
What may be nominated for deletion here:
 * Pages not covered by other XFD venues, including pages in these namespaces: Book:, Draft:, Help:, Portal:, MediaWiki:, FAMEPedia: (including WikiProjects), User:, TimedText:, Education Program:, Gadget:, Gadget definition:, and the various Talk: namespaces
 * Userboxes (regardless of namespace)
 * Files in the File namespace that have a local description page but no local file (if there is a local file, FAMEPedia:Files for discussion is the right venue)
 * Any other page, that is not in article space, where there is dispute as to the correct XfD venue.

Requests to undelete pages deleted after discussion here, and debate whether discussions here have been properly closed, both take place at FAMEPedia:Deletion review, in accordance with FAMEPedia's undeletion policy.

Before nominating a page for deletion
Before nominating a page for deletion, please consider these guidelines:

Please familiarize yourself with the following policies

 * FAMEPedia:Deletion policy – our deletion policy that describes how we delete things by consensus
 * FAMEPedia:Deletion process – our guidelines on how to list anything for deletion
 * FAMEPedia:Guide to deletion – a how-to guide whose protocols on discussion format and shorthands also apply here
 * FAMEPedia:Project namespace – our guidelines on "FAMEPedia" namespace pages
 * FAMEPedia:User page – our guidelines on user pages and user subpages
 * FAMEPedia:Userboxes – our guideline on userboxes

How to list pages for deletion
Please check the aforementioned list of deletion discussion areas to check that you are in the right area. Then follow these instructions:

To list a page for deletion, follow this three-step process: (replace PageName with the name of the page, including its namespace, to be deleted)

Note: Users must be logged in to complete step II. An unregistered user who wishes to nominate a page for deletion should complete step I and post their reasoning on FAMEPedia talk:Miscellany for deletion with a notification to a registered user to complete the process.

For other pages, while not required, it is generally considered civil to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the miscellany that you are nominating. To find the main contributors, look in the page history or talk page of the page and/or use TDS' Article Contribution Counter or FAMEPedia Page History Statistics. For your convenience, you may add "" to their talk page in the "edit source" section, replacing PageName with the pagename. Please use an edit summary such as "" replacing  with the name of the nomination page you are proposing for deletion.
 * If nominating a page from someone else's userspace, notify them on their main talk page.
 * If the user has not edited in a while, consider sending the user an email to notify them about the MfD if the MfD concerns their user pages.
 * If you are nominating a Portal, please make a note of your nomination here and consider using the portal guidelines in your nomination.
 * If you are nominating a WikiProject, please post a notice at FAMEPedia talk:WikiProject Council, in addition to the project's talk page and the talk pages of the founder and active members.

Administrator instructions
Administrator instructions for closing and relisting discussions can be found here.

Archived discussions
A list of archived discussions can be located at FAMEPedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates.