Linguistics Wiki:Deletion policy

Pages may only be deleted by administrators, however any pages may be nominated for deletion by anyone. This may be done by adding the template to the top of the page. Additionally, a signed section must be created in the article's talk page entitled 'Nomination for deletion'. The talk page section must specify why the article was nominated for deletion. If this is not specified, then both the deletion tag and the talk section will be removed. For a 24-hour period, administrators may give signed positive or negative subsection arguments entitled either 'Positive' or 'Negative' respectively. After the 24-hour period, a new subsection must be created entitled 'Vote'. Administrators may then place a vote by adding 'Positive' or 'Negative' respectively as a signed bullet point. After a 24-hour voting period, if the vote is positive, the page will be deleted by an administrator. If the vote is negative, the page will be retained, the deletion tag deleted, and a subsection of the 'Nomination for deletion' will be created entitled 'The result of the vote was negative'. Until the wiki has 50 articles, the founder of the wiki may delete any page without a vote.