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Through the AfD process, almost 500,000 articles have been deleted between 2001 and 2021. In 2021, about 20,000 articles were nominated. About 60% of articles nominated for deletion are deleted, about 25% are kept, and the remainder are merged with another article, redirected to another article, or met with another fate. [20]
John Seigenthaler, an American journalist, was the subject of a defamatory Wikipedia hoax article in May 2005. The hoax raised questions about the reliability of Wikipedia and other websites with user-generated content. Since the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, it has faced several controversies. Wikipedia's open-editing model, which allows any user to edit its encyclopedic pages, has led to ...
A small note of explanation is OK, but please do not sign it – this isn't a talk page. This is for articles or redirects that really existed on Wikipedia which have been deleted – provide proof of the deletion if you can, generally in the form of an XFD discussion page (AFD debates can be quite humorous themselves) or deletion log entry (for articles deleted before December 2004; see also ...
Also, non-commercial, educational use only, and no derivatives, and other such restrictions on the type of use limit how other people may use the image outside of Wikipedia. Such images aren't considered "free", and so if these images cannot be justified as "fair use" within their articles, they will be deleted from Wikipedia.
Deletionpedia was an online archive wiki containing articles deleted from the English Wikipedia. Its version of each article included a header with more information about the deletion such as whether a speedy deletion occurred, where the deletion discussion about the article can be found and which editor deleted the article.
Articles on band members are often deleted if listed in an article separate from the band, unless the person is deemed notable for their independent accomplishments; Lyrics are usually deleted, as they belong in WikiSource, unless they are copyright violations; Articles about songs are generally considered not notable, and deleted or redirected.
12:48, 13 May 2008 deleted page Roblox (G4: Recreation of deleted material: per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roblox. Still no verifiability.) Still no verifiability.) 20:56, 10 May 2008 deleted page Roblox (Speedy deleted per (CSD A7), was an article about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content that didn't assert ...
On Wikipedia, many pages are deleted each day through the processes outlined below. Deletion of a Wikipedia article removes the current version and all previous versions from public view. Page blanking can be performed (or reverted) by any user, but only administrators can perform deletion, [1] view deleted pages, and reverse ("undelete") any ...