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Redirects and pages that begin with a prefix such as "Wikipedia:" or "User:" are used for organizing the project, so are not considered part of the encyclopedia. Different rules apply to these pages; you can't use the "proposed deletion" option mentioned below, and deletion discussions take place in different places.
If the page is in your own user space (i.e. starts with "User:YourName/"), then you can request immediate deletion of the page at any time. Simply edit the page and put the template {{db-u1}} at the top of the page. An administrator will see that the page is in your own user space and delete it.
If this fails to resolve the issue, you may be able to request review of the closure at Wikipedia:Deletion review. If a page was obviously deleted "out of process" (per this policy), an administrator may choose to undelete it immediately. In such a case, the administrator who deleted the page should be informed.
When deleting a page through the speedy deletion process, please specify the reason for deletion in the deletion summary, so that it will be recorded into the deletion log. Quoting page content in the deletion summary may be helpful, but must not be done for attack content or copyrighted text. In some cases, it would be appropriate to notify ...
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Simply click the "Edit" tab at the top of a Wikipedia page or on a section-edit link. This will take you to a new page with a text box containing the editable text of the page you were viewing. In this box, you can type in the text that you want to add using wiki markup to format text and add other elements like images and tables.
Go to the page Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Deleting/delete2. Add an edit that should not be restored. Repeat steps 2-4 of Deleting a page. Repeat steps 1-5 of Undeleting a page. To restore selected revisions without the edit to omit, select only the checkboxes of the needed revisions (tip: hold shift to select multiple checkboxes quickly).
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