All The Tropes:How To Delete a Page: Difference between revisions

Additionally, it adds the [[Help:Categories|category]] "Pages for speedy deletion" to the page, which causes it to show up on the corresponding [[:Category:Pages for speedy deletion|category page]], as well as on the [[All The Tropes:Community Portal|Community Portal]]. This alerts the wiki administrators that there is requestedrequest for a page deletion.

While the reason given in the template parameter should be sufficient to explain why the page should be deleted, it is often a good idea to put a corresponding note on the page's Talk page or in [[Forum:Trope Talk|the "Trope Talk" area]] of the forums... Especiallyespecially if your reasons for the deletion are larger or more detailed than can be easily described for the template.

<big>'''IMPORTANT!''' Do ''not'' blank the nominated page.</big> Deletion is not an automatic process, and the administrator responding to the template will want to review the page's contents to see if it really does deserve to be deleted. Blanking the page just makes his job harder, and even if done in good faith may get you tagged as a [[Wiki Vandal]].