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#Redirects to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects. | #Redirects to deleted pages should be deleted or redirected elsewhere to avoid broken redirects. | ||
#If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> to a <span style="color:blue;">better title</span>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>, with an edit comment like ''(moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution)''. The <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. <span style="color:blue;">Better title</span> would then be changed to redirect to <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>. | #If an article title needs to be deleted, but some of the content could be used in a different (existing) article, proceed as follows: move the article from <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> to a <span style="color:blue;">better title</span>, in order to preserve the history. Next, copy the content to the <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>, with an edit comment like ''(moved content from really silly article title - see the page history of better title for author attribution)''. The <span style="color:blue;">really silly article title</span> will then be a redirect with no page history which can be deleted. <span style="color:blue;">Better title</span> would then be changed to redirect to <span style="color:blue;">existing article</span>. | ||
#Userpages should only be deleted if the user requests it, unless the userpage was created by a permanently banned[[MarioWiki:Vandalism|vandal]], in which case it is viable for deletion regardless of whether they request it or not. Talkpages should only be deleted if they are of sockpuppets and they are not deemed possible for future reference. | #Userpages should only be deleted if the user requests it, unless the userpage was created by a permanently banned [[MarioWiki:Vandalism|vandal]], in which case it is viable for deletion regardless of whether they request it or not. Talkpages should only be deleted if they are of sockpuppets and they are not deemed possible for future reference. | ||
==Things to remember== | ==Things to remember== | ||
