Template:Delete
Usage
{{delete}} creates an information box telling the user that the page is proposed for deletion. The box will show at the position on the page where you put the template and stretch horizontally to fill the width of the available space, and vertically depending on how many rows of text are needed.
To flag a page for deletion, add the template to the top of the page. The page will automatically be added to the category Category:Delete.
Parameter
There are 3 parameters, of which 1 is unnamed and required, and 2 are named and optional.
Syntax
Case | Template code | Placement |
---|---|---|
Entire page | reason for deletion }} | Top of page |
Section | reason for deletion |section=yes}} | Beneath section header |
Date | reason for deletion |date= }} | — |
Full | reason for deletion |date= |section=yes }} | — |
Required parameter
1
- Reason for deletion
This parameter is used to provide an explanation and a motivation for why the page should be deleted. Give a good description of the circumstances. It is unnamed, so no parameter name needs to be entered.
The text you enter will be prefixed by the string "This page is proposed for deletion: ".
- Usage
-
{{delete|1}}
Optional parameters
date
- Date of reporting
You can add the date of your report by using this parameter.
- Note
- Use a date format that can be understood across cultures, languages and borders, i.e. either by using the ISO standard (YYYY-MM-DD), or by giving the name of the month in full or as an abbreviation (e.g. 24 Aug, 2014).
- Usage
-
{{delete|1|date=date value}}
section
- Changes the words "page" and "article" to "section"
If you want to propose only a section of the page to be deleted, use this parameter.
Any value you specify will be interpreted as "true", and invoke the parameter; i.e. |section=yes
will yield the same result as |section=haggis
.
- Usage
-
{{delete|1|section=yes}}
Examples
Case | What you type | What you see |
---|---|---|
Basic use | Since this page is …}} | |
With date | Since this page is …|date=2015-01-02}} | |
For section | Since this section is …|section=yes}} |
See also
- {{blackboxwarning}}
- {{duplicate}}
- {{draft}}
- {{outdated}}
- {{restricted}}
- {{spam}}
- {{warning}}
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Delete/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |