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While anyone can edit articles, to keep things manageable, only [[Resonite_Wiki:Administrators|Administrators]] can delete them. Note that removing all text from a page does not delete it; it just leaves a blank page, which is discouraged as it is confusing to [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Reader|readers]]. Removed text is not permanently lost, and can easily be restored from the page history.

This page explains how to ask for an article to be deleted from the Resonite Wiki. For all the gritty details, see the [[Resonite Wiki:Policy/Deletion|deletion policy]].

Bear the following things in mind:

* It is better to [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article development|improve]] an article than to delete it for not being good enough.
* An article that looks inappropriate may simply have been tampered with; you can fix this by [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Revert|reverting]] it to the better, previous version.
* If the article duplicates another, you can [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Redirect|redirect]] it to the other one; there's no need for it to be deleted first.
* It's polite to let the article's author know that you are asking for it to be deleted; you can find them in the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Page history|page history]].

==Pages you created yourself==
If you create a page yourself and then change your mind, just add the text <code><nowiki>{{db-author}}</nowiki></code> to the top of it; it will be deleted shortly afterward. If other contributors have edited the page, however, this usually won't be done; use one of the methods explained below.

==Non-article pages==
To request a page is deleted, you must place the <code><nowiki>{{delete|reason}}</nowiki></code> tag at the top of it, with <code>reason</code> being replaced with your reason for a deletion request. Not all pages are encyclopedia articles. Redirects and pages that begin with a prefix such as "Resonite_Wiki:" or "User:" are used for organization, so are not considered part of the encyclopedia. Different rules are applied to these pages: please see the [[Resonite Wiki:Policy/Deletion|deletion policy]] for more information. For your own <code>User:</code> space CSS or JavaScript page, use <code><nowiki>/* {{db-author}} */</nowiki></code>