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The goal here is to improve the quality of Uncyclopedia, not to win a vote. You can edit an article during a vote to delete it. You can flip your vote if the article improves or if other voters convince you.
- To nominate a page for deletion
- Read these rules and the deletion policy.
- Do not increase the number of active nominations on VFD to over 20, as a 1 day ban often offends. (Inactive votes, which are grayed out, don't count in the limit of 20.)
- Please check an article's history before nominating it. If there has been vandalism, revert it to the best past version. Also, check the article's talk page to see if it is in Category:Deletion Survivor. If so, Special:WhatLinksHere will find the relevant VFD archive(s); read why we voted to keep it, the last time.
- Add {{VFD}} to the article in question, or else the moderator may invalidate the vote. If adding {{VFD}} to an article already under vote, reset the 24-hour clock.
- If an article survives VFD, do not resubmit it for at least 1 month.
- How to quickly find VFDable articles (using special pages)
- Check Special:DeadendPages, Special:LonelyPages and Special:UncategorizedPages. Often many articles can slip through the cracks of ICU or QVFD and remain on Uncyclopedia for very long periods before someone randomly stumbles upon them.
- To vote to delete or keep an article
- Edit the section for the article in question.
- To vote, start a new line at the end of the
delete=orkeep=section, beginning with#. This creates a numbered entry. Do not put a space before#. Increment thedelnumberorkeepnumber, whichever applies.- To post brief indented replies to a vote, start lines with
#:with one or more colons; anything else breaks the numbered list.
- To post brief indented replies to a vote, start lines with
- To type a comment, start a new line at the end of the
comments=section, beginning with*(as comments need not be numbered). - Votes with an explanation, and comments, are more helpful in analyzing the quality of an article.
- ~~~~ - Sign and timestamp your vote. Unsigned votes will be removed without prejudice.
Do not delete any content without authorization. To change a vote, strike your old one and add a new one. Do not change other users' posts. At least 24 hours must pass before a nomination is closed or an article is deleted.
- Further procedures for Admins/Poopsmiths/wannabes
- Edit this month's archive (When creating a new monthly archive, start it with {{Archive}})