Alternative History:Deletion Policy

From time to time it may be necessary to delete certain articles and timelines from this wiki. This page describes the process to get articles/timelines deleted and some of the reasoning/policies that go with it.

WARNING: This article is provisional and may be subject to changes

How to delete an article/timeline

 * Add   to the top of the page.
 * Discuss on the article's talk page why it should be deleted.
 * If after a week there is consensus to delete, the article/timeline will be deleted.

Reasons for deletion

 * Not alternate history
 * Example: OTL history (exception if there is some AH content), future history, general science fiction, fantasy, revisionist history, etc. is not allowed
 * Note: Author will be a given a few days to move article(s) to another wiki if he/she chooses
 * Incredibly short and has not been worked on for some time
 * Copy of an existing article either on this Wiki or another Wiki
 * Copyright violation/derivative work
 * Spam
 * Vandalism
 * Author request
 * Author can also request a quick delete of his/her work by blanking the page
 * Broken/Unused redirect

Bad reasons for deletion

 * I do not like it.
 * It is offensive.
 * It has bad spelling/grammar.
 * It is implausible/unrealistic

Alternatives to deletion

 * Improve/Adopt
 * Obsolete
 * Merge: In some very rare situations, an article unattached to any timeline can be merged into an existing timeline if the original author agrees or he/she cannot be contacted after a reasonable amount of time
 * Redirect
 * Userfy
 * Disambiguation