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: '''G:3'''. Vandalism, including inflammatory redirects, pages that exist only to disparage their subject, patent nonsense, or gibberish. | : '''G:3'''. Vandalism, including inflammatory redirects, pages that exist only to disparage their subject, patent nonsense, or gibberish. | ||
: '''G:11'''. Advertising or other spam without relevant content (but not an article about an advertising-related subject). | : '''G:11'''. Advertising or other spam without relevant content (but not an article about an advertising-related subject). | ||
: '''G:8'''. Inactivity of a personal constructed language. | : '''G:8'''. Inactivity of a personal constructed language. Reversion of deletions shall be petitioned to the [[Linguifex:Administrators|administrators]]. | ||
: '''T:1'''. Redundant or otherwise useless templates. | : '''T:1'''. Redundant or otherwise useless templates. | ||
: '''C:1'''. Categories representing overcategorisation. | : '''C:1'''. Categories representing overcategorisation. | ||
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<li>'''Inactivity'''</li> | <li>'''Inactivity'''</li> | ||
A personal language with a '''non-sufficient content''' and a '''long inactivity''', may be deleted. The | A personal language with a '''non-sufficient content''' and a '''long inactivity''', may be deleted. The definition of "non-sufficient" and "long inactivity" is arbitrary, and it is up to the administrators to assess whether articles ought to be deleted or not. However, a user has approximately one or two months upon creation of a language to add substantial content. If a language is risking deletion, a watch notice should be left on the author's talk page. In case of deletion, a deletion notice should be left on the author's talk page. If a user wants a language recreated, petition should be left with the administration. | ||
'''Special template''': [[Template:Watched/G:8|Watched/G:8]] | '''Special template''': [[Template:Watched/G:8|Watched/G:8]] | ||
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Editing other users' comments on talk pages and the forum is strictly forbidden and an extremely bannable offence. Editing a user comment because of profane language or harassment is equally forbidden, but removing inserted provocational illustrations and/or media is allowed. Removing offensive language or profanities is not allowed. | Editing other users' comments on talk pages and the forum is strictly forbidden and an extremely bannable offence. Editing a user comment because of profane language or harassment is equally forbidden, but removing inserted provocational illustrations and/or media is allowed. Removing offensive language or profanities is not allowed. | ||
Page blanking | Page blanking, §G:9, ties in with §U:1 should the page blanking aim to remove the comments on a discussion page of previous users. | ||
''See also [[Linguifex:General policy|conduct in the general policy]]. | ''See also [[Linguifex:General policy|conduct in the general policy]]. | ||
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Users spamming external links are most often recognisable by their unrealistically long or complex user names and their lack of edits. Their names most inconsistent and aesthetically displeasing. Bear in mind, that these users are bots, which implies that no reasoning is possible and all edits and the user pages can be deleted without any second thoughts, should they vandalise the wiki. | Users spamming external links are most often recognisable by their unrealistically long or complex user names and their lack of edits. Their names most inconsistent and aesthetically displeasing. Bear in mind, that these users are bots, which implies that no reasoning is possible and all edits and the user pages can be deleted without any second thoughts, should they vandalise the wiki. | ||
'''Special template''': [[Template:Watched/U: | '''Special template''': [[Template:Watched/U:4|Watched/U:4]] | ||
<li>'''Unacceptable username'''</li> | <li>'''Unacceptable username'''</li> | ||
Users with unrealistically long or complex user names and lack of edits may with caution be deleted upon sight. These accounts are more often than not robots, "bots", spamming external links and commercial content. To avoid suspicion of violation of this paragraph when creating an account, users ought to bear the following points in mind when choosing a username; that certain combinations are more suspect than others. | Users with unrealistically long or complex user names and lack of edits may with caution be deleted upon sight. These accounts are more often than not robots, "bots", spamming external links and commercial content. To avoid suspicion of violation of this paragraph when creating an account, users ought to bear the following points in mind when choosing a username; that certain combinations are more suspect than others. | ||
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Administrators ought to bear in mind that invoking §U:4 requires a degree of certainty. It is preemptive and thus not easily enforced. | Administrators ought to bear in mind that invoking §U:4 requires a degree of certainty. It is preemptive and thus not easily enforced. | ||
''See also §U:4.'' | |||
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