MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown explained

• General (can apply to any page)

• • G3: Vandalism
  • G3: Blatant hoax
  • G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion
  • G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban
  • G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup
  • G7: One author who has requested deletion to retrieve it, see undelete}}|interfaceadmin|WP:IANB|WP:REFUND}}
  • G8: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page
    • • G10: Attack page or negative unsourced BLP G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion
  • G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement
  • G13: Abandoned draft or Articles for Creation submission – to retrieve it, see
  • G14: Unnecessary disambiguation page

• Redirect pages
  • R2: Cross-namespace redirect from mainspace
  • R3: Recently created, implausible redirect
  • R4: Redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons
  • G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page
  • X3: Redirect with no space before a parenthetical disambiguation
• Other criteria
  • Listed at for over seven days
  • : Nominated for seven days with no objection
  • : Nominated for seven days with no reliable sources present in the article