The '''Wikipedia deletion policy''' describes how materialpages whichthat doesdo not meet the relevant criteria for content criteriaof isthe encyclopedia are identified and removed from Wikipedia. In the normal operations of Wikipedia, approximately five thousand pages are deleted each day through the processes outlined below.
Deletion of a Wikipedia article removes the current version and [[Wikipedia:page history|all previous versions]] from public view. Unlike [[WPWikipedia:VANDALVandalism#Types of vandalism|page blanking]], which can be performed (or reverted) by any user, deletion can be performed only by [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]]. Administrators can also view deleted pages and reverse ("undelete") any deletion. All such actions are [[Special:Log/delete|logged]]. If in doubt as to whether there is consensus to delete a page, administrators will normally not delete it.▼
Reasons for deletion include but are not limited to violation of [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems|copyright]], content that [[WP:What Wikipedia is not|does not belong]] in an [[WP:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia|encyclopedia]], content not [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiable]] in a reliable source, and unreferenced negative content in [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|biographies of living persons]]. In the normal operations of Wikipedia, approximately five thousand pages are deleted each day through the processes outlined below.
▲Deletion of a Wikipedia article removes the current version and [[Wikipedia:page history|all previous versions]] from view. Unlike [[WP:VANDAL#Types of vandalism|page blanking]], which can be performed (or reverted) by any user, deletion can be performed only by [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]]. Administrators can also view deleted pages and reverse ("undelete") any deletion. All such actions are [[Special:Log/delete|logged]].
