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A Wikipedia article, page, category, redirect or image created for the sole purpose of disparaging its subject is an '''attack page'''. Under the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G10|criteria for speedy deletion]], these pages are subject to being deleted by any administrator at any time. Non-administrative users who find such pages should add the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Db-attack|db-attack]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> tag upon encountering them and the user who created them warned with <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:uw-attack|uw-attack]]|''page''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>. |
A Wikipedia article, page, category, redirect or image created for the sole purpose of disparaging its subject is an '''attack page'''. Under the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G10|criteria for speedy deletion]], these pages are subject to being deleted by any administrator at any time. Non-administrative users who find such pages should add the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Db-attack|db-attack]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> tag upon encountering them and the user who created them warned with <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:uw-attack|uw-attack]]|''page''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>. |
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A Wikipedia article, page, category, redirect or image created for the sole purpose of disparaging its subject is an attack page. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, these pages are subject to being deleted by any administrator at any time. Non-administrative users who find such pages should add the {{db-attack}} tag upon encountering them and the user who created them warned with {{uw-attack|page}}.
If the subject of the article is notable, but the existing page consists solely or primarily of personal attacks against that subject and there's no good revision to revert to, then the attack page should be deleted and an appropriate stub article should be written in its place.
It should be noted that this guideline is not meant to apply to formal good faith reports on a user's conduct or pattern of behavior made in accord with policy. For example, a request for comment filed in good faith would not be considered an attack page.
Note to administrators
When deleting attack pages, it is important that you don't quote any of the content in your deletion summary. In some cases, MediaWiki will offer a prefilled deletion summary that includes some of the content being deleted; make sure you replace the summary with something more appropriate (such as "[[WP:CSD#G10]] - Attack page") before clicking the delete button. Once added to the log, there is currently no way to delete a deletion summary short of direct Oversight intervention.