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If this template does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. If you created this page and you disagree with the given reason for deletion, you can click the button below and leave a message explaining why you believe it should not be deleted. You can also visit the talk page to check if you have received a response to your message.

Note that this template may be deleted at any time if it unquestionably meets the speedy deletion criteria, or if an explanation posted to the talk page is found to be insufficient.

Nominator: Please consider placing the template:

((subst:db-significance-notice|Template:Db-a7|header=1)) ~~~~

on the talk page of the author.

Note to administrators: this template has content on its talk page which should be checked before deletion.

Please use a more specific template – ((db-person)), ((db-animal)), ((db-band)), ((db-club)), ((db-inc)), ((db-web)) or ((db-event)) – where possible.
Administrators: check links, talk, history (last), and logs before deletion. Please confirm before deletion that the page doesn't seem to be intended as the author's userpage. If it does, please move it to the proper location instead. Please also note that this tag will occasionally be used in place of the tags for criteria CSD A9 (musical recordings) and A11 (WP:MADEUP), as both of these also refer to lack of importance/significance. Consider checking Google.
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General criteria

G1	((db-nonsense))
G2	((db-test))
G3	((db-vandalism)) ((db-hoax))
G4	((db-repost))
G5	((db-banned)) ((db-gs))
G6	((db-g6)) ((db-copypaste)) ((db-error)) ((db-move)) ((db-moved)) ((db-xfd)) ((Db-afc-move))
G7	((db-author))
G8	((db-g8)) ((db-imagepage)) ((db-redirnone)) ((db-subpage)) ((db-talk)) ((db-templatecat))
G10	((db-attack)) ((db-negublp))
G11	((db-spam)) ((db-spamuser))
G12	((db-copyvio))
G13	((db-afc)) ((db-blankdraft))
G14	((db-disambig))

Articles

A1	((db-nocontext))
A2	((db-foreign))
A3	((db-nocontent)) ((db-empty))
A7	((db-a7)) ((db-person)) ((db-band)) ((db-club)) ((db-inc)) ((db-web)) ((db-animal)) ((db-event))
A9	((db-song))
A10	((db-same))
A11	((db-invented))

Files

F1	((db-f1)) ((duplicate))
F2	((db-f2)) ((db-fpcfail))
F3	((db-noncom))
F4	((di-no source)) ((di-no license)) ((di-no source no license)) ((di-dw no source)) ((di-dw no license)) ((di-dw no source no license))
F5	((db-f5)) ((di-orphaned non-free use))
F6	((di-no non-free use rationale)) ((di-missing article links))
F7	((db-f7)) ((di-replaceable non-free use)) ((di-disputed non-free use rationale))
F8	((db-f8)) ((now Commons))
F9	((db-filecopyvio))
F11	((di-no permission))
!	((di-fails NFCC))

Shortcuts

((db-bio-notenglish))
((db-bne))

This template is used to tag pages for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria, specifically CSD A7. There is a separate template for each criterion – see the table to the right.

This template places the page into the categories: Candidates for speedy deletion, and Candidates for speedy deletion as importance or significance not asserted.

Usage

The template should be placed at the top of the page to be deleted.

Parameters

((db-a7))

This is the most basic form of the template.

((db-a7|bot=ExampleBot))

Bot accounts will specify the |bot= parameter to notify the reviewing admin that the page was tagged by an automated process.

((db-a7|TypeOfEntity))

Where TypeOfEntity is the type of subject the article is about (band, company, website, etc). Please ensure that the entity is one of those listed in the CSD criterion, and consider instead using one of the more specific templates listed below. Note that books, albums, software etc., or schools, are specifically not allowed under this criterion.

Author notification

If you nominate a page for deletion under this criterion, please consider placing the following code:

((subst:nn-warn|PageName|header=1))

...on the User talk page of the main contributor(s) to the page, replacing PageName with the name of the page being marked for deletion. This will display the following user warning template:

==Speedy deletion nomination of [[:(({1))}]]==

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on [[:(({1))}]] requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by [[:(({1))}|visiting the page]] and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator.

Notes

Please consider using one of these more specific templates:

((db-person)) for articles about real people
((db-band)) for articles about bands, singers, musicians, or musical groups
((db-club)) for articles about clubs or groups
((db-inc)) for articles about companies, corporations or organisations
((db-web)) for articles about websites, blogs, forums, or other web content
((db-animal)) for articles about individual animals such as pets
Note that books, albums, software etc., or schools, are specifically not allowed under the A7 criterion.

Usage

Parameters

Author notification

Notes

See also