Help:Deleting a page

As a regular EVElopedia user, you can't delete pages on your own. If you think a page must be deleted, you can use the page's Discussion Page to suggest it to a moderator.

When adding comments, think about why you want the page to be deleted :

• The page should have a different title - in this case, ask in your comments for a page rename (you can't rename a page on your own).
• The contents should have been placed on a different page - So "merge" the contents into the existing page and then create a redirect. See Help:Redirects
• The contents are already on a different page - So wipe away all the duplicate content and leave behind a redirect. That way, this page title (which made more sense to somebody), will helpfully redirect to the correct location of the information. See Help:Redirects
• The page is out-of-date - So update it! If the page describes a current or future event, which has now passed, reword all of the sentences to be in the past tense, that way you have created a page which acts as a historical record. Alternatively label the information as out-of-date, with a warning notice.

So in fact a straightforward delete is generally only necessary if the title of the page is inappropriate. In other situations, a merge and redirect is more appropriate.