Due to continued creation of broken article slugs on the main list, likely secondary to article renames, the following changes have been made to the deletions process:
- Articles marked deleted:scp-XXXX may no longer be edited, renamed, or have files added.
- Upon articles being renamed using a GUID, articles will be held for 48 hours under this new URL before hard deletion.
Additionally, the following changes have been made to the Deletions Guide on the SCP Wiki:
- Pages hitting the deletion threshold will still be deleted by staff as normal, with the addition of the renaming workaround.
- Authors cannot manually run a complete self-delete of an article. Instead, they will soft delete it (ie renaming the article so that it is deleted:scp-XXXX)
- Staff will run these deletions, no questions asked, so as to preserve author autonomy.
Has been changed to:
- Pages hitting the deletion threshold will still be deleted by staff as normal, with the addition of the renaming workaround.
- Authors cannot manually run a complete self-delete of an article. Instead, they will soft delete it (ie renaming the article so that it is deleted:scp-XXXX)
- Articles moved to deleted:scp-XXXX cannot be edited, renamed further, or have their files altered except by moderator staff or above.
- Staff will run these deletions, no questions asked, so as to preserve author autonomy.
The following changes have been made to the Deletions Guide on O5:
The original "Self-Deletion" section has been placed in a collapsible.
Authors may mark an article for self-deletion by clicking "Options" at the bottom of the page, and clicking "Delete." This will move the article to the deleted:scp-XXXX category. Once moved here, articles may no longer be edited, renamed, or have files added. Staff will then delete the article with the next round of deletions.
The above was approved by the following admins: