 | This is an explanatory essay about the Wikipedia:Deletion policy and the Wikipedia:Redirect#When should we delete a redirect? guideline. This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. |
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There have been many Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion (RfD) debates over the years. This page summarizes how various types of articles, subjects, and issues have often been dealt with on RfD. It is modeled on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes, an equivalent page for AfD. But there are significant differences between AfD and RfD, chiefly that AfD debates are often focused on whether the topic is notable, whereas there is no standard or requirement for notability of redirects.
There are many pages of essays, policies, and guidelines about determining notability. RfD doesn't have a similar focus, so there's not much documentation available to guide redirect discussions. This page is an attempt to address this deficiency.