Template:Deletion error

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Template used when a file or other page can not be deleted due to an error.

The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Deletion error

Usage

{{Deletion error |1= |2= }}

See Category:Deletion error for more usage information.

  1. Blank the file description page and replace it with {{Deletion error}}. Make sure to include a reason so that the file can be deleted in the future, as well as the Phabricator task describing the issue. If no task exists yet, you should report it by following the instructions at mw:How to report a bug.
  2. (Optional, but best practice) Move the file without leaving a redirect to the next title in the File:Deletion error ### sequence.
  3. Overwrite the file with one white pixel, such as File:White Pixel 1x1.jpg, File:ZXSpectrum80.svg or File:Pix-FFFFFF.png
  4. Delete or RevDel as many of the previous file revisions as possible.
  5. (Optional) RevDel the file description page revisions.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefaultStatus
1Reason for deletionNo reason providedrequired
2Phabricator task numberemptyoptional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: Administrators

Placement: At the top of the page

Example

{{Deletion error|Copyright violation; see [[Commons:Licensing]] ([[COM:CSD#F1|F1]])|T2001}}

renders as:

Summary

Description
English: An image for which the original description page was removed and the image was replaced with an one white pixel image.
Date Unknown date
Unknown date
Source Unknown source
Author Unknown author

Licensing

Public domain This image of simple geometry is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.
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