Candidates for speedy deletion, contested

Candidates for speedy deletion, contested

See also categories: Candidates for speedy deletion and Candidates for deletion

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This is a subset of Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, consisting solely of those pages on which {{hang on}} has been inserted in response to the page being listed for speedy deletion. The purpose of this page is not to fundamentally change the speedy deletion process, but simply to help prevent a situation where a page is deleted while someone is in the middle of writing an explanation of why they believe it should not be, as per the instructions given in {{speedy}} and other templates.

Purge

Instructions: To categorize a page into this category, follow the instructions on the speedy delete template, which are reproduced immediately below:

This page is marked for speedy deletion.

If you disagree with its deletion, please do both of the following:

Explain why on the candidate for speedy delete’s talk page
Add [[Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, contested]] to the bottom of the candidate for speedy delete’s page

Important: Speedy deletions can occur quite quickly, as soon as an Administrator sees them. Therefore, don’t waste time if you want to save a marked page.

Administrators: Remember to check what links here and the page history before deleting.