RationalWiki:Articles for demotion

Some articles here are good. Like, really good. So good, you want others to know how good they are. Others were once really good, and now... not so much. If you believe an article is worthy or no longer worthy of a Silver or perhaps even Gold brainstar, you can place it on this page, where it will be promptly ignored carefully considered by the Mob.

The only rule we seem to agree upon is "Thou Shalt Use Common Sense", but in general...
 * 1) Add the Article for demotion (or just afdem) template to the top of the article you wish to demote
 * 2) Click on the relevant redlink at the top of the article's page, add  at top.
 * 3) Add   to the top of this page
 * 4) Give the cabal enough time to recover from our hangovers come to a consensus.
 * 5) After the voting is more or less settled, move   to a proper place in the vault, and add the result to the title.
 * 6) Remove the template from the article itself.  If the article has been approved for demotions, you may have the dishonors.

In addition, keep in mind that for a Gold Brainstar, you will need to have a Cover Story page prepared. This is because pages with a Gold Brainstar are added to the featured article selection on the Main Page. Meanwhile, adding or removing a bronze brainstar can be done unilaterally and you don't need to nominate an article to do so.

[ And don't forget to subscribe]. This will allow you to see when a new article for demotion is added.

To judge whether an article is suitable for demotion, see: Article rating.