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Some articles on RationalWiki are ripe for plucking and deletion. If you think an article fits this description (and there is no page that it could be better merged with), here are the steps to take to put it on this page:
- Add
{{Article for deletion}}
or{{Article for deletion|Reason}}
to the top of the page you think needs deletion. - Press the save button to get the rest of the instructions to populate.
- The second line of instructions that appear below the deletion template allow for pre-populating a discussion, click that button, replace the word "Reason" with your reasoning for wanting to delete the article.
- Finally add
{{RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/ReplaceMeWithTheArticleName}}
to top of this list. Don't forget to change the ReplaceMeWithTheArticleName to the proper article name from step 3.
Please notify the creator/main editor(s) on their talkpage using {{afdnotice|(Replace with exact article name '''including namespace''')|(Replace with AFD rationale)}}, particularly if it's new and the users are active.
Then wait a while and see what the mob thinks, unless there's an actual reason it needs to be taken out and shot quickly (e.g. a severely problematic/inaccurate living person's biography).
If the article you are attempting to create an AfD page for has had an AfD before, move the old AfD to a new name (usual standard suggests putting the year of the old AfD after the name, but we have no real policy for this, just make sure someone can find it later) and update the relevant archive before making the AfD.
If you want to delete categories, you can use the same process as for regular pages, but please notify an active bot operator to remove the category instead of cleaning it up yourself if there are a lot of pages.
If you are attempting to merge the article with another, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS PAGE. That belongs at RationalWiki:Duplicate articles.
Also, if you think an article is substandard but still potentially on-mission, remember that a move to Draft: space might be sufficient.
And don't forget to subscribe. This will allow you to see when a new article for deletion is added.
To archive:
- Edit the AFD page to change the result from "?" to "deleted" or "kept" or whatever.
- Go to RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Log and remove the
{{RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Article}}
. - Go to the 2025 archives and add
{{RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Article}}
at the top of the stack.
After deleting, add Category:Talk pages for deleted articles to the talk page if it has one. (The exception is deleted pages that were not main space articles, for which there's other categories to add to any talk pages instead.)
Moody Bible Institute | Result: ?
Delete
- As everyone has told the author, the article is really bad, and yet, they are not trying to improve it[1]. I know someone will probably suggest to send it to the draft space, but I doubt anyone will improve it in the future. GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 16:18, 31 August 2025 (UTC) GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 16:18, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
- If the point of this piece is to document sexual abuse at fundie schools, then a more general article on that subject might be appropriate. It doesn't serve RationalWiki well to have lots of little sparse stubs on these institutions like this one. Also, a note to the author: for Bob's sake, if you're gonna start an article like this, at least have the energy to follow it through. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 16:25, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
- A bad article that won't ever improve. Christopher (talk) 15:37, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
Keep
- It contains two [from the looks of it] reasonable refs. Therefore, shunting it back into draft to preserve them for the future might be wise. KarmaPolice (talk) 11:07, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
- Then I think you should vote for sending it to draft space instead of keeping it. GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 11:11, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
Merge/redirect
Goat
- I think it needs to be noted that quite a few mainspaces in this section is as about as shit [or more shit] than the target; I did a rando search and found Boston Baptist College, Regent University and Cornerstone University. Personally, I think that this whole section desperately needs someone to take it in-hand, and melt down the offendings into a large 'list of American fundie colleges' or similar and then shove in redirects [the good pages like Hillsdale College can be given a one-para listing and then a link to the main article]. KarmaPolice (talk) 11:04, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah, I agree. Though, to be fair, Hillsdale is much more prominent than the other fundie schools, so it's probably easier to find content and write about them. If the author of these articles want to write about them, I'd suggest them to focus on major institutions (I think that an article about the Pepperdine University
would be much more interesting than about this Moody Bible Institute). GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 11:10, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
- We already have an article on fundie schools. Several of the stubby articles that you mention above could be merged into this one. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 13:34, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah, I agree. Though, to be fair, Hillsdale is much more prominent than the other fundie schools, so it's probably easier to find content and write about them. If the author of these articles want to write about them, I'd suggest them to focus on major institutions (I think that an article about the Pepperdine University
Samantha Bee | Result: ?
- Samantha Bee – (View AfD)
Delete
- Not particularly missional. A 150-word stub that has barely changed since the day it was written. From glancing at her WP article
, Samantha Bee doesn't appear to have done anything notable since her show wad cancelled in 2022. Christopher (talk) 17:13, 28 August 2025 (UTC)
- Bongolian (talk) 17:58, 28 August 2025 (UTC)
- Doesn't appear to be missional at all. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 18:34, 28 August 2025 (UTC)
- Flandres (talk) 18:49, 28 August 2025 (UTC)
Keep
Merge/redirect
Goat