You must sign in to nominate articles for deletion. If you do not sign in or edit anonymously, you will get stuck part way through the nomination procedure.
To nominate a single article for deletion or merging, it is highly recommended that you use the simple Twinkle tool. If you want to do it manually instead, follow this process:
Based on how many times the article has been nominated at AfD, add the relevant templates at the top of the article:
If this is the first nomination, insert {{subst:afd1}} .
Instead, if the article has been nominated before, insert {{subst:afdx|2nd}}, {{subst:afdx|3rd}}, ...
If you are nominating for merging, add the ‹See TfM›|outcome=merging and ‹See TfM›|target=First article you nominated parameters, e.g. {{subst:afd1|outcome=merging|target=foo}} or {{subst:afdx|2nd|outcome=merging|target=bar}}
Publish your changes, using an edit summary such as Nominated article at AfD; see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName]]. Do not mark the edit as minor.
The NominationName is normally the article name (PageName), but if it has been nominated before, use "PageName (2nd nomination)" or "PageName (3rd nomination)" etc.
If you are nominating for merging, also tag the target article by inserting the following at the top of the article or target sections: {{Merge from|Name of the source article|afd=NominationName|date=June 2026}}
II – Create the article's AfD discussion page.
The resulting AfD banner at the top of the article should contain a bolded link to a "Preloaded debate": click it and follow the instructions that will appear above the text editor.
Alternatively, you can also do it manually:
The resulting AfD banner will contain a bolded link that says "... discussion page": click it to open the AfD discussion.
Insert this text: {{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | cat=Category | text=Why you are nominating the article}} ~~~~
Replace PageName with the name of the page, Category with a letter from the list M, O, B, S, W, G, T, F, and P to categorize the debate, and Why you are nominating the article with the reasons the article should be deleted or merged.
At the top of the list on the log page (there's a comment indicating the spot), insert: {{subst:afd3 | pg=NominationName}} Replace NominationName appropriately (use "PageName", "PageName (2nd nomination)", etc.)
