I – Put the AfD tags on the article(s).
- Search previous AfD discussions to check if the article has been nominated at AfD before.
- 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
|outcome=merging and |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=July 2026}}
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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.
- Publish your changes.
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