If you have decided, for one reason or another, that a page needs to be deleted, there are several steps you should take.
[list=1][*]Place the candidate for deletion template tag at the very top of the article - type exactly {{Delete}} as the very first line of the article.
[list][*]This will place a large banner at the top of the page, notifying visitors that it is a candidate for deletion, and that their vote on the talk page would be appreciated.
[*]This will also place the article in Candidates for deletion.
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[*]Save the article.
[*]Place the deletion candidate talk template tag at the very top of the article's talk page - type exactly {{
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:Delete/Talk}} as the very first line of the page.
[*]:You may also provide a reason directly: {{
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:Delete/Talk|}}
[list][*]You will automatically be registered as the first vote to delete.
[*]This will place a large banner at the top of the talk page, explaining to visitors how to vote.
[*]This will also add the voting booth to the page, where visitors can place their actual votes.
[*]Finally, this will add the talk page to Votes in progress so that members wishing to participate in the democratic process can find it among the lists of votes in progress..
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[*]Save the talk page.
[*]You are done! Tell your friends to go vote their heart on the article, and see below to know when to mark it terminate and / or remove the delete candidate listing!
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Now that the page is marked for deletion, you wait for enough members to vote before anything actually happens:
[list][*]When either side (for or against deletion) is winning by a three (3) vote margin, the vote is pending closure.
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[list][*]Once a vote is pending closure, you wait five (5) days from when the last vote was cast (look at the timestamps on the votes). During this time you can change the {{Delete/Vote}} tag at the top of talk page to {{Delete/Closing}} to mark that the vote is in this period.
[list][*]If the losing side does not reach get within 3 votes of the winning side within the 5 days, then the vote is closed.
[*]If, however, the losing side gets within 3 votes, the page leaves the pending closure state until one side is winning by a 3 vote margin again. If the {{Delete/Closing}} tag is on the talk page it should be replaced with the {{Delete/Vote}} tag again.
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[top]Once the vote closes

Once a vote is closed, the action for the appropriate side is taken:
[list][*]If the Delete votes have it:
[list=1][*] Replace {{Delete/Closing}} tag in the talk page with {{Terminate}}. The voting booth and associated votes are left for the admin to review.
[*] Replace {{Delete}} tag in the article page itself with {{Terminate}} tag to mark the article as one that an admin needs to delete.
[*] Check What links here and remove links to the article being terminated from live articles.
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[list][*] The article will be removed the next time and administrator comes on and checks Terminated articles for new articles to remove.
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[list][*]If the Keep votes win:
[list=1][*] Remove {{Delete}} from the article page itself.
[*] In the talk page, replace {{Delete/Closing}} with {{Willkeep}}.
[*] Leave the vote in for future reference.
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