Miscellany for deletion (MfD) is a place where Wikipedians decide what should be done with problematic pages in the namespaces outside of the main article namespace, that aren't already covered by other specialized deletion discussion areas. Items sent here are usually discussed for five days; then are either deleted by an administrator, using community consensus (determined from the discussion) as a guideline, or kept.

The only currently-used namespaces in which pages are eligible for deletion here are Help:, Portal:, MediaWiki:, Wikipedia:, User:, and the various Talk: namespaces.

The undeletion of pages deleted after having been discussed here, and debating whether discussions here have been properly closed, is the purview of Wikipedia:Deletion review, which operates in accordance with our undeletion policy.

When a page in the User or User talk namespaces seems worthy of deletion, please explain your concerns on the user's talk page first. This is civil; in addition, often the user is simply unaware of our policies, and the page can either be fixed or speedily deleted using {{db-userreq}}. When the user has no recent edits and has made little or no contribution to the encyclopedia, please consider using proposed deletion. (Please do not use it when these conditions are not met.) This is a lighter-weight process, and permits deletions which are unlikely to be contested to be made without requiring discussion and consensus.

This process is also sometimes used to discuss shutting down undesirable projects on Wikipedia, although this is rare and used in extreme cases only. Sometimes when such projects are shut down, their pages are kept for historical reasons.

• Wikipedia:Deletion policy — our deletion policy that describes how we delete things by consensus
• Wikipedia:Guide to deletion — whose guidelines on discussion format and shorthands also apply here
• Wikipedia:User page — our guidelines on user pages
• Deletion process — how to close debates

Please bear in mind that:

• Nominating a Wikipedia policy or guideline page, or one of the deletion discussion areas (or their sub-pages), for deletion will probably be considered disruptive, and the ensuing discussions closed early. This is not a forum for modifying or revoking policy.
• Nominating for deletion a proposed policy or guideline page that is still under discussion is generally frowned upon. If you oppose a proposal, discuss it on the policy page's discussion page. Consider being bold and improving the proposal. Modify the proposal so that it gains consensus. Also note that even if a policy fails to gain consensus, it is often useful to retain it as a historical record, for the benefit of future editors.
• However, if a proposal is not serious or is disruptive (e.g. "Proposal to reject proposal foo") it can be nominated for deletion.
• User pages about Wikipedia-related matters by established users usually do not qualify for deletion.
• Normal editing that doesn't require the use of any administrator tools, such as merging the page into another page or renaming it, can often resolve problems.
• If a page is in the wrong namespace (e.g. an article in Wikipedia namespace), simply move it and list the redirect on WP:RFD if needed.

See Wikipedia:Deletion process#Miscellany for Deletion page for a more detailed description of the MfD closing process.

• The process for the Miscellany for deletion page is similar to that for articles, as outlined at Wikipedia:Deletion process, except instead of using {{subst:Afd top}} and {{subst:Afd bottom}}, you use {{subst:Mfd top}} and {{subst:Mfd bottom}}.
• If the decision is KEEP (including any variant such as REDIRECT or MERGE), remove the MFD Header from the page (be sure the MFD Category is also removed), and put a link to the discussion sub-page on the page's talk page. The template {{oldmfd}} is recommended for this, like so:

{{oldmfd|date= dateOfNomination |result= result |votepage= PageName }}

• After closing the discussions, move its transclusion from the Active to a wikilink in the Closed section of the page, include the result.
• To archive closed discussions remove an entire day's closed discussions from this page and place it in the relevant archive, creating a dated section if necessary. Do not archive a day until all discussions for that day and all preceeding days have been closed.

Please check the aforementioned list of deletion discussion areas to check that you are in the right area.

To list an article/page for deletion, follow this three-step process: (replace PageName with the name of the page, including its namespace, to be deleted)

• While not required, it is generally considered civil to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the miscellany that you are nominating. To find the main contributors, look in the page history or talk page of the miscellany. For your convenience, you may add {{subst:MFDWarning|Article}} to their talk page.