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* Useless or incorrect [[Help:Editing#Redirecting pages|redirects]], categories, or templates. | * Useless or incorrect [[Help:Editing#Redirecting pages|redirects]], categories, or templates. | ||
* Redundant pages; if the page's concept already exists on another page, then there's obviously no need for another copy of the article. Depending on the title, it may be appropriate to turn the redundant page into a redirect instead, as well as merge any unique information it has into the original article. | * Redundant pages; if the page's concept already exists on another page, then there's obviously no need for another copy of the article. Depending on the title, it may be appropriate to turn the redundant page into a redirect instead, as well as merge any unique information it has into the original article. | ||
* Low effort pages; SmashWiki doesn't expect | * Low effort pages; SmashWiki doesn't expect new articles to be created in a fully complete state right from the getgo, but SmashWiki does not want editors to whip up pages they clearly spent no more than a couple minutes on just to get rid of a red link or to claim the "honor" of having created a page. What is "low effort" may not be hard quantifiable, but generally any article that has no more than a couple sentences and lacks the basic necessities for an article will be deemed low effort. This is especially enforced with [[SW:SMASHER#Smasher article essentials|smasher pages]], which will be swiftly deleted if they don't have the essentials outlined in the guideline upon or shortly after creation. | ||
* An article's subject lacking sufficient [[SW:NOTE|notability]] to merit its own article on SmashWiki, or is otherwise outside the scope of SmashWiki. | * An article's subject lacking sufficient [[SW:NOTE|notability]] to merit its own article on SmashWiki, or is otherwise outside the scope of SmashWiki. | ||
* Pages that are entirely written in another language, since this wiki is written in English. | * Pages that are entirely written in another language, since this wiki is written in English. | ||