Wikipedia:Update/1/Deletion policy changes during May 2009

• Wikipedia:Category deletion policy
  • Changed "five days" to "seven days" throughout

• Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion
  • Changed the lead section substantially
  • Added to WP:CSD#G3: "and blatant hoaxes"
  • Added to WP:CSD#G4: link to the proposal called WP:RECREATE
  • In WP:CSD#A9, changed "has never existed or has been deleted" to "does not exist"
  • Added to WP:CSD#F3: "Files licensed under versions of the GFDL prior to 1.3, without allowing for later versions, may be deleted."
  • Removed from WP:CSD#F8: "The image is under a valid free license or public domain. Non-free images should not be deleted under this criterion, because they are not allowed on Commons. Instead, the copy on Commons should be deleted."

• Wikipedia:Deletion policy
  • Changed 5 days to 7 days throughout; the standard duration for deletion discussions of all kinds is now 7 days
  • Added to See also: link to the proposal called WP:RECREATE

• Wikipedia:Office actions
  • Minor wording changes

• Wikipedia:Oversight
  • The entire page was expanded and rewritten.