deletion

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Editorial note

They eventually stopped responding and left the article for deletion.

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any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

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noun

any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

noun

(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

noun

the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for deletion.

noun

any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

noun

(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

noun

the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"

noun

the act of deleting something written or printed

Example sentences

They eventually stopped responding and left the article for deletion.

"I keep telling myself that eventually I'll add a deletion option to the right-click context menu but I never actually bother with it.

Gender imbalance might be a problem, but it's not a problem to the same extent as notability-based deletionism is.

There is no more evangelical advocate for your company than the customer you email to say "Yes, you intentionally deleted this file six weeks ago. The 30 day deletion deadline has passed, but I have managed to restore the most recent version of your dissertation.

The next day both articles were "nominated for deletion", one because it wasn't properly formatted or referenced, and the other for copyright infringement.

Every time a "problem" like this makes the news, the real problem always seems to be overzealous deletionists with their ridiculously strict notability requirement.

Such termination of the Service will result in the deactivation or deletion of your Account or your access to your Account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all Content in your Account.

Beacon, account deletion, random modification of privacy settings and policies.

But the kind of intolerance and self-centered narrow-mindedness that overzealous deletionists exhibit doesn't suit the spirit of a collaborative online project.

He knows what should be in Wikipedia, and what they should consider notable under their standards, yet feels put upon by having to know what a "talk page" or "deletion review" is, and assaulted by being informed of a talk page being created for him.

Besides, if something like that ever becomes a problem, a better response would be a prohibition on self-promotion or some other clear guideline, rather than a vague requirement of notability.- If these deletionists are just being OCD and wanting everything to be tidy and clean and under their editorial control, I would say that they need to take a break.