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{{Redirect|WP:ATTACK|the policy about personal attacks|Wikipedia:No personal attacks|the failed proposal|Wikipedia:Attack sites}}
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{{nutshell|Do not create pages which serve no purpose beyond disparaging or threatening their subjects, or biographical articles which are unsourced and entirely negative in tone.}}
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An '''attack page''' is a [[Wikipedia:Glossary#Page|page]], in any [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]], that exists primarily to disparage or threaten its subject; or biographical material that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced or poorly sourced. Under the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G10|criteria for speedy deletion]], these pages may be removed immediately. Upon finding such a page, identify it for speedy deletion by prepending the {{tl|db-attack}} template, and warn the user who created it using the {{tl|uw-attack}} [[WP:WARN|user warning template]]. Attack pages should be [[WP:CBLANK|blanked as courtesy]].

Once a page is tagged with the {{tl|db-attack}} template, it will be added to [[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as attack pages]].

If the subject of the article is [[Wikipedia:Notability|notable]], but the existing page consists primarily of attacks against the subject or a living person, and there is no [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral version]] in the history to [[Wikipedia:Revert|revert]] to, then the attack page should be deleted and an appropriate [[Wikipedia:Stub|stub]] article should be written in its place. This is especially important if the page contains [[WP:BLP|biographical material about a living person]].

Attack pages eligible for speedy deletion may be inside or outside the [[Wikipedia:Main namespace|main namespace]]. However, this policy is not usually meant to apply to [[WP:RFC|requests for comment]] and similar processes (although these processes have their own guidelines for deletion of requests that are invalid or in bad faith). On the other hand, keeping a "list of enemies" or "list of everything bad user:XXX did" on your user space is neither constructive nor appropriate. Bear in mind that the key to ''resolving'' a dispute is ''not'' to find and list all the [[wikt:dirt|dirt]] you can find on somebody.

== Negative spinout articles ==
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When material is [[WP:SPINOUT|spunout]] of a biography of a [[WP:PUBLICFIGURE|public figure]] by consensus because that section of the article [[Wikipedia:Splitting|has a length that is out of proportion]] to the rest of the article, it is not necessarily an attack page, even if the content in question reflects negatively upon its subject. Such an article is still required to comply with [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]].

== Note to administrators ==
When deleting attack pages, it is important that you {{strong|do not quote any of the content}} in your deletion summary. If you wish to add any comments in addition to using the "G10" option from the dropdown menu, be sure to include only a simple description without the details of the attack.

== See also ==
; Policies
* [[Wikipedia:Libel]]
* [[Wikipedia:Harassment]]
* [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]]
* [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G10]]
* {{section link|Wikipedia:No personal attacks|Removal of personal attacks}}
* [[WP:POLEMIC]]
; Essays
* [[Wikipedia:Bullying]]
* [[Wikipedia:Coatrack articles]]
; Articles containing criticism of individual people
* [[:Category:Criticism of individuals]]
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