Template:Delmon

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Delmon (short for deletion monitor) is used to monitor articles that have been proposed or nominated for deletion. It shows at a glance:

• Whether a particular page exists, and whether it is a redirect
  • Pages which do not exist, or are redirects, are indicated with a small marker (■ or R respectively).
• For pages that exist and are not redirects:
  • Whether the page is tagged for AfD, proposed deletion, or speedy deletion
  • Whether the page has been edited since being tagged for deletion
  • Whether the page has an expired prod and may be deleted

Example use

{{Delmon}} called repeatedly to monitor several pages at a glance:

■■R■■■R■■R■ Made up article 1^AfD • R■■ Made up article 2^overdue • ■ Made up article 3^{recreated/untagged} • Made up article 4^(ed) • Made up article 5 • Made up article 6^{prev nom!}

Parameters

The template may be used with all parameters empty, useful for when article titles will be inserted later.

Typical:	{{delmon | <article> | <timestamp of deletion tag> }}
Full:	{{delmon | <article> | <timestamp of deletion tag> | nocheck | linkfor=<value> }}

Parameter	Value	Required?	Notes
1	page title	Optional	Article to be tracked (If no argument is given, template will show nothing rather than giving an error)
2	timestamp of deletion tag	Optional	Copy from the substituted deletion tag, or insert with {{subst:CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} (Allows recently tagged pages to be linked)
3	"nocheck"	Optional	Disables check of most recent page editor; must be third unnamed argument
linkfor	Number of days for which deleted or redirected pages are linked	Optional	Default is 60 days

Outputs

Output	Meaning
■	Page does not exist (links to page if tagged less than [linkfor] days ago)
R	Page is a redirect (links to page if tagged less than [linkfor] days ago)
[Page title] •	Page exists and is not a redirect
Tags for existing pages:
^AfD	Page has an AfD tag (links to latest AfD using {{LatestAfD}})
^recreated/untagged	No prod, AfD, or CSD tag is present on the page
^prev nom!	Page has been to AfD previously; prod cannot be used to delete it
^(ed)	Most recent page editor differs from that of the page where this template is deployed (links to article history) (disable with "nocheck")
^overdue	Page has been prod tagged for over seven days, and may be deleted

Logical flow

The template performs a branching series of conditional checks to determine page status, as shown in the adjacent flowchart:

• If page does not exist:
  • A "■" marker is shown
  • If timestamp is valid and less than [linkfor] days old, the marker is linked to the page
• If page is a redirect:
  • An "R" marker is shown
  • If timestamp is valid and less than [linkfor] days old, the marker is linked to the page
• If page exists and is not a redirect:
  • A link to the page is shown
  • If no prod or CSD template is present:
    • If the page is tagged with an AfD template, ^AfD is shown, linked to the latest AfD
    • Otherwise, ^{recreated/untagged} is shown
  • If the page is tagged with a prod or CSD template:
    • If page has been to AfD before, ^{prev nom!} is shown, indicating that proposed deletion is not allowed
    • Otherwise:
      • If the most recent editor differs from that of the page where this template is deployed, ^(ed) is shown ("nocheck" argument disables this)
      • If timestamp is valid and greater than 7 days old, or text indicating expired prod is present, ^overdue is shown

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