Hello, Request deleted content. I see you deleted [[{{{1}}}]]; could you please restore it because {{{2}}}? Thank you. --~~~~
 | This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Request deleted content}}). |
Usage
editThis is a boilerplate template to request deleted content from an administrator. The name is automatically displayed via {{BASEPAGENAME}}, so only the article and reason need to be filled in.
- {{subst:Rdc|Lauren Aquilina|[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/lauren%20aquilina/ she had two top 75 hits]}} produces "Hello, Rdc. I see you deleted Lauren Aquilina; could you please restore it because she had two top 75 hits? Thank you.--~~~~"
If you are not asking the deleting admin, add "|deletingadmin=USER" to the end of the template which produces (using RHaworth as an example):
- {{subst:Rdc|Sneakbo|[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/sneakbo/ he had four UK chart hits]|deletingadmin=RHaworth}} produces "Hello, Rdc. Another administrator, RHaworth, deleted Sneakbo; could you please restore it because he had four UK chart hits? Thank you.--~~~~"
For obvious reasons, this does not apply just to music based articles; the creator of this template, Launchballer, writes primarily music-based articles and is using two articles that he has asked admins for deleted content for as examples. To put text after the question mark, add "|3=TEXT", like so:
- {{subst:Rdc|Shabba|I'd like to put a disambiguation page there, and I'd like to see what was there before I put in my request|Alex Shih has not responded to my messages despite having edited since|deletingadmin=Alex Shih}} produces "Hello, Rdc. Another administrator, Alex Shih, deleted Shabba; could you please restore it because I'd like to put a disambiguation page there, and I'd like to see what was there before I put in my request? Alex Shih has not responded to my messages despite having edited since. Thank you."
This template MUST be substituted because of all the <includeonly>subst:</includeonly>s in there; they make it so that all the templates used in the template substitute when the template is. Otherwise, you end up with a load of garbage like so: "Hello, {{subst:BASEPAGENAME}}. {{subst:#if:|Another administrator, [[User:{{{deletingadmin}}}|{{{deletingadmin}}}]],|I see you}} deleted Lauren Aquilina; could you please {{subst:#ifeq:|email|eMail|restore}} it {{subst:#if:|to{{subst:sp}}|}}{{subst:#switch: |userspace=[[User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}/Lauren Aquilina]]{{subst:sp}}|afc=Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Lauren Aquilina|email=me|talkspace=this user talk page|custom=[[{{{4}}}]]}} because she had two top 75 hits? {{subst:#if:|{{{3}}}.}} Thank you. --{{subst:#ifeq:{{{sigisolate}}}|yes|~~~~|~~~~}}"
If you want to minimise the risk of it being deleted again by another admin, ask for it to be moved to either a userspace draft by adding "|destination=userspace" to the end of the template:
- {{subst:Rdc|Viper Recordings|one of their artists, [[Brookes Brothers]], has just had a #71 hit with [[Carry Me On]]|destination=userspace}} produces "Hello, Rdc. I see you deleted Viper Recordings; could you please restore it to User:Launchballer/Viper Recordings because one of their artists, Brookes Brothers, has just had a #71 hit with Carry Me On? Thank you.--~~~~"
Or you can put it through articles for creation by adding "destination=afc" to the end of the template. This produces the following:
- {{subst:Rdc|Zac Poonen|a very quick Bing search indicates (what looks like) several secondary sources|destination=afc}} produces "Hello, Rdc. I see you deleted Zac Poonen; could you please restore it to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Zac Poonen because a very quick Bing search indicates (what looks like) several secondary sources? Thank you.--~~~~"
Zac Poonen, by the way, is the only article I have failed to get to articlespace in my entire time here. All assistance is welcome. (Soapboxing over.) If you are not requesting the content of an article, or anything which could be considered unencyclopedic, please request it to eMail:
- {{subst:Rdc|Ryan Kendrick|he co-shot the [[Wild Cub]] video for [[Thunder Clatter]], and I'd like some more information before I decide whether or not to redirect|destination=email}} produces "Hello, Rdc. I see you deleted Ryan Kendrick; could you please eMail it to me because he co-shot the Wild Cub video for Thunder Clatter, and I'd like some more information before I decide whether or not to redirect? Thank you.--~~~~"
And if dealing with a small article, you can probably get away with asking them to post it right there. For example:
- {{subst:Rdc|Template:Sneakbo|I want to put a navbox across it and I was wondering what was there beforehand|destination=talk}} produces "Hello, Rdc. I see you deleted Template:Sneakbo; could you please restore it to this talk page because I want to put a navbox across it and I was wondering what was there beforehand? Thank you.--~~~~"
For a custom destination, use "|4=DESTINATION". For example:
- {{subst:rdc|1=Alonzo holt|destination=custom|2=he had a UK #97 hit with a cover version of [[Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song)]]|4=User:Launchballer/Alonzo Holt}} produces "Hello, Rdc. I see you deleted Alonzo holt; could you please restore it to User:Launchballer/Alonzo Holt because he had a UK #97 hit with a cover version of Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song)? Thank you.--~~~~"