Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron Guide to saving articles

See also: ARS Tips to help rescue articles on the main ARS page

This page regards content that is in any deletion discussion (XfD), to offer suggestions on finding the best solution that serves both our readers and complies with Wikipedia's policies. As the name implies, the Article Rescue Squadron primarily deals with rescuing articles in Wikipedia's article namespace but the same principles apply to all content. If it meets Wikipedia's policies and is useful to our readers it is more likely to be saved in some form; if not, it is more likely to be removed.

Experienced Wikipedians are familiar with the various discussions for deletion processes whereby content— articles, templates, images, audio, and video files, categories, redirects, and other items— is examined and re-examined to see if it merits inclusion on Wikipedia. The Wikipedia policy alternatives to deletion includes many policy-based options to deletion.

Editors, particularly new editors, often ask the Article Rescue Squadron for help saving an article. This guide is in part intended to instruct editors how to save articles and other content on their own. Since editors who ask for help may know more about the content up for deletion than others, and may be more interested in the subject, it makes sense to inform people how to rescue. These same skills of assessment, sourcing and integration can be applied to almost any area of Wikipedia.