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If an article you have written is declined at articles for creation (AfC), nominated for deletion (AfD), or proposed for deletion (PROD), don’t panic or get angry. Take time to improve the article, ask for help and participate in the discussion. Speedy deletions should be dealt with at once, they may be deleted in hours if uncontested. Otherwise most deletion discussions and proposed deletions have a 7-day period of time for discussion and/or improvement, so you have plenty of time! Draft articles usually can remain for six months unless there are copyright violations, so you have sufficient time to work on your article which was declined at AfC.
Deletion isn’t the only outcome from many discussions. There are multiple options for what might happen next, such as:
- Articles can be kept, if significant, reliable sourcing over time can confirm that the subject meets the General Notability Guide (WP:GNG).
- They can be redirected or merged to another article which has more notability until such time as the subject has enough verifiable notability for a stand-alone article.
- They can be Userfied, or taken back to a draft to allow more work to be done on them.
- Even if an article is deleted, it can be recreated if an editor ensures that it meets Wiki policies and guidelines at a later time.
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