Wikipedia:What G6 is not

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This is for uncontroversial maintenance, including:

Deleting redirects or other pages which prevent page moves. Administrators should be aware of the proper procedures where a redirect or page holding up a page move has a non-trivial page history. An administrator who deletes a page that is blocking a move should ensure that the move is completed after deleting it.
Deleting pages unambiguously created in error or in the incorrect namespace, or redirects created by moving away from a title that was obviously unintended.
Deleting templates orphaned as the result of a consensus at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.

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— Criterion for speedy deletion G6

G6 is the most broad criterion for speedy deletion, providing for the deletion of content in the name of "uncontroversial maintenance" without discussion. However, it also tends to be the most frequently abused criterion.

G6 is for technical maintenance, not a catch-all for pages that one thinks should be deleted without discussion but do not fit another criterion for speedy deletion. It should rarely be used to delete pages that do not explicitly fall into one of the above bullet points.