"speedy delete" meaning in All languages combined

See speedy delete on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: speedy deletes [present, singular, third-person], speedy deleting [participle, present], speedy deleted [participle, past], speedy deleted [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from speedy deletion. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|speedy deletion}} Back-formation from speedy deletion Head templates: {{en-verb}} speedy delete (third-person singular simple present speedy deletes, present participle speedy deleting, simple past and past participle speedy deleted)
  1. (wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, transitive) To summarily delete one or more pages without having a discussion on whether to keep or to delete, almost always if the page is obviously worthy of uncontroversial deletion. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Wiki, Wikimedia Synonyms: speedy Translations (to delete without a discussion): schnelllöschen (German), 即時削除する (sokuji sakujo suru) (Japanese), borrado rápido (Spanish), snabbradera (Swedish)

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