"speedy delete" meaning in English

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Verb

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. (Wikimedia jargon) 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. Categories (topical): Wiki 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)
    Sense id: en-speedy_delete-en-verb-1xPB7Ru9 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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