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Our Wikipedia article was deleted. Can it be recreated and how do we avoid deletion again?

Quick answer

Recreation requires materially new notability evidence and the proper deletion-review or Articles for Creation path. Recreating without changes produces another deletion, often more quickly.

Wikipedia’s deletion process is final unless the underlying conditions change. The legitimate paths are two. Deletion review: a formal request that the community reconsider the original deletion, used when procedural errors occurred or when significant new evidence has emerged. A new draft through Articles for Creation: a substantively different article built on materially new sources, with the prior deletion explicitly acknowledged in the submission, the COI disclosed, and the new sources demonstrating that the notability bar is now met. The new sources need to be real – new substantive coverage in reliable secondary outlets, ideally postdating the original deletion – rather than reframings of the same material that was previously insufficient. Without that, the recreation will not survive.

Last reviewed: 19/05/2026

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