How do you handle a Wikipedia page that was previously deleted?
Previously deleted articles can be recreated when the underlying notability has materially changed. The proper path is deletion review or a new draft through Articles for Creation, not direct recreation.
Wikipedia tracks deleted articles and recreating one through the same channels that produced the deletion will produce another deletion. The proper paths are two. First, deletion review: a formal process that asks the community to revisit the original deletion decision, used when the deletion was procedurally flawed or when significant new information has emerged that changes the notability calculus. In both cases the threshold is materially new notability evidence, typically substantial new coverage that postdates the deletion and addresses whatever the original deletion rationale identified as missing. Without that new evidence the recreation will be deleted again, often more quickly because the prior deletion is already in the record. The right starting point is a readiness assessment that honestly evaluates whether the source record has changed enough.
Last reviewed: 19/05/2026