Close

Click on the [close] link to bring up a dialogue box, where you can select various options, and type out a rationale.

Relist

Click on the [relist] link to bring up a dialogue box, where you can optionally type out a rationale.

Unlinking backlinks

For AfD and FfD discussions, there is an option to unlink backlinks (including file usage). For links within list items, it is sometimes more appropriate to remove the list item rather than unlinking it, depending on the list's selection criteria. In such cases, the script will ask whether to keep the unlinked item, keep it and request a citation (add {{citation needed}}), or remove it:

Hide/Show closed sections

An option to hide or show already closed sections, making it easer to find unclosed sections. Appears in a small yellow box in the bottom-right corner of the screen. When you change states, this will be remembered (if localStorage usage is available/allowed by your browser)

Discussion age detection

XFDcloser detects how long a discussion has been listed for, and if it has been relisted. Closers will be warned if it has been less than 7 full days since the discussion was listed, or since it was last relisted. This information is also, by default, displayed using background colours for the closing/relisting links:

• Green if older than 7 days
• Orange if less than 7 days since last relist
• Red if less than 7 days since initial listing
• Yellow if age could not be detected

These styles can be adjusted by editing your common.css (or skin-specific) CSS page, as the script applies the following classes to heading elements:

• one of xfdc-old, xfdc-notOld, or xfdc-unknownAge,
• and xfdc-relisted if the discussion has been relisted.

Here are some example code of alternative styles you can use:

.xfdc-old { background-color:#c6ffc6 }
.xfdc-notOld { background-color:#ffc6c6 }
.xfdc-unknownAge { background-color:#ffffc6 }
.xfdc-notOld.xfdc-relisted { background-color:#ffe9c6 }

.xfdc-notOld .xfdc-action, 
.xfdc-old .xfdc-action,
.xfdc-unknownAge .xfdc-action,
.xfdc-relisted.xfdc-notOld .xfdc-action {
	background: inherit !important;
}

.xfdc-old .xfdc-status:after { content: "More than 7 days old"; color: #14866d; }
.xfdc-notOld .xfdc-status:after { content: "Less than 7 days old"; color: #b32424; }
.xfdc-notOld.xfdc-relisted .xfdc-status:after { content: "Less than 7 days since last relist"; color: #a05518; }
.xfdc-unknownAge .xfdc-status:after { content: "Unable to detect discussion age"; color: #fc3; }

.xfdc-status:after {
	font-size: 92%;
	margin-left: 13px;
}

Notes

• Non-admin users will automatically have their closes marked with "(non-admin closure)".
• Non-admins are not offered deletion options, except for TfD's which get listed at the TfD holding cell.
• Entering the result "soft delete" will automatically add an explanation and request for undeletion link to the additional rationale box, using Wikipedia:XFDcloser/Soft deletion rationale.
• For TfD: If the holding cell section "Ready for deletion" is selected, the template(s) will have {{db-xfd}} added instead of {{being deleted}}.
• For RfD: If the discussion is closed to any result that changes the redirect(s), all of the existing categories and categorization templates will be removed. It is advised to verify each redirect after the RfD is closed, and restore any applicable categories and categorization templates on the redirect(s).