To list a single article for deletion for the first time, follow this three-step process:

  Insert the tag at the top of the page.

• Please include the phrase "nominated for deletion, see Articles for deletion" in the edit summary
• Please do not mark the edit as minor.
• Consider checking the "Watch this page" box to follow the page in your watchlist. This allows you to notice if your AfD tag is removed by a vandal.
• Save the page.

(If the article has been nominated for deletion before, use instead of . See afdx.)   The resulting AfD box at the top of the article should contain a prominent link to "this article's entry" in the AfD page.

• Click that link to open the article's deletion discussion page
• Insert this text:
  ~~~~

replacing PageName with the name of the page to be deleted, and Reason... with a reason you think the page should be deleted.

• Consider checking "Watch this page" to follow the progress of the debate.
• Consider the Edit summary "First deletion reason"
• Save the page.

  Copy the tag below, and then click  __|action=edit}}|THIS LINK}} to open the deletion log page. At the bottom of the log page, insert:

replacing PageName appropriately; also include the page's name in your edit summary. Save the page. Your insertion will be automatically expanded to the same form as the preceding lines in the file: .

(If you used template instead of , use "PageName (2nd nomination)" instead of "PageName" for a second nomination, etc.).

I.	Put the deletion tag on the article.
II.	Create the article's deletion discussion page.
III.	Notify users who monitor AfD discussion.

To list multiple related pages for deletion see Articles for deletion#How_to_list_multiple_related_pages_for_deletion.