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The requests for permissions process is not used to review or remove user rights: If you wish to have any of your permissions removed, contact an administrator; To request a review of another editor's use of a permission, use administrative action review
Note that if you are editing under an IP address because you have not yet created a user account, you will not be able to complete the AfD process, as anonymous contributors are currently unable to create new pages (as required by step 2 of "How to list pages for deletion", below). If this is the case, consider creating a user account.
If you disagree: Any editor who disagrees with a proposed deletion can simply remove the tag. Even after the page is deleted, any editor can have the page restored by any administrator simply by asking. In both cases, the editor is encouraged to fix the perceived problem with the page.
Rather than remove imperfect content outright, fix problems if you can, tag or excise them if you can't. As explained above , Wikipedia is a work in progress and perfection is not required. Any facts or ideas that would belong in the "finished" article should be retained if they meet the three core content policies : Neutral point of view ...
Fix bugs. You can report them at Phabricator. Make someone an administrator. Only bureaucrats can do this, and only following community consensus at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. Remove administrator status from someone. This is done by bureaucrats or stewards, and only on the request of the Arbitration Committee or by request of the ...
Please remove the speedy deletion tag from the page. Doing so will automatically remove the page from Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. Consider notifying the nominator, using {{speedy-decline}} or {}. (If you're using CSD Helper, it will usually notify the nominator for you; it will normally use its own notification template.)
If you want to nominate an article, the Wikipedia deletion policy explains the criteria for deletion, and may help you understand when an article should be nominated for deletion. The guide to deletion explains the deletion process. If an article meets the criteria for deletion and you understand the process, consult the instructions below.
A Wikipedian prepares to do some cutting. Content removal is the removal of material that provides information from an article, without deleting the article itself. While an entire page can be deleted only via the deletion process (ultimately completed by an administrator), even a single unregistered editor can boldly remove part of a page.