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Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland), a right-wing German political party examples
countable and uncountable, plural AfDs
(Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of articles for deletion. quotations examples
When you nominate an article for deletion using the AfD process, you get to a point in the process where you have to give a reason.
2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, page 374
Anyone can discuss AfD nominations by simply going to the main AfD page and adding a signed comment with his or her opinion about whether to keep or delete the article being discussed
2008, P. Ayers, C. Matthews, B. Yates, How Wikipedia Works, San Francisco: No Starch Press, page 223
After 7 days, AfD discussions are reviewed by an uninvolved user or administrator who attempts to determine the consensus.
2012, J. Schneider, A. Passant, S. Decker, “Deletion discussions in Wikipedia”, in Cliff Lampe, editor, WikiSym '12 (conference proceedings), New York: ACM