AfD

English

Alternative forms

  • AFD

Etymology 1

German AfD

Proper noun

AfD

  1. Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland), a right-wing German political party
Coordinate terms
Alternative für Deutschland
Translations

Noun

AfD (countable and uncountable, plural AfDs)

  1. (Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of articles for deletion.
    • 2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 374:
      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, P. Ayers, C. Matthews, B. Yates, How Wikipedia Works, San Francisco: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 223:
      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
    • 2012, J. Schneider, A. Passant, S. Decker, “Deletion discussions in Wikipedia”, in Cliff Lampe, editor, WikiSym '12 (conference proceedings), New York: ACM, →ISBN:
      After 7 days, AfD discussions are reviewed by an uninvolved user or administrator who attempts to determine the consensus.

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

AfD

  1. (German politics) AfD: Initialism of Alternative für Deutschland (right-wing German political party, literally Alternative for Germany).

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Alternative für Deutschland

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: AfD
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