Carcharoth wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM, FT2<ft2.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'd be in favor of a "Draft:" namespace, which users could use for drafting >> articles. Content to be non-spidered. That way we can tell a user to see if >> some other user has started work on a draft already. >> >> This would possibly help collaboration, ensure only credible articles get >> mainspaced, yet retain "anyone can edit" and the gradual development of >> stubs without pressure to delete. >> >> Thoughts? >> > > It's been suggested before. What it needs is someone to drive the idea > forward. > > Notice that if you now try to start the page [[dummydummy]], you get offered the chance to draft it at [[Special:MyPage/Dummydummy <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MyPage/Dummydummy&action=edit>]]. I'm not entirely clear what the preferred route is from there. But I imagine suggestions for drafting as more systematically encouraged should be grafted onto this use of special pages.
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