If we keep draft pages in user space--and I think that a good idea--perhaps there could actually be a public list of draft pages in user space, and the understanding that, like all of WP, they are open to communal editing.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:24 PM, <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Saintonge <sainto...@telus.net> > To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Thu, Aug 13, 2009 3:14 pm > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Civility poll results > > > My guess is that it would eventually be used as people found out about > it, but it could open up a whole new range of problems: competing > articles, conflicts with existing material on a merger, knowing when to > get rid of draft articles that have been abandoned by their authors. > If > someone just wants a quiet space while he is developing an article, how > does a user sub-space not fulfill this? > > Ec>> > ------------------ > > A DRAFT name-space would be more encouraging to other editors to > participate in the development of a stubby article. > Like I mentioned earlier user-space seems a bit too personal to > higgly-piggly modify. > > Will Johnson > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l