Help:Userspace draft
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A userspace draft is a draft article associated with a specific user account, stored in the user namespace and intended to go into Wikipedia as a proper article in the future. You must create a user account to create your own userspace and be logged in to use it.
Explanation:
- Every registered user account on Wikipedia has its own "userspace" – for instance, User:Example/Lipsum is a page called "Lipsum" in User:Example's userspace.
- Userspace is part of Wikipedia, and its use is governed by community rules, but it is not part of the encyclopedia. (The encyclopedia part of Wikipedia is called the "mainspace" – e.g. Lorem ipsum is a page in mainspace.)
- Drafts are typically made on a "user subpage" (e.g. User:Example/Lipsum). User-specific drafts may also be located on a subpage in Draft space (e.g. [[Draft:<Article name>/<Username>]]).
- For a list of all your drafts (and any other subpages you have), click on "Contributions" (at the very top right of any Wikipedia page, if you're logged in), then scroll to the bottom and click the "Subpages" link.
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- As a courtesy, when you have a page in your userspace you no longer need, edit it to add {{db-userreq}} at the top. It will be deleted shortly.
See also
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- Wikipedia:User pages
- Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft
- Template:Userspace draft
- Template:My sandbox
- The Article Wizard walks you through creating an article, and has an option to save the article as a userspace draft.
