User:A2soup/Don't use draftspace
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Although the Draft namespace was originally created as a "free" drafting space without the imminent threat of deletion articles in mainspace are subject to, drafts there are now commonly deleted at Miscellany for Deletion (MfD) and speedy deleted per G13 for any number of reasons including:
- they do not demonstrate plausible notability
- they duplicate a existing article, even if they are intended for drafting improvements to that article
- they have been declined at Articles for Creation too many times
- they have not been edited for 6 months (see WP:G13)
- they appear to be "hopeless"
Since the Draft namespace is no longer a free drafting space, all editors, and especially newbies who do not understand how to avoid draft deletion, should use their userspace for "free" drafting instead. These userspace drafts should not be tagged with {{Userspace draft}}, as this adds no benefit and allows the draft to be found and deleted at MfD for many of the same reasons listed above.