Template:Draft article

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This template is used on approximately 10,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

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{{DraftTemplate:Draft}}

Drafts are often created to work on future articles before they are ready to be published or otherwise might not yet meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. These are located in either the "Draft" namespace or a user sandbox to avoid any possibility that a casual reader may stumble upon them; those areas are also excluded from search engine indexing. {{Draft article}} goes further, prominently tagging the draft article as a draft, and at the same time provides convenient links to help build the article and facilitate publication either directly or via the articles for creation process. This also categorizes the page to Category:Draft articles or one of its sub-categories.

Using {{subst:AfC draft|username}} will place {{AfC submission/draft}} on the page, which provides even more guidance and begins the Articles for Creation process at the 'draft' stage.

Usage

Do not use this template in mainspace, as it will not display. For article being developed in mainspace, consider {{Under construction}} instead.

Default output

{{Draft article}} renders as

Minimalist output

{{Draft article|brief=yes}} renders as

Intended target page

{{Draft article|name|brief=yes}}, where name is the name of the intended target page for the draft article, will render as

Note this will work with the 'default' output as well as with |brief=yes.

Invite others to join in

{{Draft article|join-in=yes|brief=yes}} will render as

Join in and help expand this draft!

Note this parameter will work with the 'default' output as well as with |brief=yes.

Suppress "Submit for review" and "Publish now" buttons

{{Draft article|noafc=yes}} will render as

Suppress "Publish now" button

{{Draft article|nomove=yes}} will render as

Categorization

The |subject= parameter categorizes the article into a sub-category of Category:Draft articles as shown below. Note that if the message box is not desired and only the category is necessary, use |catonly=yes.

`subject=`	Category	Example topics
`art` `architecture` `art and architecture` `visual art` `visual arts`	Category:Draft articles about visual arts	Visual arts
`engineering` `technology` `engineering and technology`	Category:Draft articles about engineering and technology	Engineering and technology · Transport
`film` `films`	Category:Draft articles about films	Film
`food` `drink` `drinks` `food and drink`	Category:Draft articles about food and drink	Food and drink
`geography` `places` `geography and places`	Category:Draft articles about geographical topics	Geography · Places
`history`	Category:Draft articles about history	World history · Royalty, nobility, and heraldry
`language` `literature` `language and literature`	Category:Draft articles about language and literature	Language and literature
`math` `maths` `mathematics`	Category:Draft articles about mathematics	Mathematics
`media` `drama` `media and drama`	Category:Draft articles about media	Media and drama
`music`	Category:Draft articles about music	Albums · Songs · Other music drafts
`natural sciences`	Category:Draft articles about natural sciences	Biology and medicine · Chemistry and materials science · Earth sciences · Physics and astronomy
`philosophy` `religion` `philosophy and religion`	Category:Draft articles about philosophy and religion	Philosophy and religion
`social sciences` `society` `social sciences and society`	Category:Draft articles about social sciences and society	Culture, sociology, and psychology · Education · Economics and business · Law · Magazines and print journalism · Politics and government
`sport` `sports` `recreation` `sports and recreation`	Category:Draft articles about sports and recreation	Sports and recreation
`television` `tv`	Category:Draft articles about television	Television
`video games`	Category:Draft articles about video games	Video games
`warfare`	Category:Draft articles about warfare	Warfare

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Draft article in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Draft article

Prominently tags a draft article as a draft, provides convenient links to help build the article and facilitate publication, and categorizes the page to Category:Draft articles or one of its sub-categories.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Intended target page	`1`	appends "at [target]" to "before publishing it as a live Wikipedia article" Example Apple	Page name	optional
Minimalist output	`brief`	Removes the add sources links and publish/AFC buttons Default no Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Suppress "Submit for review" and "Publish now" buttons	`noafc`	Hides the publish/AFC buttons but keeps "add sources" links Default no Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Suppress "Publish now" button	`nomove`	Hides the "Publish now" button but keeps the AFC button Default no Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Invite others to join in	`join-in`	Adds a second message box inviting others to help edit the draft Default no Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Categorization	`subject`	Categorizes the draft in a sub-category of Category:Draft articles Suggested values `agriculture, food, and drink` `art and architecture` `engineering and technology` `film` `geography and places` `history` `language and literature` `media and drama` `music` `natural sciences` `philosophy and religion` `social sciences and society` `sports and recreation` `television` `video games` `warfare`	String	suggested
Category only	`catonly`	Hides the message box but still categorizes the draft Default no Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional

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User pages	{{This is a user page}} {{User page}} (mini) {{Userpage bar}} {{Userpageblue&round}}
User talk pages	{{Message}} {{Not Christmas}} {{Talk header}} {{Talk header preload}} {{Talkpagecool}} {{User notification preference}} {{User talk}} {{User talk page mini}} {{User talk-page header}} {{User talk rules}} {{User talk top}} {{Usercomment}} {{Usertalk bar}} {{Usertalkback}} {{Usertalkconcise}} {{User talk criticism}} {{Usertalksuper}} {{Userwhisperback}}
Editnotices	{{Editnotice userpage}} {{User time zone editnotice}}
Drafts and sandboxes	{{User sandbox}} {{Userspace draft}} {{Workpage}} {{Userspace notes}} {{Draft article}} See also: {{Template draft}} {{Draft RfC}}
Blanking	{{Userpage blanked}} {{Courtesy blanked}} {{Intentionally blank}}
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