It's simpler than that. "Move" has an option not to leave a redirect.
FT2 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Carcharoth <[email protected]>wrote: > There is no draft namespace (yet). That would have to be proposed and > discussed on-wiki (discussions here are more like brain-storming). The > closest thing at the moment is "userfy" (if there is a tag for that). > But you would usually move it to the user's namespace (yes, you do it > the normal way) and let them know what you've done, as you then need > to delete the redirect. It is usually only done for obvious cases > (e.g. someone write a biography of themself that should be on their > user page instead). > > Carcharoth > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Emily Monroe<[email protected]> wrote: > > I propose that we have a "This probably belongs in the draft > > namespace." tag. I don't know how to move something from one namespace > > into another (do you do it the normal way?), and it will help with > > busy new page patrollers. If I see two or three articles that needs to > > be moved to the draft namespace, and then four or five looking like > > attack/test/spam pages, I'll probably be grateful for the ability to > > tag. More than likely, I'll just forget about the two or three > > articles needing to be moved, and it's highly unlikely, in this time > > of my life, that I'll change the way I patrol. > > > > Emily > > On Aug 13, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Carcharoth wrote: > > > >> Oops! That's right, I completely forgot that! :-/ > >> > >> Carcharoth > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Andrew > >> Turvey<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Non-logged in people cant create new articles. > >>> > >>> ----- "Carcharoth" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> From: "Carcharoth" <[email protected]> > >>>> To: "English Wikipedia" <[email protected]> > >>>> Sent: Thursday, 13 August, 2009 17:10:41 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, > >>>> Ireland, Portugal > >>>> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Drafting - was Re: Civility poll results > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Charles > >>>> Matthews<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> Carcharoth wrote: > >>>>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM, FT2<[email protected]> 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. > >>>> > >>>> I *think* that is only for people who are logged in. > >>>> > >>>> Carcharoth > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> WikiEN-l mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> WikiEN-l mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WikiEN-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
