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| Please don't tag draft articles with the AfC tag unless the user who created it is inactive ''and'' it's fit to be moved to mainspace. In the case of ], for example, neither is the case. — <tt>] <sup style="font-size:80%;">]</sup></tt> \\ 23:40, 5 June 2016 (UTC) | Please don't tag draft articles with the AfC tag unless the user who created it is inactive ''and'' it's fit to be moved to mainspace. In the case of ], for example, neither is the case. — <tt>] <sup style="font-size:80%;">]</sup></tt> \\ 23:40, 5 June 2016 (UTC) | ||
| * ], but ] should be <u>deleted</u> because it is a fork. Why cannot you add your stuff to the mainspace article? — ] (]) 10:34, 6 June 2016 (UTC) | * ], but ] should be <u>deleted</u> because it is a fork. Why cannot you add your stuff to the mainspace article? — ] (]) 10:34, 6 June 2016 (UTC) | ||
| **If it should be deleted, you should send it to ], not ]. Also, it's not a fork. It was created when ] and ] were nominated for deletion, as a possible alternative/merge target. When ] was kept, however, I wasn't so interested to pursue it. It looks like someone created a separate version of ], despite the existence of this draft (poor though it may be), a couple days ''after'' this draft was created. Hence, not a fork. If there's content to merge, then by all means merge and redirect it -- it still wouldn't qualify for deletion. I'm not saying this is a valuable page -- there's a reason I didn't touch it again -- but there does have to be a compelling reason to delete a draft. Drafts don't show up via google searches and do not show up, by default, as part of a Misplaced Pages search, hence they're rarely problematic. We do delete for a number of reasons (see ]), but it's uncommon for a draft that isn't ''egregious'' (e.g. blank page, serious BLP violations, purely promotional, etc.) to be deleted if the creator is an active user. — <tt>] <sup style="font-size:80%;">]</sup></tt> \\ 13:25, 6 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
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Please don't tag draft articles with the AfC tag unless the user who created it is inactive and it's fit to be moved to mainspace. In the case of Draft:List of unusual laws, for example, neither is the case. — Rhododendrites \\ 23:40, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- Rhododendrites, but draft:list of unusual laws should be deleted because it is a fork. Why cannot you add your stuff to the mainspace article? — 80.6.2.189 (talk) 10:34, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
- If it should be deleted, you should send it to WP:MfD, not WP:AfC. Also, it's not a fork. It was created when Dumb laws and Unusual laws were nominated for deletion, as a possible alternative/merge target. When dumb laws was kept, however, I wasn't so interested to pursue it. It looks like someone created a separate version of List of unusual laws, despite the existence of this draft (poor though it may be), a couple days after this draft was created. Hence, not a fork. If there's content to merge, then by all means merge and redirect it -- it still wouldn't qualify for deletion. I'm not saying this is a valuable page -- there's a reason I didn't touch it again -- but there does have to be a compelling reason to delete a draft. Drafts don't show up via google searches and do not show up, by default, as part of a Misplaced Pages search, hence they're rarely problematic. We do delete for a number of reasons (see WP:MFD), but it's uncommon for a draft that isn't egregious (e.g. blank page, serious BLP violations, purely promotional, etc.) to be deleted if the creator is an active user. — Rhododendrites \\ 13:25, 6 June 2016 (UTC)