Editing Template 2 (section)

== Deleting drafts ==
{{See also|Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Deletion of drafts|Wikipedia:Drafts are not checked for notability or sanity}}
Drafts are meant to be works in progress, and most will not meet Wikipedia's standards for quality at first. This means that drafts are not subject to the same [[Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#Articles|deletion criteria]] as articles, such as "no context", "no indication of importance", or "not in English". Creators should be allowed time to e.g. establish context or notability, translate, and make other adjustments and improvements (though [[#Abandoned drafts|abandoned drafts]] will be deleted after six months). 

=== Speedy deletion ===
The [[WP:CSD#General|general]] section of the [[WP:CSD|criteria for speedy deletion]] may be applied to drafts. Drafts that are copyright violations, vandalism, disparage or attack their subject, are tests, or unambiguous advertising or promotion can be speedily deleted.

=== Abandoned drafts ===
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Drafts that have not been edited in six months may be deleted under criterion for speedy deletion [[WP:G13|G13]].  Most G13 nominations for deletion are done by [[Wikipedia:Bots|bots]] or users using Twinkle or AFCH, processes that inform the draft creator on their talk page.  Pages deleted under G13 may be restored upon request at [[WP:REFUND]] (see [[Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/G13]]).
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Drafts may be tagged with {{tl|promising draft}} by an editor other than the original draft creator, if they feel that a draft is promising. This tag cannot be used to ''indefinitely'' prevent a [[WP:CSD#G13|G13]] speedy deletion nomination,{{refn|group=note|name=promising|[[Special:PermanentLink/848304259#Request for comment: Promising drafts|This RfC]] determined through community consensus that [[Template:Promising draft]] cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a [[WP:G13|G13]] speedy nomination, superseding a [[Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 66#Template for promising drafts|previous discussion]].}} but extra attention should be directed to determining the viability of a draft bearing this notice before seeking to delete it.

=== Miscellany for deletion ===
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Drafts that do not meet any of the criteria for speedy deletion can still be nominated for deletion at [[Wikipedia:miscellany for deletion|miscellany for deletion]] (MfD). A draft will be deleted at MfD if there is a consensus that it meets one of the [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Reasons for deletion|reasons for deletion under the deletion policy]] ''and'' that it is unlikely to [[Wikipedia:Editing policy#Wikipedia is a work in progress: perfection is not required|ever be a viable article]].{{refn|group=note|name=delrfc|{{section link|Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 149|RfC: Deletion of drafts}}}} Failure to demonstrate that the topic meets notability guidelines is not considered sufficient reason to delete a draft,{{refn|group=note|{{Section link|Wikipedia talk:Notability/Archive 58|RfC: Does WP:N apply to drafts in userspace or draftspace?}}}} unless it has been repeatedly declined and resubmitted at AfC without improvement.{{refn|group=note|name=delrfc}}

=== Redirects from drafts moved to mainspace ===
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Redirects that are a result of page moves from the draft namespace to another namespace should be retained.{{refn|group=note|name=redirects|It was determined that the community consensus in [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 135#Draft Namespace Redirects|this RfC]] regarding draft namespace redirects amounted to "there is a clear consensus against deletion of draft namespace redirects. There is a rough consensus against the alternative proposal to delete draft namespace redirects after six months."}}