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Bug 73132 - On article creation in mainspace, please alert editors about existing articles in draft namespace
On article creation in mainspace, please alert editors about existing article...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Page editing (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Low enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2014-11-07 13:45 UTC by Norbert
Modified: 2014-11-07 16:27 UTC (History)
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Description Norbert 2014-11-07 13:45:07 UTC
Given the severe backlog of AfC submissions, please alert editors who are about to create an article in mainspace with a name that already exists in the draft namespace. Not all editors check for drafts before they start bashing keys.

Reasons: maximize editors' time, promote collaboration

Maybe also change the following. When a visitor is searching for a subject, either via the simple search form or by manually entering the /wiki/ URL, and there is no article in mainspace but a draft exists, Wikipedia's '404 page' could also clearly mention the draft.

Reasons: encourage contributions, promote collaboration

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