Wikipedia:WikiProject Abandoned Drafts

Welcome to WikiProject Abandoned Drafts. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's use of article drafts kept in retired user's subpages and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Goals

• To better organize and work toward having userspace drafts of previously abandoned and uncreated articles eventually introduced into the mainspace.

Scope

• Any article drafts that are kept in userspace by users who are deemed inactive for articles that have no equivalent article in mainspace. This project will also allow donation of drafts from users who do not feel like they are up to finishing them or have lost interest in the subject of the draft.

Guidelines

• Only move article drafts to the namespace from subpages of retired users, do not take drafts from active users, even if they haven't edited the draft in a number of years. If the length has been an exceptional amount of time, however, feel free to leave them a note on their talk page asking if they plan on finishing the draft or if they feel like donating it to the Wikiproject (The {{Uw-userspace draft finish}} may help).
• Utilize Miscellany for Deletion to search for userspace article drafts that are put up for deletion. If they were nominated under WP:STALEDRAFT and the user has not edited in a significant time period, consider moving the article to the Wikiproject for adoption.
• Make sure before moving any article draft to the Wikiproject that there is not an equivalent article already in the mainspace.

Participants

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

1. Silver seren (talk · contribs) I will work on expanding and improving this Wikiproject. Silverseren^C 04:24, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
2. Dthomsen8 (talk · contribs) I will work on particular abandoned drafts, and also contribute ideas on how to organize the project. --DThomsen8 (talk) 10:46, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
3. North8000 (talk · contribs) I'll help if I see a topic which I'd be good at, which I'm afraid might be rare. :-) North8000 (talk) 10:49, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
4. Ebe123 (talk · contribs) I'll work on it. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 19:55, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
5. Guerillero (talk · contribs) If something perks my interest I will work on it --Guerillero | My Talk 15:54, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
6. Milowent (talk · contribs) I love the concept, if something interesting strikes my fancy I'll help out! I am sure there are some nuggets out there among the self-written BLPs and other fluff.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 18:47, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
7. Mabdul (talk · contribs) I will try to improve the technical drafts for getting into mainspace, and organisation of this project. mabdul 09:35, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
8. Nolelover (talk · contribs) Like Milowent says, the concept is fascinating. Thanks to EBE for pointing me here. I'm decent at wikification and overall formatting. Nolelover ^{Talk·Contribs} 14:49, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
9. Ryan Vesey (talk · contribs) I am a little booked in behind the scenes work so I won't do much "project work" but I will be happy to take on some of the unfinished drafts.15:00, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
10. Sumsum2010 (talk · contribs) I'm busy at the moment, but this does look interesting and like something I can do. Sumsum2010·T·C 19:00, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
11. Nathan2055 (talk · contribs) I think I can do this. After all, it's like AfC with potential barnstars! --Nathan2055^{talk - review} 20:06, 13 August 2011 (UTC) Note: I'm going on hiatus to focus on getting several Nintendo-related articles to GA status. I'll return when I have time. Thanks, and be back soon, Nathan2055^{talk - review} 00:54, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
12. Jonjonjohny (talk · contribs) I primarily do things like music-related articles, but I see myself contributing if something I like appears. Jonjonjohny (talk) 16:43, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
13. NotinREALITY (talk · contribs) I'm willing to complete or review any technical or communications based projects / pages. NotinREALITY 11:10, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
14. User:Lucimundatene89 I'm willing to work on computer(/tablet/etc.) articles. May help with others. Lucimundatene89, formerly Aroni125 (talk) 08:49, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Link corrected. Lucimundatene89, formerly Aroni125 (talk) 08:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Articles

New articles to be adopted

Please feel free to list your new Abandoned Drafts-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please), along with a short description of what work is necessary. If you would like to adopt one of these articles, please feel free to move them to your own subspace and please put a strike through the name on here.

• Circball - Abandoned. Article has sources per WP:NNC policy. Eligible as a sub-article or a stub, according to original editor. My listing it here does not endorse the original editor nor this article itself. PinasIto (talk) 17:15, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
• Wikimedia Incubator - Deleted by WP:AfD. ~~Ebe123~~ (+) ^talk
  _Contribs 10:59, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
• Centennial, California moved here per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Quentinwllcs/sandbox Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 10:10, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
• Maung Maung Ta Haj moved here per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Maungmaungta. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 11:40, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
• Jason Hudson (don't know if this is a possibilty to get it live, seems well sourced, need only a bit wikify. maybe) mabdul 18:30, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
• Jozo Radanovic no english external links or references. Creator blocked as a sockpuppet. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 15:22, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
• Rob Klotz notability, references, wikifying, and factual accuracy. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 15:06, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
• Bellatrix (musician) Does not meet notability, weasel words, no references. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 14:13, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
• Yoyo a Gogo unreferenced and uncategorized, also needs expanding. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 12:03, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
• Janni Lee Simner Wikifying and more references. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 13:14, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
• Mikael Johnston moved here per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Mikaeljohnston Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 10:59, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
• Lluis Ribas de Pouplana, needs lots of wikifying and more references. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 12:57, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
• HIV-Yunnan, somebody should check if all information are already in HIV/AIDS in Yunnan (short look: seems the same article) mabdul 09:59, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
• Tapioca Express - I had this userified after deletion (its a significant sized chain), but haven't had a chance to repair yet.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 18:49, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
• Arthur Helton (Politician who seems to have some sources out there, search under both full name and Art Helton, article has no references and needs some amount of write-up and POV cleaning)
• Vision 2015 (A national intelligence agency report, requires better references, please use this to start, along with Books and Scholar)
• Gotlieb Archive (Mainspace link redirects to Mugar Memorial Library; Requires full creation, wikilinks in article are subjects whose works are held in the Archive)
• Suzanne M. Olsson (Requires formatting and better references, text is mostly complete)
• ReadyLinks (Requires addition of references and formatting)
• MKR (programming language) (Was deleted at AfD, requires better sourcing)
• Bayesian regret (Mainspace title redirects to Loss function; requires referencing, but info is pretty complete already)
• canonical-tag, a draft by me, shortly after announcement. Won't handle it any more. mabdul 21:48, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
• Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers, another draft by me. Title is saying all. mabdul 21:48, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
• Taylah Rei Graham Abandoned draft  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 18:04, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
• C-sur Abandoned draft  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 18:04, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Articles that have been adopted

• Brandon Armstrong (Actor) - Complete, but no reliable references and is possibly an autobiography. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 08:24, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Adopted November 17, 2011 by Lucimundatene89. Lucimundatene89, formerly Aroni125 (talk) 07:31, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Might not be notable enough to be a mainspace article. I will attempt to find third-party sources still, but they don't seem to be present except for IMDb. Lucimundatene89, formerly Aroni125 (talk) 08:47, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

• Anatoly Kvochur (Moved to mainspace) - Complete, correctly referenced, formatted, etc. Can be mainspaced as is but requires more expansion of career section as I don't understand much aviation language. Most sources are in Russian. Part of it is copied from a stub at the Russian Wikipedia (ru:Квочур, Анатолий Николаевич). Very famous Russian national hero, intended for DYK, would be awesome if adopter can still achieve that. I'll help if requested.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 08:00, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
• Cargo hooks - ( Moved to mainspace) Ready, but needs a bit of wikifying. ~~EBE123~~^talk_Contribs19:52, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

First author working on it. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs14:17, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

• Houston Tunnel System (Already in mainspace) Moved here, I reached a dead end with research on this and I think it needs a fresh pair of eyes. --Hourick (talk) 21:52, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

It's already been in the mainspace for six years, at Houston tunnel system, though I did move over the info I added to the draft into the actual article. Silverseren^C 20:49, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Review and assessment

Assessment

Assessment

WikiProject article quality grading scheme

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
A	The article is well-organized and essentially complete, having been reviewed by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject, like military history, or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria The article meets the A-Class criteria:  A Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history).	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject matter would typically find nothing wanting.	Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style issues may need addressing. Peer review may help.	102nd Intelligence Wing (as of March 2010)
B	The article is mostly complete and without major issues, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article meets the six B-Class criteria: The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should also be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	KV55 (as of November 2009)
C	The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material. The article should have references to reliable sources, but may still have significant issues or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article is better developed in style, structure and quality than Start-Class, but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance or flow; or contain policy violations such as bias or original research. Articles on fictional topics are likely to be marked as C-Class if they are written from an in-universe perspective.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and address cleanup issues.	Architecture of Sweden (as of May 2009)
Start	An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete and may require further reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and MoS compliance non-existent; but the article should satisfy fundamental content policies such as notability and BLP, and provide sources to establish verifiability. No Start-Class article should be in any danger of being speedily deleted.	Provides some meaningful content, but the majority of readers will need more.	Provision of references to reliable sources should be prioritised; the article will also need substantial improvements in content and organisation.	Real analysis (as of November 2006)
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. More detailed criteria The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article. It is usually very short, but if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible, an article of any length falls into this category.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority.	Geodia gibberosa (as of July 2009)
List	Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.	There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.	Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of aikidoka (as of June 2007)

Peer review

Peer review

Userboxes

Feel free to use the following userboxes on your userpage or elsewhere.

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Templates

• {{Donated|date=September 2024|moved=|class=}}
  • Put this on the talk page.
• {{Uw-userspace draft finish|(page)|(Instead of "Thank you." Extra text)}}
  • Notice for possibly abandoned drafts (in twinkle)

Resources

Related WikiProjects

Wikipedia:WikiProject Abandoned Articles