User talk:Godsy

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"Easily confused words" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Blanking draft?

Hey, Godsy! Why do we need to blank this? valereee (talk) 20:51, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

@Valereee: I was going to move it to User:Kaf121/Madbhi, but noticed your statement that you deleted it. So, I simply blanked it. As long as the templates {{draft topics}} and {{afc topics}} are removed, so that the page does not populate Category:Draft topics used in wrong namespace and Category:AfC topic used in wrong namespace respectively, I have no major qualm with the draft remaining unblanked at its present location (though the main talk page of a user is not a good place for a userspace draft). — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 01:38, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm probably being stupid...why shouldn't the user talk work to post that? I have no objection to it being moved to that redlink. I deleted an earlier version due to copyvio, then brought this one in so this very new user would be able to access their previous work without the copyvio. Why would we have any objection at all to that? What am I missing? valereee (talk) 19:34, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

@Valereee: No worries. Well, let's imagine that the draft remains on their talk page. The user receives communications, maybe even important, from a couple more users. They then decide to submit the draft to afc. The draft will likely be moved to draftspace. That is problematic because now the history of their talk page (something that should be preserved) is mixed with the draft. On the other hand, the draft may be quickly declined where it is at. Either way, the page will now bear an afc template (e.g. {{AfC submission/draft}}) thereby making it eventually eligible for G13. Unless the deleting administrator is particularly savvy and simply blanks the draft (leaving the other contents and history intact), the same issue of losing what should rightly remain occurs. Similar problems would arise if the page is ever brought to miscellany for deletion. Thus – placing the draft content on a main user talk page, as opposed to a subpage of userspace, presents many potential issues for the future. I hope that helps clarify a bit. Warmest regards, — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 01:16, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Not really, but I'll assume you know better than I do. How shall we best make the content and sources available to this user, then? valereee (talk) 14:18, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

"George Traut Austin" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Wikipedia:RFDC" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Happy Eighth First Edit Day!

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