Template:Userspace draft

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This template adds pages to Category:Userspace drafts or a dated subcategory thereof.

If this template is found in a page in the Main namespace, it outputs nothing to the resulting page. If this template is found in a page in a namespace that is not the User namespace, it adds the page to Category:Misplaced userspace drafts.

This template is added automatically to userspace drafts created via the Wikipedia:Article wizard 2.0 (the discussion page is at WT:WIZ2).

Note: when used in User, User talk or Wikipedia talk namespaces, this template automatically includes __NOINDEX__.

This template automatically adds the page to Category:Stale userspace drafts, if it has not been edited for more than a year.

Usage

To use, add {{Userspace draft|date=March 2025}} to the very top of a draft article in userspace (not its talk page) to produce

This template should only be used in userspace. To denote articles in the mainspace that are undergoing major edits, use {{In use}}.

Minimalist output

{{Userspace draft|help=no|date=March 2025}} will produce a minimalistic output

Optional parameters

|page= allows you to specify a custom page name for where the page may be located after the draft is complete. If it isn't specified, it will default to the subpage title.
|newuser=no will suppress the display of "instructional wording", but will keep the links to the tools (i.e., it suppresses less than |help=no).
|afc=no will suppress only the display of the WP:AFC instructions at the end (i.e., it suppresses less than |help=no and less than |newuser=no).
|article= replace the wording "a Wikipedia article" with something else, e.g. "an essay" or "a wikiproject", to reflect the nature of a non-article draft. Using this option will also suppress features relating to the Article Creation Wizard and the submission of article drafts for review.
|extra= Extra text explaining, for example, what's left to do in the article.

Example using more parameters

{{Userspace draft|help=no|date=March 2025|extra=The main thing left to do is add inline citations. If you find this draft and wish to finish the job, I'd prefer you give me the chance to finish this, but if this has been sitting for months or years and you stumble upon it, feel free to finish it.}}

Found in mainspace?

If the template appears on a page in mainspace, check that the content is appropriate there, if so remove the tag. Possible reasons for being tagged in mainspace:

Moved correctly from userspace
Moved incorrectly from userspace
Tagged incorrectly
Tagged prior to Userfication (strictly speaking incorrectly).

Template Data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Userspace draft in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Userspace draft

Shows a simple draft hat at the top of a draft article in the user space.

Template parameters[]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	`date`	The start date of the draft Example November 2024 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	required
Show Help	`help`	Setting to "no" will produce a minimal output, only notifying users that this page is a work in progress with no links. Suggested values `yes` `no` Auto value `no`	String	optional
Extra	`extra`	Extra text explaining, for example, what's left to do in the article. Example The main thing left to do is add inline citations.	String	optional
Page	`page`	Allows you to specify a custom page name for where the page may be located after the draft is complete. If it isn't specified, it will default to the subpage title.	String	optional
Replace "Article"	`article`	Whether to replace the "article" from "This is not a Wikipedia article" to more accurately reflect what the draft is. Using this option will also suppress features relating to the Article Creation Wizard and the submission of article drafts for review. Example essay, wikiproject	String	optional
Show New User Text	`newuser` `noob`	Setting to "no" will suppress the display of "instructional wording," but will keep the links to the tools. Suggested values `yes` `no` Auto value `no`	String	optional
Show AFC Info	`afc`	Setting to no will suppress only the display of the WP:AFC instructions at the end. Suggested values `yes` `no`	String	suggested
demo	`demo`	no description	Unknown	optional

Userspace messages and disclaimers
User pages	{{This is a user page}} {{User page}} (mini) {{Userpage bar}} {{Userpageblue&round}}
User talk pages	{{Message}} {{Not Christmas}} {{Talk header}} {{Talk header preload}} {{Talkpagecool}} {{User notification preference}} {{User talk}} {{User talk page mini}} {{User talk-page header}} {{User talk rules}} {{User talk top}} {{Usercomment}} {{Usertalk bar}} {{Usertalkback}} {{Usertalkconcise}} {{User talk criticism}} {{Usertalksuper}} {{Userwhisperback}}
Editnotices	{{Editnotice userpage}} {{User time zone editnotice}}
Drafts and sandboxes	{{User sandbox}} {{Userspace draft}} {{Workpage}} {{Userspace notes}} {{Draft article}} See also: {{Template draft}} {{Draft RfC}}
Blanking	{{Userpage blanked}} {{Courtesy blanked}} {{Intentionally blank}}
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