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* Note: every edit you make to a userspace draft is potentially visible online to anyone, even though it's in your own space. Also, your edits are "saved" by hitting the same big, blue "'''Publish changes'''<nowiki/>" button you see when editing existing Wikipedia articles. Don't be confused by the term "publish" in this context; it's not the same as actually moving a draft into the main encyclopedia for everyone to find and read. Many people consider only that element as publishing, whereas the reality is that everything we do here is published online, whether made in a userspace, a sandbox, a draft article, or a main article.

* As a courtesy, when you have a page in your userspace you no longer need, add {{Tlx|db-userreq}} to the top of the page. It will be deleted shortly.

*In [[Wikipedia talk:Notability/Archive 58#RfC: Does WP:N apply to drafts in userspace or draftspace.3F|an RfC]] regarding the applicability of [[Wikipedia:Notability]] to drafts within the userspace and draftspace, communityit consensuswas determined that community consensus amounted to "notability guidelines do not apply to userspace and draftspace drafts."

* Unlike userspace drafts, draft articlesArticles in the [[Wikipedia:Draft]] namespace can be edited and moved into the main encyclopedia by anyone. So you can create the draft in your personal userspace, move it to the draft namespace to be edited by anyone, and later move itmoved to the main encyclopedia.

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