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 | This page in a nutshell: There are many common misunderstandings related to negative content in drafts and articles and how to deal with them and their content. |
Misunderstandings related to negative content in drafts and articles create problems. They occur because people fail to understand how negative content relates to some of our policies and guidelines, especially NPOV, Preserve, General notability guideline (GNG), BLP's Public figures, and Attack pages. "Negative" does not always equal "attack" around here.
Some editors fail to recognize the difference between different namespaces, such as "article" space, "draft" space, and personal "user" space. They are also uncivil and fail to AGF when they act as busybodies by harassing other editors, especially experienced ones. Don't stick your nose in their draft articles where you don't belong. Everyone has their own process for creating articles, and we should encourage such endeavors.