Wikipedia:Salted drafts

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This is a list of topics for which draft pages have been creation-protected ("salted") so that only administrators can create them. Draftspace titles that are salted are often those of drafts which had been repeatedly recreated after being deleted in response to their being tendentiously resubmitted despite being rejected. Unlike with Wikipedia:Deletion review/Perennial requests, which only keeps track of topics that have already been brought up at deletion review multiple times, being brought up at deletion review is not a requirement for inclusion on this list. Instead, a topic can be listed here if at least one draftspace title pertaining to it is currently under creation protection and/or on the TitleBlacklist.^[a]

Editors who find at least three independent, reliable, secondary sources with significant coverage that all help any one of these topics meet the general notability guideline should request unsalting a draft page at WP:RFPP and provide these sources there.

Current examples

JackSucksAtLife

Also known as Jack Massey Welsh, a YouTuber. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Massey Welsh, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JackSucksAtLife, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:JackSucksAtLife and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:JackSucksatLife.

Sprunki

A fan-made mod of Incredibox made in Scratch. See Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 15 § Sprunki and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Sprunki.

Historical examples

This section is for topics that have had draftspace pages salted in the past.

Annamalai Kuppusamy

A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Annamalai k and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Annamalai Kuppusamy.

Battle for Dream Island

A Flash-animated web series about talking objects competing for a prize. Draft:Battle for Dream Island was salted in 2019, recreated in October 2025 following a discussion at the Administrators' Noticeboard, and moved into the mainspace on November 1 after passing a deletion review. Before enough sources were found to demonstrate notability, disruption related to this web series had necessitated the creation of an essay dedicated to explaining why that particular topic couldn't be included on WIkipedia yet.

Notes

↑ A full list of salted draftspace titles can be found at Special:ProtectedTitles.