Talk:Tropical cyclone effects by region/P3

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What was on this talk page has been moved to Draft:Tropical cyclone effects by region/P3. This Draft talk page can be used to discuss Draft:Tropical cyclone effects by region/P3. —Anomalocaris (talk) 04:16, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * It isn't a freestanding draft. It was used to add archive links to the main draft since the whole thing was way too long for the tool to be used. Noah Talk 09:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Hurricane Noah: In my opinion, if the purpose of the page was to assist in work on Draft:Tropical cyclone effects by region, but not to discuss that page, it should be in the Draft namespace, not in the Draft talk namespace. Talk pages should be just that—places where Wikipedia editors make signed and dated comments about corresponding Wikipedia pages, or make comments directed to specific editors on User talk pages. So I hope you don't object to my having moved the page from Draft talk space to Draft space. —Anomalocaris (talk) 10:11, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * since the draft got published, the talkpages of these three pages got moved along by default, but the three pages themselves were left behind. This is why it is optimal to have them as talkpages rather than draft subpages. Noah Talk 19:34, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * What is optimal is for pages to be in the correct namespace. Talk pages are for discussing corresponding non-talk pages, not for compiling material for later inclusion in articles. Users who have bookmarked this page can easily get to Draft:Tropical cyclone effects by region/P3 by virtue of the first comment on this page. Cheers! —Anomalocaris (talk) 21:27, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * We have plenty of specialized archives that are underneath talkpages such as Talk:2021 Atlantic hurricane season/ACE calcs amongst other things. I don't see how this is anything different. Noah Talk 21:46, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The misclassification of Draft pages as Draft talk pages was recently discussed at Village pump (idea lab)/Archive 36. There were only two participants in the discussion, but this was listed at the Village pump, and nobody weighed in in support of any theory that it is ever OK to use a Draft talk page for anything other than discussing the corresponding Draft page. Can you point to any policy, guideline, or even personal essay that calls for using Draft talk pages for any purpose other than discussing the corresponding Draft page? —Anomalocaris (talk) 22:18, 24 August 2021 (UTC)