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Click "Save page". It will appear as it does in the box below. Adapt it by adding info, sources, and by replacing "your topic" with the name/title of your new topic. When you're done, copy and paste itseverything contentsexcept the link at the bottom into the page you want to create for you new topic. To get there, just 1) type in the new article's title in the Wikipedia search bar and press enter. Then 2) click on the red link afterthen the part that says "''You may create the page...''" Then 32) paste the content in, and 3) leave an edit summary like "new article", and click "Save page" at the bottom and you're done!</br>

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{{quotation|'''Your topic''' and then define it in the first sentence if you can.<ref>Add a reliable source people can find to verify your info here.</ref> Say something important about the topic.<ref>Add another reference here.</ref><ref>Add even another important looking reference here so people can see this topic is actually important and worthy of Wikipedia's attention.</ref>

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;It's really that simple most of the time! Please ensure the article doesn't already exist under an alternate title. Just create a redirect for the synonymous and specific title in that case (see the [[H:CHEAT|cheatsheet]] for further wikimarkup details on how to create redirects). Click [[WP:YFA|here]] for the detailed "your first article" version. Click [[WP:TOPRED|here]] for a list of ''possibly'' notable uncreated article topics. Click [[Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions|here]] then on "Ask a question" to ask a question about Wikipedia. Click [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Your_first_article_simple&action=edit&section=new here] to leave a question about or a recommendation for this page.