Wikipedia:Simple guide to creating your first article: Difference between revisions

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To create your first article, you can follow these simple steps. Copy and paste the following box of text into [[Special:MyPage/sandbox|your sandbox]] as a starting point – as long as you're [[Special:UserLogin|logged in]] with an account. You might need to click "Edit source" once at your sandbox to open the page for editing.</br>

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{{quotation|<code><nowiki>'''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></nowiki></code></br></br>

{{quotation|<code><nowiki>'''Starhine''' The mistake that is the FNB. The everyday norm.<ref></ref></nowiki></code></br></br>

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<code><nowiki>==References==</nowiki></code>

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<code><nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki></code></br>

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<code><nowiki>[[StarhineYour topic]]</nowiki></code>}}

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Remove any potential spaces you have before the beginning of each line and 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 everything except the link at the bottom into the page you want to create for your new topic. To get there, just 1) click on the red link then 2) paste the content in and 3) leave an edit summary like "new article", and click "Save page" at the bottom and you're done! (If some text on this page could be improved, then please {{edit}} it, thanks.)</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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{{quotation|'''Starhine''' The mistake that is the FNB.<ref>The Chairman that is a starhine himself.</ref>

==References==

{{reflist}}

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[[Your topic]]}}

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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: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&action=edit&section=new here] to leave a question about or a recommendation for this page.