Creating a Wikipedia entry

Pt. 5 of 10 | 2:11 |

Working with Wikipedia 101

Friday February 20, 2009

Wikipedia has a lot of content, but it doesn't have it all. If there is a subject you're well versed in, or if you happen to know a person of importance, you can create a Wikipedia article that others can add to in the future. Just make sure your new Wikipedia page has a lot of content and references or sources, otherwise it's likely that it will be deleted as lacking research and therefore, being unreliable.

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Show Notes

- Search to make sure an article doesn't already exist on the subject you're thinking of writing about.

- Click on the create the page link, highlighted in red.

- Read the article entitled, "Wikipedia: your first article" which is located at the top of the page.

- Head over to the sandbox to practice writing on the wiki if it's your first time.

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