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{{pullbox|Writing an article|Learn how you can create an article.|3=|4=To experiment, be sure that you are logged in, and then use [[Special:MyPage/sandbox|your personal sandbox]].}} | {{pullbox|Writing an article|Learn how you can create an article.|3=|4=To experiment, be sure that you are logged in, and then use [[Special:MyPage/sandbox|your personal sandbox]].}} | ||
{{nutshell|New articles should follow some [[Sarkarverse:10P|general guidelines]]. If your new article does not meet the general guidelines, it is likely to be quickly deleted. Either way, here are the practical steps for creating a new article and publishing it.}} | {{nutshell|New articles should follow some [[Sarkarverse:10P|general guidelines]]. If your new article does not meet the general guidelines, it is likely to be quickly deleted. Either way, here are the practical steps for creating a new article and publishing it.}} | ||
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==Search for an existing article== | ==Search for an existing article== | ||
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Sarkarverse currently has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles. Before creating an article, make sure there is not already an article on the same topic, perhaps under a slightly different name (see Sarkarverse's [[SV:SC|article titling policy]]). If an article on your topic already exists, but you think people might look for it under some different name or spelling, learn how to [[Sarkarverse:Redirect|create ''redirects'' to alternative titles]] | Sarkarverse currently has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles. Before creating an article, make sure there is not already an article on the same topic, perhaps under a slightly different name (see Sarkarverse's [[SV:SC|article titling policy]]). If an article on your topic already exists, but you think people might look for it under some different name or spelling, learn how to [[Sarkarverse:Redirect|create ''redirects'' to alternative titles]]. Adding needed redirects is a good way to help Sarkarverse. | ||
==Gather references== | |||
Gather sources for the information you will be writing about. To be worthy of inclusion in Sarkarverse, subjects must be sufficiently [[SV:N|notable]], and that notability must be [[SV:V|verifiable]]. | |||
== | ==Write your article== | ||
==Map your article== | |||
==Categorize your article== | |||
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Every article should be in one or more Sarkarverse categories. Often the easiest way to find relevant categories is to think of a similar topic that has an article and visit it to see the categories it is placed in. Otherwise, you may go to [[:Category:Articles]] and click on any relevant subcategories, then keep following relevant subcategory links as far as you can. Follow all relevant subcategory chains, and add a category declaration, written <nowiki>[[Category:your category]]</nowiki>, at the bottom of your article for each relevant category that has no relevant subcategories of its own. | Every article should be in one or more Sarkarverse categories. Often the easiest way to find relevant categories is to think of a similar topic that has an article and visit it to see the categories it is placed in. Otherwise, you may go to [[:Category:Articles]] and click on any relevant subcategories, then keep following relevant subcategory links as far as you can. Follow all relevant subcategory chains, and add a category declaration, written <nowiki>[[Category:your category]]</nowiki>, at the bottom of your article for each relevant category that has no relevant subcategories of its own. | ||
== | ==Proofread your aritcle== | ||
After you have entered your article, click Show preview to check for errors, then click Save page. | After you have entered your article, click Show preview to check for errors, then click Save page. | ||
==Publish your article== | |||
==And then what?== | ==And then what?== | ||
Now that you have created the page, there are still several things you can do. | Now that you have created the page, there are still several things you can do. | ||
== | ==Go on making improvements to your article== | ||
[[WP:FINISH|Sarkarverse is not finished]]. Generally, an article is nowhere near being completed the moment it is created. There is a long way to go. In fact, it may take you several edits just to get it started. | [[WP:FINISH|Sarkarverse is not finished]]. Generally, an article is nowhere near being completed the moment it is created. There is a long way to go. In fact, it may take you several edits just to get it started. | ||
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===Improve formatting=== | ===Improve formatting=== | ||
To format your article correctly (and expand it, and possibly even make it [[Sarkarverse:Featured articles|featured]] | To format your article correctly (and expand it, and possibly even make it [[Sarkarverse:Featured articles|featured]]), see | ||
*[[Sarkarverse:Tutorial]] to learn how to format your article | *[[Sarkarverse:Tutorial]] to learn how to format your article | ||
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One of the first things you want to do after creating a new article is to provide links to it so it will not be an orphan. You can do that right away, or if you find that exhausting, you can wait a while, provided that you keep the task in mind. | One of the first things you want to do after creating a new article is to provide links to it so it will not be an orphan. You can do that right away, or if you find that exhausting, you can wait a while, provided that you keep the task in mind. | ||
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Revision as of 14:06, 25 November 2013
This is Abhidevananda's sandbox for ABC. It serves as a testing spot and page development space. This is not an encyclopedia article. |
Writing an article
Learn how you can create an article.
This page in a nutshell: New articles should follow some general guidelines. If your new article does not meet the general guidelines, it is likely to be quickly deleted. Either way, here are the practical steps for creating a new article and publishing it. |
Search for an existing article
Is it new? Type, then click "Go (try title)" |
Sarkarverse currently has 3,837 articles. Before creating an article, make sure there is not already an article on the same topic, perhaps under a slightly different name (see Sarkarverse's article titling policy). If an article on your topic already exists, but you think people might look for it under some different name or spelling, learn how to create redirects to alternative titles. Adding needed redirects is a good way to help Sarkarverse.
Gather references
Gather sources for the information you will be writing about. To be worthy of inclusion in Sarkarverse, subjects must be sufficiently notable, and that notability must be verifiable.
Write your article
Map your article
Categorize your article
Every article should be in one or more Sarkarverse categories. Often the easiest way to find relevant categories is to think of a similar topic that has an article and visit it to see the categories it is placed in. Otherwise, you may go to Category:Articles and click on any relevant subcategories, then keep following relevant subcategory links as far as you can. Follow all relevant subcategory chains, and add a category declaration, written [[Category:your category]], at the bottom of your article for each relevant category that has no relevant subcategories of its own.
Proofread your aritcle
After you have entered your article, click Show preview to check for errors, then click Save page.
Publish your article
And then what?
Now that you have created the page, there are still several things you can do.
Go on making improvements to your article
Sarkarverse is not finished. Generally, an article is nowhere near being completed the moment it is created. There is a long way to go. In fact, it may take you several edits just to get it started.
If you have so much interest in the article you just created, you may learn more about it in the future, and accordingly have more to add. This may be later today, tomorrow, or several months from now. Any time – go ahead.
Improve formatting
To format your article correctly (and expand it, and possibly even make it featured), see
- Sarkarverse:Tutorial to learn how to format your article
- Sarkarverse:Writing better articles
- Sarkarverse:The perfect article
- Sarkarverse:Lead section
Others can freely contribute to the article when it has been saved. The creator does not have special rights to control the later content. See Sarkarverse:Ownership of articles.
Also, before you get frustrated or offended about the way others modify or remove your contributions, see Sarkarverse:Don't be ashamed.
Avoid orphans
An orphaned article is an article that has few or no other articles linking to it. The main problem with an orphan is that it'll be unknown to others, and may get fewer readers if it is not de-orphaned.
Most new articles are orphans from the moment they are created, but you can work to change that. This will involve editing one or more other articles. Try searching Sarkarverse for other pages referring to the subject of your article, then turn those references into links by adding double brackets to either side: "[[" and "]]". If another article has a word or phrase that has the same meaning as your new article, but not expressed in the same words as the title, you can link that word or phrase as follows: "[[title of your new article|word or phrase found in other article]]." Or in certain cases, you could create that word or phrase as a redirect to your new article.
One of the first things you want to do after creating a new article is to provide links to it so it will not be an orphan. You can do that right away, or if you find that exhausting, you can wait a while, provided that you keep the task in mind.