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Welcome to WikiProject Articles for creation! This is the project page for editors interested in working on Articles for creation, Wikipedia:Redirects for creation, Wikipedia:Categories for creation and Files for upload.
Introduction
Only editors with Autoconfirmed and confirmed user levels are allowed to create mainspace articles directly, so Articles for creation, or AfC, opens a path for new users. Experienced editors can help develop and create drafts, and decline submissions that are not ready to be published.
An article may be unsuitable for many reasons. Submissions can be declined based on having insufficient context, containing copyright violations, not asserting notability, not being properly sourced, promotional language, and for other reasons.
A dedicated team of editors is needed to review the requests. There is often a backlog, so ensure submissions meet Wikipedia guidelines to avoid repeated declines.
Brief history
On 5 December 2005, in response to the Seigenthaler incident, unregistered users were stopped from creating new pages on the English Wikipedia (read about it in the Wikipedia's newspaper The Signpost).
Consequently, the page Wikipedia:Articles for creation was set up by Creidieki (talk · contribs) and others, to allow unregistered users to submit articles for registered users to create on their behalf. The first page to be created was the redirect Fox Latin America requested by 140.247.23.58 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). The first article created was Horsea Island by Chemstud (talk · contribs).
Following huge backlogs, Kwsn and others started WikiProject Articles for creation on 2 June 2007.
Project goals
- Promote awareness of the WikiProject.
- Review requests at
- Promote, monitor and improve the articles and images created through the project.
How to get involved
We need you! Any editor who meets the criteria below can apply to be a reviewer. Reviewers must have:
- a Wikipedia account at least 90 days old.
- a minimum of 500 undeleted edits to articles.
- read and understood the reviewing instructions.
- a demonstrated understanding of the policies mentioned in the reviewing instructions, including the special notability categories.
- evidence of understanding the deletion policy (experience in areas such as CSD/AfD/PROD or page curation are beneficial).
- a willingness and ability to respond in a timely manner to questions.
Submissions must be reviewed in accordance with Wikipedia's established content policies and guidelines — become familiar with them. The reviewing instructions cover reviews of article drafts, redirects and categories, and file requests.
If you are unsure, ask for help! Some helpful places are the Reviewer talk page, the live chat in Wikipedia's Live Help Channel, or the #articles-for-creation channel in the NPP Discord.
To join, follow the instructions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants. Administrators and New Page Patrollers are automatically able to use the helper script and thus do not need to request access or add their name to the list.
Welcome template
This template is used to welcome new participants to the project. It can be added to a new participant's talk page by adding {{subst:AfC welcome}} to the bottom of the page:
Hi, and welcome to WikiProject Articles for creation! We are editors who work together on the Articles for creation and Files for upload processes.
Some helpful tips:
- Take time to read the reviewers' instructions.
- Feel free to ask for help at the reviewers' talk page.
- Submissions to be reviewed can be found in Category:Pending AfC submissions and there is a useful list which is maintained by a bot.
- You might wish to add {{AFC status}} or {{AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of submissions. There is also a project userbox. If you haven't done so already, please consider adding your name to the list of participants by subject.
- Several of our members monitor Wikipedia's help IRC channel, and you are welcome to join in to ask Wikipedia-related questions.
- The IRC channel #wikipedia-en-afc connect is used occasionally for internal discussion regarding the AfC process, and also serves as a recent changes feed, displaying all edits made in the Articles for creation namespace.
- The help desk is the place where new editors can ask questions about their submissions. You are welcome to help in answering their questions.
Once again, welcome. ~~~~
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Hello WikiProject Articles for creation,
Unregistered editors cannot create articles on Wikipedia, but they can use the articles for creation process to submit drafts that registered editors can either accept and publish or decline. WikiProject Articles for creation is looking for experienced editors who want to partake in this peer review process. If you have what it takes to get involved, then please take a look at the reviewing instructions. To discuss specific AfC reviews, do so freely on the designated talk page.
There is currently a backlog of over 2500 drafts (0 very old).
If you know an editor who may be willing to help out, please use the template you are currently reading {{subst:WPAFCInvite}}
to draw attention to this WikiProject. Many hands make light work!
To add an AFC icon to the top-right corner of a page, use: {{AFC topicon}}
Awards
The AfC barnstar is granted for meritorious contributions relating to Articles for creation and consists of a green cross on a star composed of five capital letter As. The A signifies new articles, which is what this project is all about, the grey signifies the neutrality of Wikipedia, and the green cross signifies the Articles for creation project. There is also a companion ribbon File:AFC Ribbon 2.png, consisting of a thick blue center stripe surrounded by two narrow grey stripes surrounded by two wide green stripes. The blue center recollects the new color of former red links. | |||
The ribbon may be displayed by any user who has been awarded the barnstar. | To present this award to a user, place the following code on their talk page: {{subst:AFC barnstar|message ~~~~}} |
Chat rooms
- Wikipedia's IRC Live Help Channel
- #wikipedia-en-afc connect channel in IRC
- #articles-for-creation channel in the NPP Discord
Article Alerts
This page shows current alerts for articles within the scope of WikiProject Articles for creation, courtesy of the AAlertBot.
Today's featured articles
- 19 May 2024 – Gento (song) (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
- 18 May 2024 – Tropical Storm Hernan (2020) (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
Did you know
- 10 May 2024 – A Modern Mephistopheles (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Heidi Pusey BYU (t · c); see discussion
- 05 May 2024 – History of the extraterrestrial life debate (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cambalachero (t · c); see discussion
- 03 May 2024 – Pop Go the Beatles (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by The Midnite Wolf (t · c); see discussion
- 01 May 2024 – Delta (emulator) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by LunaEclipse (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Apr 2024 – Amie Parnes (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Pac-Man PHD (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Apr 2024 – The Sign (Bluey) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Slgrandson (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Apr 2024 – Cora Babbitt Johnson (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Borg Axoim (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Mar 2024 – Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by AndrewPeterT (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 10 May 2024 – Alessandro Mordacci (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JTtheOG (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 10 May 2024 – Matteo Cornelli (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JTtheOG (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 09 May 2024 – New Stage (Jesse McCartney album) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Richard3120 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 09 May 2024 – Iyeth Bustami (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ckfasdf (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 08 May 2024 – Uzma Beg (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Saqib (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 08 May 2024 – MCG -03-04-014 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Parejkoj (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
- 08 May 2024 – UW Aquilae (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 07 May 2024 – List of premium large format cinema screens in the UK (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Emir of Wikipedia (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
- 06 May 2024 – Riccardo Raffaele (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JTtheOG (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 06 May 2024 – Daniel W. Greear (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Girth Summit (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 10 May 2024 – A'eron Island (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Peter James (t · c): concern
- 09 May 2024 – Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by TheTechie (t · c): concern
- 07 May 2024 – Magenium Solutions LLC (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by QuiteBearish (t · c): concern
- 06 May 2024 – 2024 Philadelphia shooting (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Raskuly (t · c): concern and endorsed by Adam Black GB (t · c) on 06 May 2024: concern
- 04 May 2024 – Oncotype DX Colon Cancer Assay (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Acebulf (t · c) was deproded by Kvng (t · c) on 10 May 2024
- 03 May 2024 – Bad Cinderella (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by DeputyBeagle (t · c) was redirected to Cinderella (Lloyd Webber musical)#Concept album (talk · edit · hist)
- 29 Apr 2024 – Nella Linhas Aéreas (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by ErickCF (t · c) was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – Category:C+VG Hit award winners (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Soetermans (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – Category:Roman Catholic bishops in Macau (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Mar 2024 – Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in New Caledonia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Réunion (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 04 May 2024 – Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC (talk · edit · hist) →GOOD Music was RfDed by A smart kitten (t · c); see discussion
- 04 May 2024 – Getting Out Our Dreams II LLC (talk · edit · hist) →GOOD Music was RfDed by A smart kitten (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Apr 2024 – 2020 Games (talk · edit · hist) →2020 Summer Olympics was RfDed by Mia Mahey (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Apr 2024 – Gorbino's Quest (talk · edit · hist) →Cruelty Squad was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2024 – Freeze, everybody clap your hands! (talk · edit · hist) →Cha Cha Slide was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2024 – Freeze! Everybody Clap your Hands! (talk · edit · hist) →Cha Cha Slide was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 04 May 2024 – Cetians (talk · edit · hist) →Stars and planetary systems in fiction RfDed by TompaDompa (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 04 May 2024 – Cetian (talk · edit · hist) →Stars and planetary systems in fiction RfDed by TompaDompa (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 May 2024 – Romani people in Paris (talk · edit · hist) →Demographics of Paris#Romani RfDed by A smart kitten (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 May 2024 – Romani people in Pristina (talk · edit · hist) →Demographics of Pristina RfDed by A smart kitten (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 28 Mar 2024 – Mid-credits and post-credits scenes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by ZooBlazer (t · c); see discussion
Featured topic candidates
- 17 Mar 2024 – Timeline of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season (talk · edit · hist) was FT nominated by Dylan620 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 09 May 2024 – Growing Up (The Linda Lindas album) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by The Sharpest Lives (t · c); start discussion
- 27 Apr 2024 – Gubir shootdown (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PenangLion (t · c); start discussion
- 17 Apr 2024 – Disappearance of Joshua Guimond (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Atubofsilverware (t · c); start discussion
- 13 Apr 2024 – Tourism in ancient Rome (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Graearms (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Apr 2024 – You Are in Love (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Brachy0008 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Mar 2024 – Santos Passos Church (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by V.B.Speranza (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Mar 2024 – 2022 Fife Council election (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Stevie fae Scotland (t · c); start discussion
- 23 Feb 2024 – Dia (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by DareshMohan (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Feb 2024 – Music of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Adamstom.97 (t · c); start discussion
- 21 Nov 2023 – Where the Angels Fall (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SupremeLordBagel (t · c); start discussion
Good topic candidates
- 14 Apr 2024 – Labyrinth (Taylor Swift song) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Ippantekina (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Apr 2024 – Midnight Rain (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Ippantekina (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 11 Apr 2024 – Mukokuseki (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Super ninja2 (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 11 Apr 2024 – Eclipses in mythology and culture (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Dan Leonard (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Feb 2024 – Idris Bazorkin (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by WikiEditor1234567123 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 09 May 2024 – Douglass Houghton Falls (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Houghton-Douglass Falls by Jcurtis1114 (t · c); see discussion
- 08 May 2024 – Human Highway (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Human Highway (album) by Jlwoodwa (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Apr 2024 – 2018 NFC Championship Game (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2018 NFC championship game by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Apr 2024 – Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Djurgårdens IF hockey (women) by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Apr 2024 – Dora the Explorer (franchise) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Dora the Explorer by Vestrian24Bio (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Apr 2024 – Mont-Tremblant Airport (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Mont-Tremblant Airport (disambiguation) by BrandonXLF (t · c); see discussion
- 02 May 2024 – Lingaa loss issue (talk · edit · hist) move request to Lingaa loss issues by Kailash29792 (t · c) was moved to Lingaa loss issues (talk · edit · hist) by Asukite (t · c) on 10 May 2024; see discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – 2017 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2017 American Athletic Conference football championship game by Dicklyon (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – 2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2020 Mountain West Conference football championship game by Dicklyon (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – 2018 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2018 Mountain West Conference football championship game by Dicklyon (t · c) was closed; see discussion
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Articles to be merged
- 10 May 2024 – Rotating disk viscometer (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Mooney viscometer by CatSkald (t · c); see discussion
- 08 May 2024 – Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Betty Ford Center by Star Mississippi (t · c); see discussion
- 06 May 2024 – Intermediate public transport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Paratransit by Wbm1058 (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Apr 2024 – 2024 NAIA women's wrestling championship (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to NAIA women's wrestling championship by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Apr 2024 – Final (C++) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to C++ classes by The Anome (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Apr 2024 – 2022 Balloon World Cup (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Balloon World Cup by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Apr 2024 – 2021 Balloon World Cup (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Balloon World Cup by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Apr 2024 – Loss functions for classification (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to scoring rule by Biggerj1 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Apr 2024 – Tropical Storm Philippe (2023) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2023 Atlantic hurricane season by 71.190.208.91 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Pags (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pag by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be split
- 14 Apr 2024 – PAW Patrol (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rtkat3 (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Mar 2024 – Opinion polling for the next Italian general election (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Mar 2024 – CSI: Vegas (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2A00:23EE:1320:B607:74F6:D6CC:858B:1F6 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Mar 2024 – Monster Fest (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Feb 2024 – Chandra Giri (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Cpgiri (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Dec 2023 – Karate Combat (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by SpacedFarmer (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Oct 2023 – Russian-occupied territories in Georgia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Daask (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2023 – Great Reset (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Username6892 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Sep 2023 – Mind teachings of Tibet (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Skyerise (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Apr 2023 – Kaithalkuchi (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by MPGuy2824 (t · c); see discussion
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