WK 12.2 Article development

Some of Wikipedia’s articles are comprehensive right from the outset, but most start off as stubs and ideally grow into well-written, comprehensive articles with time. Every article starts with an idea in the mind of a contributor. You can create articles about anything, as long as they belong in Wikipedia. However, before you start, it is helpful to read the guidelines and tutorials on creating new articles to get an idea of what you should consider, such matters as the scope, format, and references, in a Wikipedia article. If you don’t have the time to write a full article, consider writing a ‘stub’. Stubs are very short articles, generally just a few sentences. Once a stub has real content, it is a real article and the article’s stub templates can be removed. The vast majority of articles fall into this category. They may have weaknesses, so you are encouraged to copyedit them and, where you have the knowledge or do the necessary research, to add content. Last but not least, to develop an article, you can once you have decided on an encyclopedia topic, you can discover what already exists and can later create good links to and from other relevant articles. By the way, a great article has to be verifiable and cite reliable sources, which ideally should include books or peer-reviewed journal articles.

I feel like that this reading is more of an instruction manual than an article. However, the instructions are really helpful in editing my Wikipedia page.

What kind of mistakes did you make while creating your Wikipedia page?

Hanane Ben Abdeslam