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You are able to trace back the history of online encyclopedia to Rick Gates in 1993. Afterwards Richard Stallman in 1991 proposed an open source concept. Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger formally launched Wikipedia in January 2001 based on the Ward Cunningham 2013 pioneering focus on concept and technology. Today, Wikipedia can boast of a lot more than 26 million free articles in 285 languages, generated by over 39 million official members, not to talk about the horde of articles from anonymous contributors.


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If you're serious about creating your page on Wikipedia, you have to follow these five steps:

1. References

At the outset, you should select the topic which you need to write. Be sure that you provide references and citations, even without the which your article is more likely to be rejected. So, you need to choose your topic carefully to check out appropriate references.

2. Research

An ideal reason behind articles getting rejected by Wikipedia is it has published an article on the topic chosen by the writer. Once again, you have to do your research and choose the best topic. The safest method of getting the right topics for writing would be to simply type "WP: RA" in the search box on the Wikipedia website. This helps help you save plenty of time and frustration as a result of having your article rejected.


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3. Registration

Having conducted your research and decided the subject which you will write, you are likely to register your bank account with Wikipedia. Though registration is not mandatory, there are advantages of getting registered. It will help you getting recognition for your articles. Moreover, it enables you to correspond with other writers on Wikipedia and you are also informed if somebody carries any modification in your articles.

4. Editing

For that advantage of writers, Wikipedia provides "Sandbox", a completely independent editor on its website. Since the program is within the website, you don't have to download it. Having completed your article, just copy/paste it into "Sandbox."

5. Submission

Having thus created your article, it's time to evaluate the same. Observe that it's without grammatical errors and possesses the necessary references and citations if it to Wikipedia for review. When the editors discover the content acceptable and also the references are in place, you'll be informed of its publication. Sometimes, you may be asked to provide additional citations for your article. Nevertheless, as long as you follow the suggested guidelines, your article is going to be published finally.