Wikipedia:How to create a page
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| 10 | Template | Template talk | 11 |
| 12 | Help | Help talk | 13 |
| 14 | Category | Category talk | 15 |
| 100 | Portal | Portal talk | 101 |
| 108 | Book | Book talk | 109 |
| 118 | Draft | Draft talk | 119 |
| 446 | Education Program | Education Program talk | 447 |
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| 828 | Module | Module talk | 829 |
| 2300 | Gadget | Gadget talk | 2301 |
| 2302 | Gadget definition | Gadget definition talk | 2303 |
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This page sets forth the nuts and bolts of creating a page in any namespace – the mechanics of doing so. Please note that only users can create pages in non-talk namespaces.
This page does not delve into the reasons one should or should not create a page, what to consider before doing so, nor what content would or would not be appropriate. For a more general treatment regarding the DO and DON'Ts of article creation, please see . For a general introduction to contributing, see and consider taking a tour through the . For a guided process to create an article (and for which these technical instructions will not be needed), see the article wizard and , where a proposed article will first be created as a draft and then submitted for review before possible "publication" by a move to the article mainspace.
For relevant considerations before creating an encyclopedia article, please see the main notability guideline, our policies on verifiability, writing from a neutral point of view, our restrictions on original research and our guide to . For styling issues, see the manual of style and the article layout guideline. For what title to choose for an article, see the article titling policy.
Many pages are created after a user sees an existing red link on a page, and then follows these steps. The methods explored below describe how to access a non-existent page when a red link is not already presented to you, in order for you to follow these steps to creation.
Enter text in the search field that you seek to create as a page title. If the title you entered does not already exist, is not technically restricted and is not creation protected, the resulting page will i) tell you that it does not exist; ii) advise that you can create the page, and iii) will provide a red link to the page title. It will normally appear in the following form (it may vary depending on the skin you have set):
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