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This is an article ABOUT writing new articles, NOT the correct place to start writing one.
If you are looking for a place to experiment with editing Wikipedia, there's a page called the Sandbox that's designed specifically for that purpose.
You can access it by going to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SAND
Like everything here at Wikipedia, of course, you can edit this page if you think you can improve it.
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Only [[Special:UserLogin|logged in]] users can create an article. If you have written an article but have no account you can request your article be created at [[WP:AFC|Articles for Creation]].
In the search box below, type the title of your article, then click Go. If the Search page reports "You may create the page" followed by the article name in red, then you can click the red article name to start editing your article.
The very first thing you should write in your article is a list of the source(s) for your information. For now, just enter them like this (and they will automatically turn into links):
:(1) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html
:(2) http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/space/space_shuttle.html
Later, you'll learn how to format them to appear as footnotes.
If you know that it will take you a few edits to properly list references, put the template '''<code>{{tl|underconstruction}}</code>''' on top of the page to signify to other editors that you are working on it. Even better is to create your article in a [[WP:User page|subpage]] of your user page, take as long as you need to make it a good article, then move it to the main article space. You can create your personal sandbox for article development by clicking [[Special:MyPage/Sandbox|this link]].
After you have entered your article, click Show preview to check for errors, then click Save page.
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PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE EDITING THIS PAGE
This is an article ABOUT writing new articles, NOT the correct place to start writing one.
If you are looking for a place to experiment with editing Wikipedia, there's a page called the Sandbox that's designed specifically for that purpose.
You can access it by going to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SAND
Like everything here at Wikipedia, of course, you can edit this page if you think you can improve it.
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Only [[Special:UserLogin|logged in]] users can create an article. If you have written an article but have no account you can request your article be created at [[WP:AFC|Articles for Creation]].
In the search box below, type the title of your article, then click Go. If the Search page reports "You may create the page" followed by the article name in red, then you can click the red article name to start editing your article.
The very first thing you should write in your article is a list of the source(s) for your information. For now, just enter them like this (and they will automatically turn into links):
:(1) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html
:(2) http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/space/space_shuttle.html
Later, you'll learn how to format them to appear as footnotes.
If you know that it will take you a few edits to properly list references, put the template '''<code>{{tl|underconstruction}}</code>''' on top of the page to signify to other editors that you are working on it. Even better is to create your article in a [[WP:User page|subpage]] of your user page, take as long as you need to make it a good article, then move it to the main article space. You can create your personal sandbox for article development by clicking [[Special:MyPage/Sandbox|this link]].
After you have entered your article, click Show preview to check for errors, then click Save page.
<div style="border: 2px solid #fc0; width:70%; background: #fe9; margin:0; padding: 1em; text-align:center">
<div style="border: 2px solid #fd6; background: #fff; margin:1em 1ex 1ex 1ex; padding: 1em; text-align:center">
{| cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" border="0"
| align="right" |'''''Is it new?'''''<br/><small>Type, then click "Go (try title)"</small>
| align="left" |
<inputbox>
type=search
width=45
buttonlabel=Go (try title)
searchbuttonlabel=Search
</inputbox>
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PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE EDITING THIS
RAJU raju RAJU
If you are looking for a place to experiment with editing Wikipedia, there's a page called the Sandbox that's designed specifically for that purpose.
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