How to create article in Wikipedia?
Question:
1. how to create article, is there any kind of templates to create its content structure or something (I have account in wikipedia)? I have noticed that some of published articles maintain pictures or some sort of structure (not just simple text adding), pls look at:
2. in addition, how to manage that article will be easy searchable by other users? My article is about “enterprise content management” and i would like that it could be searchable within several options, for example typing “enterprise content management,” or “human resource management”, or “contract management”, etc. Is it possible with Wikipedia?
3. concerning security, can we restrict access to edit published info by other users?
Thank you very much for your help
Answer:
I suggest you start at the "your first article" help page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:y... which explains what you should know before creating your first Wikipedia article.
There are no general article templates as such, but some individual WikiProjects do suggest a structure. Look at the manual of style at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wp:mos... or see if there is a WikiProject on the topic you want to write about with more specific guidelines. There's a list of them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:w...
To add an image, you upload it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/special:upl... or go to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/... Special:Upload to upload freely licensed images that can then be used on all Wikimedia projects. You add the image to the article by typing [[Image:Name.jpg|thumb|Caption... See the tutorial at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:p... for more help.
The search index updates automatically, though not always immediately, so your article will be searchable. The best way to make sure people can find it is to link to it from other articles. You can also add redirects from alternative titles. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/help:redire... for help.
Make sure you search for existing articles on a topic before starting a new page. There are already articles on the topic you mentioned. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/enterprise_... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/human_resou... .
You can't restrict the editing of other people at Wikipedia, except temporarily in cases of severe vandalism.
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