11 easy steps to producing at least a B article
Starting from scratch and want to know how to take it from "0 to 60"? Follow these helpful tips! Some parts are also useful for already-existing articles.
| Type a title: and click "Create page" |
- Create a new page.
- Use the above input box following Wikipedia's naming conventions or see m:Help:Starting a new page for details
- Create an outline for the article you started:
- See m:Help:Template for details and see Wikipedia:How to edit a page to understand the wiki markup used in the template.
- Add the appropriate infobox.
- Consult Infobox Help if you need help.
- Add the {{Bibleportal}} to the article and the {{BibleWikiProject}} template to the Talk page.
- Populate your article with images such as obtained from Wikimedia Commons, image list, or by posting a request for an image from other Wikipedians.
- Add the appropriate categories.
- Since categories at the bottom of the articles interwiki linked in your article may be appropriate to place in your article, go through each interwiki link in your article and review the categories at the bottom of the linked article for inclusion in your article.
- Confirm that the interwiki links, footnotes, and external (non-wiki) links in your article go where you want them to go.
- Post an article request at Wikipedia:Requested articles for each broken (red) interwiki link in your article OR remove the double brackets around the broken interwiki link OR write that article as well (these are your only three choices).
- Publicize your article by ...
- submitting your article for Main Page Did You Know consideration at Template talk:Did you know.
- Request peer review of your article ONLY after you believe that you completed all the above steps.
- Relax! and take a break if you reached this point. You deserve it!