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Method 1: searching. 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 ...
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- What Notability Means For Wikipedia
- How to Quickly Estimate Notability
- A. Check Your Referring Domains For non-trivial Coverage
- B. Dig Into Books and Journals
- C. Check Brand Mentions in Search of Unlinked Coverage
- What to Do If You Don’T Meet The English Wikipedia Notability Guidelines
The notability criteria that apply to companiesstate that: There are quite a few terms that need to be explained further. That’s because even some well-established sources don’t always meet the criteria. For example, I’m sure you’ve seen many brands with sections like this on their homepage, displaying the logos of well-known websites like Forbes a...
Make sure the first two of these are true, and ideally all three: 1. Your company isn’t ‘run-of-the-mill’ 2. You have significant coverage in reliable and independent sources 3. The entity has ‘red links’ scattered throughout Wikipedia
Looking through your website’s backlink profile is the most efficient way to find suitable sources. To do this, paste your website into Ahrefs’ Site Explorer, then go to the Referring Domains report. This shows all the sites linking to you sorted roughly by popularity. Eyeball the list for popular news websites, magazines, and the best industry sou...
If your company is likely to have been referenced in books or journals, these may also be notable sources. As there are countless books on marketing and SEO, and our software is popular amongst industry professionals, this was the case for us. Unfortunately, as we don’t own many of these books, we couldn’t look for mentions firsthand. Instead, we u...
I’d recommend doing this only if you feel like you’re missing just one more great source, as it involves searching the web for unlinked brand mentions. You can do this with Google search operators. Just plug in different news, magazines and industry blogs with your brand name: However, this is quite tedious and time-consuming, so let’s streamline t...
First of all, there’s a high probability that you won’t meet the criteria. If you gave it a shot and your submission got rejected, don’t push unless you can improve the page and its sources. The number of rejected submissions is recorded, so you might regret it once you undoubtedly become a notable entity. I’m not here to tell you how to game the s...
Jul 5, 2019 · Even doctors may find information on Wikipedia. Effectively navigating a Wikipedia article can provide students with an opportunity to learn about peer review, sourcing, footnotes, and internet research. It also teaches critical-thinking skills.
- Benjamin Barbour
Training for educators: educators start here! A five-part, 97-page training for professors and other educators who want to run Wikipedia assignments for class, with introductions to core Wikipedia policies, editing basics, and an overview of best practices for designing and implementing Wikipedia assignments.
Nov 25, 2020 · 2. Check to verify that the Wikipedia page you want to create doesn't already exist using the search bar. 3. On the search results page for the term you enter, the option to "ask for it to be ...
- Jennifer Still
Nov 4, 2021 · 1. It’s a good place to start: Wikipedia is the first place many of us go when we want to know something. If you just need a general overview of something and how it connects to other topics, there’s really no better place to go than Wikipedia. But if anyone can edit pages, how accurate could it be?
Basics. These modules cover the basic rules of Wikipedia. Wikipedia policies. An overview of Wikipedia's main rules. Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlists. A guide to the different types of pages on Wikipedia. How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor. An introduction to editing Wikipedia. Evaluating articles and sources.
