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Welcome to WikiProject Articles for Creation! This is the project page for editors interested in working on Articles for creation, Redirects and Categories for creation and Files for upload.
Introduction
Only registered users are allowed to create articles on Wikipedia, but we know that an unregistered user still might like to create an article. Articles for creation, which we call AfC, is one way to do that. AfC works as a peer review process in which registered editors can either help create an article submitted by an anonymous editor or decline the article because it is unsuitable for Wikipedia.
An article may be unsuitable for Wikipedia for a number of reasons. AfC submissions can be declined based on having no content whatsoever, consisting of vandalism or personal attacks, consisting of copyrighted material, failing to provide sufficient context, not asserting notability, and most often for not being properly sourced. Articles that already exist, sometimes under another name, are also declined.
A lot of articles are posted at AfC and a dedicated team of editors is needed to review the requests. AfC was once Wikipedia's oldest backlogged project, with incomplete archive pages over two years old. Through the work of this WikiProject, this backlog was eliminated on 21 February 2008 during a project-wide drive. Continuing efforts ensure that the backlog does not return.
Brief history
On 5 December 2005, in response to the Seigenthaler incident, unregistered users were stopped from creating new pages on the English Wikipedia (read about it in the Signpost).
Consequently, the page Wikipedia:Articles for creation was set up by Creidieki (talk · contribs) and others, to allow unregistered users to submit articles for registered users to create on their behalf. The first page to be created was the redirect Fox Latin America requested by 140.247.23.58 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). The first article created was Horsea Island by Chemstud (talk · contribs).
Following huge backlogs on the page, Kwsn and others started WikiProject Articles for creation on 2 June 2007.
Project goals
- Promote awareness of the WikiProject.
- Review requests at
- Promote, monitor and improve the articles and images created through the project.
How to get involved
WikiProject Articles for creation needs you! Any editor who meets the criteria below can be a reviewer for the project. Reviewers must:
- Have a Wikipedia account at least 90 days old
- Have a minimum of 500 undeleted edits to articles
- Have thoroughly read and understood the reviewing instructions
- Have a good understanding of the policies mentioned in the reviewing instructions, including the various special notability guidelines
AfC submissions must be reviewed in accordance with Wikipedia's established content policies and guidelines. If you are unfamiliar with these policies and guidelines you should become familiar with them before conducting AfC reviews. Before you start reviewing requests, please ensure you have read the reviewing instructions thoroughly and ask an experienced reviewer, if you are unsure about anything. The reviewing instructions cover reviews of article drafts, redirects and categories, and file requests. You can ask for help and advice at the Reviewer talk page. You can also get help in the live chat in Wikipedia's Live Help Channel. To request to join, follow the instructions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants.
Welcome template
This template is used to welcome new participants to the project. It can be added to a new participant's talk page by adding {{subst:AfC welcome}} to the bottom of the page:
Hi, and welcome to WikiProject Articles for creation! We are a group of editors who work together on the Articles for creation and Files for upload pages.
A few tips that you might find helpful:
- Please take time to fully read the reviewers' instructions before reviewing submissions.
- The reviewers' talk page is the best place to ask for help or advice. You might like to watchlist this page, and you are encouraged to take part in any discussion that comes up.
- Article submissions that need reviewing can be found in Category:Pending AfC submissions and there is also a useful list which is maintained by a bot.
- You might wish to add {{AFC status}} or {{AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions. There is also a project userbox. If you haven't done so already, please consider adding your name to the list of participants.
- Several of our members monitor Wikipedia's help IRC channel, and you are welcome to join in to ask Wikipedia-related questions.
- The IRC channel #wikipedia-en-afc connect is used occasionally for internal discussion regarding the Articles for Creation process, and also serves as a recent changes feed, displaying all edits made in the Articles for Creation namespace.
- The help desk is the place where new editors can ask questions about their submissions. You are welcome to help in answering their questions.
Once again, welcome to the project. ~~~~
Advertisement and reviewer recruiting
Put this template on your user page and talk page to help promote this WikiProject!
Code: {{Wikipedia ads|ad=69}}
Drop this on a prospective reviewer's user talk page to help recruit new reviewers.
Code: {{subst:WPAFCInvite}}
Hello WikiProject Articles for creation,
Unregistered editors cannot create articles on Wikipedia, but they can use the articles for creation process to submit drafts that registered editors can either accept and publish or decline. The WikiProject Articles for creation is looking for experienced editors who want to partake in this peer review process. If you have what it takes to get involved, then please take a look at the reviewing instructions. To discuss specific AfC reviews, do so freely on the designated talk page.
There is currently a backlog of over 1100 drafts (25 very old).
If you know an editor who may be willing to help out, please use the template you are currently reading {{subst:WPAFCInvite}}
to draw attention to this WikiProject. Many hands make light work!
Awards
The AfC barnstar is granted for meritorious contributions relating to Articles For Creation and consists of a green cross on a star composed of five capital letter As. The A signifies new articles, which is what this project is all about, the grey signifies the neutrality of Wikipedia, and the green cross signifies the Articles for Creation project. There is also a companion ribbon Image:AFC Ribbon 2.png, consisting of a thick blue center stripe surrounded by two narrow grey stripes surrounded by two wide green stripes. The blue center recollects the new color of former red links. | |||
The ribbon may be displayed by any user who has been awarded the barnstar. |
To present this award to a user, place the following code on their talk page: {{subst:AFC barnstar|message ~~~~}} |
Article Alerts
This page shows current alerts for articles within the scope of WikiProject Articles for creation, courtesy of the AAlertBot.
- Articles for deletion
- 10 Oct 2016 – Afro engineering (talk · · hist) was AfDed by WannaBeEditor (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 10 Oct 2016 – Peppercomm (talk · · hist) was AfDed by SwisterTwister (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 09 Oct 2016 – Cameron Whitten (talk · · hist) was AfDed by SwisterTwister (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 09 Oct 2016 – Biocom (talk · · hist) was AfDed by DGG (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 09 Oct 2016 – James Demetriades (talk · · hist) was AfDed by DGG (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 08 Oct 2016 – Onnit (talk · · hist) was AfDed by SwisterTwister (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 08 Oct 2016 – Tallyfy (talk · · hist) was AfDed by SwisterTwister (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 08 Oct 2016 – InfoBeans (talk · · hist) was AfDed by SwisterTwister (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 07 Oct 2016 – Mira Gonzalez (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Epicmedic0 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 06 Oct 2016 – Cognitive Medical Systems (talk · · hist) was AfDed by DGG (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- (29 more...)
- Proposed deletions
- 08 Oct 2016 – Wintranslation (talk · · hist) was PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c): Blatant advertising with clear information of what only the company would say about itself and the same can be said about the listed sources, searches are literally finding nothing else than this, so that's self-explanatory if they are only using ...
- 07 Oct 2016 – Kane (radio personality) (talk · · hist) was PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c): Apart from hosting some radio shows and having law cases against him, there's no actual significance and independent notability and substance for a convincing article, my own searches are largely actually finding only news for the law case itself ...
- 05 Oct 2016 – Op5 Monitor (talk · · hist) was PRODed by DGG (t · c): possibly non-notable company
- 04 Oct 2016 – Trenegy Incorporated (talk · · hist) was PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c): Nothing of actual significant substance especially since everything listed is simply trivial and unconvincing PR, from listing the specific company information, to services and then its trivial PR awards and achievements, my own searches are then act ...
- 04 Oct 2016 – BGT Partners (talk · · hist) was PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c): Entirely PR for a company who involves itself with PR and it's clear in that all of the sources are essentially PR in one matter or another, all of the listed awards are PR trivial awards and mean nothing for this article aside from causing a mir ... and endorsed by Senator2029 (t · c) on 09 Oct 2016
- 08 Oct 2016 – Tallyfy (talk · · hist) PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c) was deproded by 24.207.210.78 (t · c) (author) on 08 Oct 2016
- 08 Oct 2016 – Onnit (talk · · hist) PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c) was deproded by 86.17.222.157 (t · c) on 08 Oct 2016
- 07 Oct 2016 – Preferred Hotels & Resorts (talk · · hist) PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c) was deproded by Arxiloxos (t · c) on 07 Oct 2016
- 06 Oct 2016 – Cognitive Medical Systems (talk · · hist) PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c) was deproded by 1Wiki8Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR (t · c) on 06 Oct 2016
- 04 Oct 2016 – ARC Fertility (talk · · hist) PRODed by SwisterTwister (t · c) was deproded by KGirlTrucker81 (t · c) on 05 Oct 2016
- (13 more...)
- Files for discussion
- 15 Aug 2016 – File:EJBCA logo.png (talk · · hist) was FfDed by Sfan00 IMG (t · c); see discussion
- Miscellany for deletion
- 30 Sep 2016 – Draft:Nextiva (talk · · hist) MfDed by Gachangi (t · c) was closed (deleted) by MER-C (t · c) on 09 Oct 2016; see discussion
- Good article nominees
- 22 Sep 2016 – Cecil E. Harris (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Finktron (t · c); start
- 11 Sep 2016 – Qapital (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by CorporateM (t · c); start
- 03 Aug 2016 – Lucinda Lee Dalton (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Rachel Helps (BYU) (t · c); start
- 20 Jun 2016 – International Hat Company (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Belshay (t · c); start
- 02 Jun 2016 – East River Bridge (Sheet Harbour) (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by JakeR (t · c); start
- Requests for comments
- 17 Sep 2016 – Onnit (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Meatsgains (t · c); see discussion
- Peer reviews
- 02 Oct 2016 – The Cambridge Union (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Om285 (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Sep 2016 – Cecil E. Harris (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Finktron (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Sep 2016 – Astrodatabank (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Junosoon (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Aug 2016 – Nisi Mac Niata (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Nmclough (t · c); see discussion
- Requested moves
- 30 Sep 2016 – Hurricane Matthew (talk · · hist) move request by MarioProtIV (t · c) was closed; see discussion
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