Help talk:Starting a new page

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Contents

[edit] Meta:Help:Starting a new page authors and history

  • 05:56, 30 November 2006 User:202.79.62.21 (→Protecting a page from being created)
  • 05:55, 30 November 2006 User:202.79.62.21 (→Protecting a page from being created)
  • 22:06, 28 November 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by Ansen wiki to last version by 69.29.81.227)
  • 13:38, 28 November 2006 contribs)| (→General principles)
  • 21:02, 26 November 2006 User:69.29.81.227 (→Creating an empty page - rem scribble characters)
  • 10:13, 23 November 2006 User:193.144.127.248 (→Creating using a redirect to a sub or supra topic page)
  • 08:34, 22 November 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 70.162.64.237 (talk) to last version by 156.34.75.249)
  • 08:33, 22 November 2006 User:70.162.64.237 (Replacing page with 'Start from scratch and do what you want. Arr.')
  • 23:44, 15 November 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 156.34.75.249 to last version by Schiste)
  • 11:03, 14 November 2006 contribs)| (revert vandalism)
  • 09:26, 14 November 2006 User:203.200.115.7 (→Starting a page from a link, or after a search)
  • 17:14, 10 November 2006 contribs)| (→section 0 - Help:User rights -> m:Help:User rights (because w:Help:User rights is redlinked), change {{m:...}} to m:...)
  • 15:53, 9 November 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 160.103.2.220 to last version by 200.239.248.233)
  • 20:12, 19 October 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 87.165.98.253 to last version by 69.143.133.212)
  • 21:53, 13 October 2006 User:84.63.119.26 (→Starting a page from a link, or after a search)
  • 21:10, 23 September 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 74.60.24.237 to last version by 137.165.8.64)
  • 11:17, 16 September 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 203.214.115.219 to last version by 85.207.73.206)
  • 15:41, 4 September 2006 User:85.207.73.206 (Reverted edits by 200.69.104.166 to last version by Patrick)
  • 14:33, 4 September 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 200.69.104.166 to last version by Patrick)
  • 11:50, 30 August 2006 contribs)| (One of the user rights that can be set for a user group is the right to create a new page. A wiki can grant this right for example to all users who are not blocked, or only to)
  • 11:45, 30 August 2006 contribs)| (User rights can be set to allow users of specified categories to create a new page, for example all users who are not blocked, or only those who have logged in.)
  • 11:40, 30 August 2006 contribs)| (Help:User rights are typically set to allow users to create a new page.)
  • 11:25, 30 August 2006 contribs)| (→Special Features - For making such an inputbox, see Help:Inputbox. It has additional options such as preloading a page and providing explanatory text in the edit page.)
  • 06:12, 29 August 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 24.186.53.94 to last version by Patrick)
  • 07:20, 21 August 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by Jigway to last version by 81.64.43.89)
  • 02:35, 21 August 2006 contribs)| (The Shat Creek Sporting Club)
  • 09:37, 15 August 2006 User:81.64.43.89 (→Starting a page from a link, or after a search)
  • 22:00, 8 August 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 128.197.176.246 to last version by Korg)
  • 13:21, 27 July 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 203.199.132.40 to last version by MaxSem)
  • 17:56, 5 July 2006 contribs)| (not correct... if this page is imported to other read only wiki's, this documentation would have bene incorrect.. I'm not even sure on the value of the first paragraph.)
  • 04:02, 2 July 2006 contribs)| m (moved supporting paragraph to special features.)
  • 04:00, 2 July 2006 contribs)| (special features section created, create article innaproprate at top, should link related info)
  • 23:10, 7 June 2006 contribs)| m (→Creating an empty page - use current title, which is much less confusing)
  • 22:40, 24 May 2006 contribs)| (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search - trimmed (as proposed in a XHTML comment six months ago, see diff))
  • 23:40, 12 May 2006 contribs)| m (→Using the sandbox and user sub-pages)
  • 08:58, 18 April 2006 contribs)| (add border instead)
  • 08:52, 18 April 2006 contribs)| (make transparent)
  • 05:27, 7 April 2006 User:216.245.20.34 (Reduced width on the box to 60 -- it was "getting caught" below the editor toc)
  • 03:20, 7 April 2006 contribs)| (reactivate essential header - 80% works for inputbox)
  • 00:29, 26 March 2006 User:81.103.71.231 (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search)
  • 04:41, 9 March 2006 contribs)| (→Using the sandbox and user sub-pages)
  • 05:22, 17 February 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 66.68.224.60 to last version by Patrick)
  • 22:26, 3 February 2006 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by MatthiPfeifer to last version by 67.21.16.197)
  • 15:23, 1 February 2006 User:67.21.16.197 (Minor nit/typo ... should be "Create article" rather than "Create page")
  • 23:41, 15 January 2006 contribs)| m (→Creating an empty page - Fix punctuation typo)
  • 22:32, 21 December 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 150.101.112.242 to last version by 145.97.195.46)
  • 16:18, 16 December 2005 contribs)| (→Creating an empty page)
  • 16:15, 16 December 2005 contribs)| (→Creating an empty page - To create a blank page, save a page with the wikitext __END__. This code will not be saved, it just prevents refusal by the system to create the page.)
  • 14:56, 6 December 2005 contribs)| (Optionally the system can be figured to allow creating a new page after logging in only. Notably this applies to the English Wikipedia.)
  • 03:37, 25 November 2005 contribs)| (Fixed capitalization of template name.)
  • 17:30, 17 November 2005 contribs)| (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
  • 06:38, 16 November 2005 contribs)| (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
  • 06:36, 16 November 2005 contribs)| (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
  • 06:17, 16 November 2005 contribs)| (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
  • 00:33, 9 November 2005 contribs)| (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search - Move not-really-broken comment here with other justification for new page links.)
  • 00:22, 9 November 2005 contribs)| (→Starting a page through the URL - Move broken link sentence up one section, with other related thought.)
  • 00:04, 9 November 2005 contribs)| (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search - Shuffle, keep like thoughts together, had become disjoint with time. Elim dup. content now in Gen.Principals.)
  • 21:07, 8 November 2005 contribs)| (→General principles - Emphasize title choice and potential conflicts with existing usage.)
  • 20:12, 8 November 2005 contribs)| (→Starting a page through the URL - Clarify, avoid term 'regular page', streamline the train of thought. Thanks for catching my mistakes Patrick!)
  • 06:51, 7 November 2005 contribs)| (rv page blank)
  • 14:44, 4 November 2005 contribs)| m (→Starting a page through the URL)
  • 14:38, 4 November 2005 contribs)| (→Starting a page through the URL - restore, clarify)
  • 02:12, 4 November 2005 contribs)| m (Fix section jump links. Add caveat to 'have links point here' which was in previous material.)
  • 01:52, 4 November 2005 contribs)| (Simplify the lead paragraph. Move new vs blank text further down. Keep the intro chatty. Add a section for user sub-pages. Pls check with spelling conventions for sub-page and non-existent. MEGO.)
  • 09:44, 30 October 2005 contribs)| (copy inputbox from Wikipedia)
  • 06:26, 22 September 2005 User:165.228.0.161 (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search)
  • 13:22, 8 September 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 84.174.187.191 to last version by 64.252.253.150)
  • 03:54, 19 August 2005 contribs)| m (pointer to word2wiki conversion tools)
  • 21:26, 12 August 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 203.101.103.2 to last version by Patrick)
  • 22:41, 3 August 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 196.206.242.177 to last version by Patrick)
  • 11:15, 31 July 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 58.84.73.229 to last version by 85.206.206.95)
  • 13:07, 23 July 2005 User:85.206.206.95 (Reverting edits of 61.230.20.177 to Patric's version of 22:31, 12 July 2005)
  • 22:31, 12 July 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 132.238.11.110 to last version by TheoClarke)
  • 22:09, 4 July 2005 contribs)| (Remove inappropriate interpolation.)
  • 22:28, 28 June 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by Ay3237@sbc.com to last version by Patrick)
  • 05:39, 23 June 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 209.172.100.162 to last version by Patrick)
  • 07:13, 17 June 2005 contribs)| (→Protecting a page from being created - Therefore it is not suitable for demonstrating a link to a non-existing page.)
  • 07:10, 17 June 2005 contribs)| (==Protecting a page from being created==)
  • 08:05, 11 June 2005 User:84.9.17.238 (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search)
  • 05:01, 3 June 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 24.106.145.182 to last version by 198.240.212.30)
  • 01:11, 3 June 2005 User:24.106.145.182 (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search)
  • 21:36, 29 May 2005 contribs)| m (→Creating an empty page)
  • 21:31, 29 May 2005 contribs)| m (→Starting a page through the URL)
  • 21:38, 19 May 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 213.106.248.74 to last version by Patrick)
  • 09:18, 14 May 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 61.94.213.63 to last version by Lababidi)
  • 06:08, 29 April 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 24.170.20.113 to last version by Patrick)
  • 21:50, 28 April 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 68.236.204.90 to last version by Patrick)
  • 15:58, 20 April 2005 contribs)| ({{h:f|langs=|enname=Starting a new page}})
  • 07:04, 18 April 2005 contribs)| m (rv. nonsense)
  • 08:53, 10 April 2005 contribs)| (It is useful to create a page by following a link, or create links to the new page right after creating the page, to avoid the new page being isolated.)
  • 07:52, 10 April 2005 contribs)| (New pages can be created by following a link to a nonexistent page ("red links") or by editing a new page name into the URL of the page. It is usually preferable to create pages by following links, s)
  • 21:46, 7 April 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 151.205.231.19 to last version by Angela)
  • 21:02, 7 April 2005 User:151.205.231.19 (John,Mike, and Phillip are with Sonic and friends to save the world from Big Black Cat and other evil bad guys.)
  • 22:25, 23 February 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 217.83.251.221 to last version by 62.253.64.13)
  • 07:41, 7 February 2005 contribs)| m ("handbook sidebar|Editor toc"" added)
  • 07:35, 7 February 2005 contribs)| (The parameter "langs" in the templete "hc")
  • 08:58, 4 February 2005 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by DragOn to last version by Daniel Mayer)
  • 22:31, 3 February 2005 User:4.140.3.245 (Skaneateles High School Online year Book)
  • 08:30, 3 February 2005 contribs)| (→Creating an empty page - add link; rm talk, I think it works; if you have a question, show what you tried.)
  • 13:51, 2 February 2005 User:209.86.1.57 (→Creating an empty page - not usefule)
  • 23:22, 31 January 2005 contribs)| (rv, it works if you adapt MediaWiki:Nogomatch,)
  • 18:18, 31 January 2005 User:24.109.76.223 (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search)
  • 19:54, 20 January 2005 User:68.76.103.120 (Troubleshooting Postscript Type 1 Font Importing in OS X)
  • 17:37, 20 January 2005 User:12.72.146.207 (Henry Peter Bosse (1844-1903) German-American Photographer)
  • 16:35, 18 January 2005 contribs)| ("Other languages" links are put into the "Help contents" box)
  • 13:07, 21 December 2004 contribs)| (revert to version of 68.162.79.236)
  • 02:26, 7 December 2004 User:64.232.8.5 (fixed page after someone deleted all the content)
  • 17:03, 6 December 2004 contribs)| (test for wiki by asim)
  • 02:53, 2 December 2004 contribs)| m (rv earlier edit)
  • 02:51, 2 December 2004 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 134.79.114.16 to last version by 142.32.208.231)
  • 09:08, 20 November 2004 contribs)| (+Af:, one interwiki per line)
  • 08:51, 19 November 2004 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 218.208.4.194 to last version by Patrick)
  • 16:37, 8 November 2004 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 217.253.204.158 to last version by 192.38.5.93)
  • 11:59, 5 November 2004 contribs)| (Occasionally it is useful to create an empty page. For example a template can be made such that, depending on a parameter, it produces either just a standard text or also an additional text. This is d)
  • 14:37, 3 November 2004 User:66.92.231.9 (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search)
  • 14:10, 3 November 2004 User:61.49.188.142 (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search)
  • 10:24, 13 October 2004 User:195.101.128.124 (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search)
  • 12:13, 12 October 2004 User:219.134.14.7 (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search)
  • 13:20, 29 September 2004 contribs)| (rv, wrong page and project, may be put in Wikipedia, if not a copyright violation of http://www.ooty.com/)
  • 12:33, 29 September 2004 User:61.11.58.178 (→OOTY - The Most popular Hill Station in South Asia)
  • 12:15, 29 September 2004 User:61.11.58.178 (OOTY The most popular Hill station in South Asia)
  • 16:09, 22 September 2004 contribs)| m (→General principles - removed "test")
  • 10:38, 3 September 2004 contribs)| (it may be better to wait with creating links until after creating the new page, especially if the link would replace one to an existing page.)
  • 07:59, 2 September 2004 contribs)| m (Reverted edits by 196.30.245.149 to last version by 68.105.240.110)
  • 11:12, 14 July 2004 contribs)| (→Starting a page from an existing link, after creating one, or after a search - with the Go button)
  • 11:07, 14 July 2004 contribs)| (On the English Wikipedia, due to w:MediaWiki:Nogomatch, another way is to perform a search)
  • 10:02, 4 July 2004 contribs)| (→General principles - whether a separate page is justified; perhaps it is better to add the text to a related page (especially if the text is not very long); the page can always be split later, aft)
  • 09:49, 4 July 2004 contribs)| (Note that links on related pages are not only convenient for navigation, but also make people aware of the new page (those who happen to read a related page, but also those who watch such a page).)
  • 09:28, 4 July 2004 contribs)| m (→Ways to start a new page)
  • 09:26, 4 July 2004 contribs)| (rm what applies to editing in general, change sandbox to more general)
  • 09:07, 4 July 2004 contribs)| (→Starting a page by editing the URL)
  • 09:05, 4 July 2004 contribs)| (→Starting a page by editing the URL -misc / To get access to a MediaWiki project with all the links at the edges, but without superfluous loading of any page, you can bookmark a non-existing page.)
  • 08:32, 4 July 2004 contribs)| (A new page is distinguished from a blank page: the latter has a page history.)
  • 08:27, 4 July 2004 contribs)| (Here is how to '''start a new page'''. For the en:markup language of the wikitext see Help:Editing.)
  • 08:21, 4 July 2004 contribs)| m (→General principles - rm dup)
  • 08:19, 4 July 2004 contribs)| (→Starting a page from an existing link -misc)
  • 13:49, 23 June 2004 contribs)| (→General principles - See also Help:Page name.)
  • 11:48, 23 June 2004 contribs)| (→Headline text - rv edit 66.88.16.108)
  • 23:04, 14 April 2004 contribs)| m (shortened next page link)
  • 21:54, 14 April 2004 contribs)| (Added a link to the next page in the guide)
  • 19:53, 13 November 2003 contribs)| (updating from EnWikipedia version)
  • 05:17, 31 August 2003 contribs)| (text from en.wikipedia to start this off)

[edit] From Meta:Help talk:Starting a new page

I have read this Article but where can I find the "Create Page" button?

--CBKAtTopsails 15:22, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I can't start the page!

I want to write an article on 'Chap (Magazine)', but I can't actually make the page! Help! --Racooon 12:25, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] how to add a title

I dont know how to add a title to my article I think this wiki is not user friendly Harshana

[edit] I also cannot find the "Create Page" button

I also read this article and i cannot find the button called "Create Page" . I m getting annoy with wikipedia . They are wasting my valuble time . By not providing usefull help. Their help pages are the worst thing in this site. --Harshana


The same problem persists for me too....

bhagya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.210.13.126 (talk) 05:51, 20 July 2007

[edit] Where is the create page button

I would like to start a page but how exactly? Where is this magical button we all desire? Hurry up anyone and answer my (and others) questions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sammy222fulham (talk • contribs) 21:58, 18 July 2007


There is no "create page" button. It is the "Go (try title)" button. Sorry for the confusion. BigNate37(T) 05:57, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Swound!

Hi, I am trying to start a new page for a band that I am a fan of, but I can't. I serach fro 'Swound!' and don't get the option to start a page. Any help? thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KillerManiller (talk • contribs) 09:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

It works for me. You may need to wait four days from the creation of the account because the page had previously been deleted. ←BenB4 09:43, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Ben - have started editting :). DO you know how to get the search for Swound! to work if you miss out the exclamation mark. eg swound.? thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by KillerManiller (talk • contribs) 10:50, 12 September 2007 (UTC)



[edit] Same name, different person

Hello. How do you add a new article/bio about someone when another entry already exists of someone else with the exact same name?

For exmple, if you look up Michael Jackson you see only the entry of pop start Michael Jackson. But what if I wanted to add the talk show host Michael Jackson too?

I know this is possibe, because with the entry "William Smith" you automatically come up with a list of many different William Smiths.

Thanks Thegallery (talk) 22:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


I have responded on your talk page. Risker (talk) 00:55, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What happened to the page I used to see when I clicked on a red link?

Used to be, when I clicked on a red link in an article (which I often do in order to see search results so I can fix the red link), there was a link to some search results. Now all I see is an edit page and the basic instructions "Before creating your article, please read Wikipedia:Your first article. As you create the article, please provide references to reliable sources. Without sources, the article may be deleted." I want my quick link to search results! What happened? --Orlady (talk) 19:39, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WTF!!!

The directions clearly say that when I click "Go (try title)" an edit box should come up if the page doesn't already exist...this doesn't happen. This needs to be fixed immediately! All it takes me too is a page of suggestions for my search. 24.164.75.68 (talk) 20:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)