Create a page in Wikipedia

Creating a page on Wikipedia is simple. Discover step by step how to publish your own entry in Wikipedia and share information with the community of Internet users.

Wikipedia is a huge online encyclopedia that serves as a reference to consult any information. You can access your content from any PC with an Internet connection or from your smartphone with the Wikipedia for Android app or Wikipedia for iPhone . This is fine, but it is not the best. The great news is that Wikipedia expands collaboratively .

Any user can contribute their knowledge to Wikipedia, both in content and correcting the spelling or grammar. It becomes, then, a living encyclopedia in continuous evolution. If you are ready to create a Wiki page (or edit an existing one), find out how to do it here.

Before starting
Before launching into the adventure you must know the contents that are likely to be rejected. Advertising, self-promotion or essays or research articles are not allowed . Avoid writing about it and you will save time.

On the other hand, if you want to practice and do editing tests you have a test area from Wikipedia . Here you can use the editor without fear of making mistakes .

Previous step: create your account
It is not mandatory to register to edit Wikipedia content, but it has some advantages such as being able to rename articles, have an own discussion page or be able to keep track of your contributions.

The process is simple. Click on the "Create an account" link in Wikipedia in the upper right part of the window. You only need to provide an email account and choose a username and password.

Create a Wikipedia account
Use the search engine
Before editing a new entry it is necessary to check if it exists. To do this, you will find the search engine in various sites on the Wikipedia website .

Wikipedia search engine
Modify existing content
Do you think that you can contribute something more to an article that already exists in Wikipedia? Ahead! With just pressing " Edit " you will access the editor to be able to make the changes.

Wikipedia editors

Edit existing Wikipedia article
Create a new page in Wikipedia
If there is still no Wikipedia topic, let it be known to the world by creating it yourself. Click on the link on the word "create" that appears in red .

Create new article in Wikipedia
In the editing window you have a small text editor in which the following options are shown from left to right:

Bold font.
Italics.
Signature and date.
Links
Option to insert images.
Deployable with advanced options to format the text and choose the typeface.
Drop down with special characters.
Help manual.
Appointment tools
Once you have reviewed your article thoroughly you can move on to publish it. Watch out! Once you click on "Save the page", the article will be visible .

Having your own page on Wikipedia, as you have seen, is very simple. But it is recommended that before you create your first article in Wikipedia, you should review the small Wikipedia help manual .