User talk:Tollens/Archive 11
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Question from Timothy Mncube2019 (12:55, 30 August 2024)
How do I upload an article --Timothy Mncube2019 (talk) 12:55, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Timothy Mncube2019! Based on your user page it seems like you might be trying to publish an article about yourself. This is strongly discouraged – if you meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion somebody else will probably write about you eventually.
- Even if you are not looking to write about yourself, new editors often find writing new articles from scratch difficult; I would recommend working on existing articles first to become more familiar with what is expected in Wikipedia articles. Once you are ready, there is a useful help page at Help:Your first article that will guide you through the process. Note especially the order of the steps in that help page: you should gather your sources first, then write the article by summarizing those sources. It is a common mistake to write the article first, then try to find sources to support it afterward; this is almost always far more difficult than writing the article from the sources to begin with.
- If you need any help, please do ask and I'll do my best! Tollens (talk) 23:34, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Question from DiarrhoeaDemon (11:25, 1 September 2024)
Hello, how do I create an article. When I tried, it turned into a draft. --DiarrhoeaDemon (talk) 11:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- @DiarrhoeaDemon: Submitting a draft for review is how you should publish an article – I see you did this already and have received some feedback. As I recommended earlier, I would strongly suggest finding your sources first, then writing the content by summarizing those sources. Right now, much of the content of your draft does not appear to be supported by any of the sources currently cited. Tollens (talk) 18:33, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm still working on it. So it is incomplete. :) DiarrhoeaDemon (talk) 16:35, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
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