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{{short description|Wikipedia process to assist editors who cannot directly create new articles in mainspace}}
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<span style="color:black;">[[File:AFC-Logo.svg|90px]] '''Welcome to Articles for Creation!'''</span></span>
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The '''Articles for Creation''' ('''AfC''') process is designed to assist ''any'' editor in creating a new page as a [[WP:Drafts|draft article]], which they can work on and submit for review and feedback when ready. The AfC process must be used by [[WP:REGISTER|non-registered]] users and by those who do not yet have [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed_and_confirmed_users|sufficient editing experience]] because these groups of editors are not permitted to create articles directly in Wikipedia's [[WP:MAINSPACE|mainspace]]. The AfC process should also be used by anyone with a [[Wikipedia:conflict of interest|conflict of interest]]. 

Writing an encyclopedic article from scratch is not easy. We recommend that you first [[Help:introduction|gain some experience]] by adding material to articles that already exist, or by helping out with [[Wikipedia:Task Center|other tasks]]. You should read the page [[Help:Your first article]] to avoid common mistakes and save your hard work from being deleted. In some circumstances, it may be more appropriate to request a simple ''[[Wikipedia:Article wizard/Redirects|redirect]]'' to an existing article than to try to create a new one.

==Creating an article==
Before you start writing, here are some [[Help:Your first article|things you should have in mind]]:

* Make sure that the topic is [[WP:Notability|notable]] enough for an article.  Is it already covered in an existing article?  If not, there is a very good chance that the topic is not notable and will never be accepted as an article.  If yes, have you improved that coverage?  Improving existing content is a much more successful way of contributing to Wikipedia.
* Articles should reflect only what [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] have said about the topic, and all articles need [[Help:Introduction to referencing with Wiki Markup/1|references]] to reliable sources.
* If you have a [[WP:Conflict of interest|conflict of interest]] with the topic you are writing about, you should [[WP:DISCLOSE|disclose it on the draft's talk page]].
* If you are being paid to contribute to Wikipedia, you '''must'''—under the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]'s [[foundationsite:wiki/Terms_of_Use#4._Refraining_from_Certain_Activities|terms of use]]—[[WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE|disclose who is paying you, who the client is, and any other relevant affiliation]].
* If you have an idea for the title of an article, but no content for the article itself, you can make a suggestion at [[Wikipedia:Requested articles]].

Your article title will have "[[Wikipedia:Drafts|Draft:]]" in front of it until it is accepted as an article.
To start a new draft, click the button below:


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=== Submitting for review ===
When you are finished, you can submit your article for review by clicking the button "Submit for review". If you don't see this button, you can add the code <code><nowiki>{{subst:submit}}</nowiki></code> to the top of your draft (remember to switch to the [[WP:Source editor|source editor]] first). If you see a yellow box saying "Review waiting, please be patient", you have successfully submitted your draft for review. If you don't see this box, you can ask for help at the [[WP:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk|Articles for Creation help desk]].

Please note that getting a review can take several weeks, but that your draft will be reviewed eventually. In the meantime, we hope that you expand some of our already existing articles.

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== Reviewers ==

Experienced editors are always needed to participate in reviews. Reviewing instructions can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Reviewing_instructions|here]].

==[[Wikipedia:Articles for creation/recent|Recently created articles]]==
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== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Submissions|Article submissions]]==
* There are {{AFC status/backlog}} in [[:Category:Pending AfC submissions]]. The ages of the various submissions are as follows:
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* Declined submissions can be found in [[:Category:Declined AfC submissions]].
* Archives from before September 2008 can be found [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation/List|here]].
* Submissions are archived by date in [[:Category:AfC submissions by date]]:{{#categorytree:AfC submissions by date|depth=0}}

== Creating Redirects, adding Categories or uploading Files ==
Because many minor subjects may not meet our [[WP:GNG|'Notability' requirements]], it is often better to create a simple [[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect]] to an existing article from an alternative name, rather than to try to create a completely new article from scratch. (For example: the name of a non-notable musician in an otherwise notable rock band could be made to redirect a reader to the article about that band, and where that person is mentioned).

*If you wish to create a [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirect]] to an existing article, please use the [[Wikipedia:Article wizard/Redirects|Redirect wizard]]. 

*If you wish to create new [[Wikipedia:Categorization|categories]], please use the [[Wikipedia:Article wizard/version1/Category|Category wizard]].

*If you wish to submit a file for uploading to Wikipedia, please use the [[WP:Files for upload/Wizard|Files for upload wizard]]

* [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects and categories|List of current requests for new Redirects and Categories]]

== Old drafts ==
Old drafts, drafts that have been unedited for more than six months, are routinely deleted (see [[WP:CSD#G13]]). Once deleted, they can be recovered at [[WP:REFUND/G13]]. A category listing drafts approaching G13 status can be found at [[:Category:AfC G13 eligible soon submissions]] with the oldest drafts at the top of the category. These can be reviewed and nominated for deletion or improved for mainspace.

Some old drafts have been identified as "promising", but without any active editor actually committing to working on them.  See [[:Category:Promising draft articles]] and [[:Category:AfC postponed G13]].  Consider browsing these drafts for topics that you would like to improve and move to mainspace. If it reasonably appears that {{tl|Promising draft}} or [[:Category:AfC postponed G13]] are not merited, you may remove them but consider first discussing the matter with the original placer of the template or category.

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