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New page

{{PD Help Page}}
There are several ways to start a new page. These can vary based on the type of page started, as well as the wiki and namespace.

== Using Wikilinks ==
MediaWiki makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax (see [[Help:Links|Links]]). If you (or anyone else) create a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be coloured red, like this.

Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created.

Once the page has been created, the link will change from red to blue (purple for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.

Usually this is the best way to create a new page, because it means that right from the start, the page will be linked from at least one other place on the wiki (and typically you will want to mesh it into other related pages later). If you are creating a new page without creating any link to it, you may need to ask yourself: Does this page really fit in with the topics already covered in the wiki? Also, how are you expecting visitors to find this page? Normally there is no reason to create a page without first creating a red link to it.

== From the search page ==
If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and “{{int:go}}” button on the left of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.

== Using the URL ==
You can use the wiki's URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki is usually something like this:
*<code><nowiki>http://www.example.net/index.php/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code>    or
*<code><nowiki>http://www.example.net/wiki/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code>

If you replace <code>'''ARTICLE'''</code> with the name of the page you wish to create, you will be taken to a blank page which indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "{{int:edit}}" [[Help:Navigation#Page Tabs|page tab]] at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.

== Create redirects to your new page ==
Don't forget to set up redirects when you create a page. If you think another person may search for the page you've created by using a different name or spelling, please create the proper redirect(s). See [[Help:Redirects]]

== Protecting your new page ==
Normally a new wiki page can be edited by other people (that is one of the main ideas of a wiki!) However, a sysop could '[[Help:Protected pages|protect]]' the page, if desired, to prevent normal users from editing it.

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One of the [[mw:Manual:User rights|user rights]] that can be set for a [[Template:User groups|user group]] is "'''createpage'''", the right to '''create a new page'''. A wiki can grant this right for example to all users who are not blocked (this is the [[mw:Manual:User rights#Defaults|default]] setting), or only to those who have logged in.

The edit page has a link for ''Editing help'', so you won't be lost. For general editing matters and details on the [[w:markup language|markup language]] of the [[Help:Filling the page|wikitext]], see [[Help:Editing]]. ''If you want to experiment, use the [[{{ns:4}}:Sandbox|sandbox]] first.'' Note: Sandbox page is currently blank. The purpose of this blank page is to use as a whiteboard to experiment.

Anyone, including you, can write these help documents at [[m:Help:Contents]], and you are most likely allowed to edit the site, {{SITENAME}}, that you are looking at now! Just type a title in the box at the bottom of the page, click "Create article", and start writing. You should probably create a link to the article in a related page; linking to a page is enough to "create" the page! New pages can also be started by following a link to a non-existent page, which likewise launches the edit page. See [[#Starting a page through the URL|Starting a page through the URL]] below.

* '''[[Help:Searching|Search]]''' to see '''whether''' someone has written a similar page before you start one yourself. Choose the title carefully.
* Review [[Help:Conventions|conventions of the project]] you are working in regarding e.g.:
**Naming conventions; see also [[Help:Page name]].
**If the text is not very long it may be better to add the text to a related page; that page can always be split later, after it has grown.
**You can check out the how to write a great article link for guidance. see [[w:Wikipedia:How to write a great article|How to write a great article]].

* While creating the page and '''before''' saving it, check the ''What links here'' link on the creation page. Align the new content with existing links, or change the new title, or fix the other links.
* If nothing points here, the page is isolated. Links to it will need to be added on other pages. You can make your contributions accordingly.


Hello World!

== Starting a page from a link, or after a search ==
To start a new page, you can click a link to the new page. This takes you to [[Help:Editing|edit]] mode of the non-existing blank page, which allows for page creation. You might not be able to create a new page unless you are logged in. Notably this applies to the English Wikipedia.
Another way to start a new page, on the English Wikipedia, which uses the [[w:MediaWiki:Nogomatch]] option, is to perform a search for the new title with the Go button (as you should have done before). When the search finds nothing, click on the link at the top of the page where it says "You searched for '''your search term'''".

Links to non-existing pages are common. They are typically created in preparation for creating the page, and/or to encourage other people to do so.
Links are not only convenient for navigation, but also make people aware of the new page (those who read a related page and also those who [[Help:Watching pages|watch]] the related page).
New page links are not really broken as long as the name correctly identifies the intended content. (A new page link with a "wrong" or misspelled name, or that duplicates content found under another name is "broken", but in a different sense.)

New page links typically look different from links to existing pages. Depending on [[Help:Preferences|settings]], a different color or a question mark is used. (Sometimes links to new pages are called "red links", the display option of one of the settings). Links to non-existent pages are created with <nowiki>[[New page name]]</nowiki> from the wiki editor. (In this case, the empty page "New page name" would be created).

Of course, you can also create the link yourself, in a related page, index page or your user page. However, it may be better to wait with creating links until after creating the new page, especially if the new link replaces one to an existing page. In this case, create the link but press Preview, instead of Save. From preview area, clicking the new link will create the new page (without updating the referring page).

== Starting a page through the URL ==


Using the browser address bar to enter an URL to a new page is an easy way to start the new page process. Easier still is
editing the pagename part of a URL for an existing page. Using the URL for the new page displays the default 'no article' message (see [[MediaWiki:Noarticletext]]). The default page has the usual ''Edit this page'' link, which can be used to begin adding content.


An [[Help:Interwiki links|interwiki link]] to a non-existent page gives the same result, but is not recommended.

To get access to a MediaWiki project page, with the links at the edges but without the loading of a page, use a bookmark to a non-existing page. The default 'no article' page will display the edge links.

== Creating an empty page ==
A '''new page''' is distinguished from a blank page: the latter has a [[Help:Page history|page history]]. However, creating a new page is just like editing a blank page, except that a new page displays the text from [[MediaWiki:Newarticletext]] (which may vary by project).

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 done by having it call another template, of which the name is a parameter; one version of the other template contains the additional text, the other version is blank. See [[Help:Advanced templates#Optional_text|optional text]].

To create an empty page, save a page with the wikitext <nowiki>__END__</nowiki>. This code will not be saved, it just prevents refusal by the system to create an empty page. Alternatively, first create a non-empty page, e.g. with just one character, then edit the page to make it empty. A page with one or more blank spaces at the end, including a page only containing one or more blank spaces, is not possible.

==Protecting a page from being created==
It is not really possible to protect a page from being created, but one can create a page with a standard text such as in [[w:en:Template:Deletedpage]] and [[Help:Editing#Page_protection|protect]] that page. Note that sometimes a terminology like "This page should not be created." is used even though for the system the page exists. Therefore it is not suitable for demonstrating a link to a non-existing page.

==Non-existing pages showing info==
[[Category]] and image pages are partly dynamically generated, and partly editable. A category page contains a list of pages in the category, an image page may contain an image and info from Commons. Thus if the page does not "exist" it may still show info.

The edit page of a "non-existing" category page shows the pages it contains. However, the edit page of the local page of an image on Commons neither shows the image, nor the editable content on Commons, not even in preview, it does not even indicate that viewing the page provides an image and other content from Commons.

A link to a "non-existing" category page is treated as a link to a non-existing page, even if the category is non-empty. A link to a "non-existing" local image page of an image on [[Commons|Commons]] is treated as a link to an existing page, e.g. [[:Image:Cow-on pole, with horns.jpeg]], except in the case of a link from an edit summary or log. An indication of the "non-existence" is the lack of a page history link and a related changes link.

[Test of creating a new page]

==See also==
*[[mw:Manual:Creating pages with preloaded text|Creating pages with preloaded text]]

== Inputbox ==
Go to an article. If its link is red, it hasn’t been started yet.

<center>
{| width="60%" style="border:1px solid black"
|
<inputbox>
type=search
width=42
buttonlabel=Go!
searchbuttonlabel=Search
break=no
</inputbox>
|}
</center>

See [[#General principles|General principles]] above and [[mw:Extension:Inputbox|Extension:Inputbox]].

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