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Articles start with a lead section (WP:CREATELEAD) summarising the most important points of the topic.The lead section is the first part of the article; it comes above the first header, and may contain a lead image which is representative of the topic, and/or an infobox that provides a few key facts, often statistical, such as dates and measurements.
The English Wikipedia already has 6.9 million articles. Before creating a new one, try to make sure there is not already an article (or a Draft in development) on the same topic, perhaps under a different spelling, or even a different name.
However, encyclopedia articles should also be easily understood by as general an audience as practical, avoiding the assumption of prerequisite knowledge and gratuitous use of specialized jargon and advanced technical notation: these shortcuts which save time and effort for experts can easily become barriers for the uninitiated.
As of January 2023, 55,791 English Wikipedia articles have been cited 92,300 times in scholarly journals, [59] from which cloud computing was the most cited page. [60] On January 18, 2023, Wikipedia debuted a new website redesign, called "Vector 2022".
Wikipedia editors should write a new article before they create links to that article in list pages, disambiguation pages, "See also" sections, templates, or redirects in the encyclopedia. This is an exception to the general rule encouraging red links for notable subjects.
This Wikipedia is written in English. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below. 1,000,000+ articles.
Every article starts with an idea in the mind of a contributor. You can create articles about anything, as long as they belong in Wikipedia.It is a good idea to search first, so you are sure there has not been an article on the subject; if there is, a redirect may be appropriate.
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it. Since 2001, it has grown rapidly to become the world's largest reference website, with 6.9 million articles in English attracting of views every month. For a more detailed account of the project, see About Wikipedia.