Wikipedia:Requested articles

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Requesting Articles
This is Wikipedia's page for requesting articles. If you want to request a new article, this is the right place to start. Please read the instructions before posting.

New requests are to be added to one of the subpages listed below. Please provide a reference or a brief description for the proposed topic to aid others in identifying the meaning being desired.

Before adding a potential page please:

Verify that the spelling is correct.
Make sure that the term does not contain inappropriate capital letters.
Determine if the term is notable.
Perform a search of Wikipedia to determine if the term is already discussed on a page with a different name. If this is the case please add a redirect.
Find the sub-topic in which your request best fits and click on the edit link next to the heading. In the resulting edit box, add the name of the article.

For Wikipedia editors

Your help is needed to write these articles. Please remove from the list titles for which legitimate articles have been created and tag short articles as stubs.

Articles for Creation

If you have written an article but are not able to post it (no account) you may submit it for review at Wikipedia:Articles for creation.
If you would like to suggest a redirect you may also do that at WP:AFC/R.

1 By topic area
2 By priority
3 Other classification schemes
4 Related lists
- 4.1 Specialized items

By topic area

Topic areas in applied arts and sciences

Article creation ⇧
Basic help

Concepts and guides

Development processes

Meta tools and groups

This box: view • talk • edit

Topic areas in business and economics

Topic areas in culture and fine arts

Topic areas in mathematics

Topic areas in music

Topic areas in natural sciences

Topic areas in philosophy

Topic areas in social sciences

Topic areas in sports

By priority

Other classification schemes

Related lists

Find more about Requested articles on Wikipedia's sister projects:

Definitions from Wiktionary

Textbooks from Wikibooks

Quotations from Wikiquote

Source texts from Wikisource

Images and media from Commons

News stories from Wikinews

Learning resources from Wikiversity

Many WikiProjects and notice boards have requests for new articles pertaining to a specific topic.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery and Wikipedia:Articles for creation - This page allows unregistered and new users to create new articles with the assistance of experienced Wikipedians.
Wikipedia:Requests for expansion and Wikipedia:Stub
Category:Redirects with possibilities lists many redirects with good potential to become future articles

Specialized items

Wikipedia:Bounty board
Current events Portal - displays newsworthy topics — even brief entries for those are very helpful. They have the advantage of already having a reference webpage, and would have been verified in most cases by the news media. (see also Wikinews)
Wikipedia:Requested lists
Wikipedia:Requested pictures (see also Wikimedia Commons)
Wikipedia:Requested templates
Wikipedia:Translation - how to request a translation

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