Help:How to Create an Article

All registered users of FamilySearch Wiki are invited to contribute articles. There are three types of contributions you can participate in:

1. Edit an Existing Article

2. Author a Requested Article

3. Author a New Article

Use these instructions to create a new article. You must be a registered user and logged in to author an article. The term "page" in the Wiki means the same as the term "article".

Creating an article
Authoring an article requires text and formatting. Write directly in the Wiki or paste an article from another electronic source. Note: Before authoring a new article, search to see if one is already in the Wiki. Formatting may be lost when pasting an article from another source.

Follow these steps to create an article

 * Search for the article you want to author. Be sure the terms you use in your search are the exact terms you want in the title of your article. For example, you search for New York Newspapers to add a new article titled New York Newspapers. The wiki will show the search results in the main part of the page. If the article does not exist, the wiki will return a notice that the article does not exist, and the title of the searched article (New York Newspapers, for example) will appear in red above the search results. Click on the red word to begin creating the new page.
 * Add text in the body. Using the formatting box in the main editor toolbox, titles and headings may be added.
 * Add formatting, if desired:


 * 1) Create an internal link An internal link is designed to link to a page within the Wiki.
 * 2) Create an external link  An external link is designed to link to a Web site.
 * 3) Add anchors. An anchor is designed to take to you a different section of the current page.
 * 4) Add one or more categories to the article. See How to categorize an article.
 * 5) Add other page elements as desired.


 * Click "Show Preview" to see if the screen contains all of the desired elements. The page will need to be saved before the changes take effect.
 * Click Save at any point in the process to save the changes made to the article. If you want to change an article after it is saved, click Edit.

Tips

 * The guidelines for naming a new article will help you determine the best possible article name.
 * How to Create a page linked from an existing page
 * How to Create a page not linked from an existing page
 * Read instructions on how to copy and paste in the Wiki.
 * Copyrighted material should not be posted without permission.