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This page describes how to start a new Wikisimpsons page. For a guide about using wiki markup, see how to edit a page.

Before starting

Before you start a new page on Wikisimpsons, you should always:

• Familiarize yourself with our policies. Try to get a feel for how to best write an article. Our guidelines help ensure that the end result is useful for everyone!
  • Policies and Guidelines
  • Manual of Style
  • Copyrights
• Search first. Make sure that someone hasn't already started a similar page using a different title. (See Searching.)
• Review naming conventions. Make sure that you are familiar with the procedure of choosing a name for your article.
• Add links to your future article. Red links are links that point to an article that doesn't exist yet. (See below.)

Starting a new page

A new page may be started in one of the following ways:

• Create a link to another page. While you are editing an existing page, and find a word or name that ought to have an article of its own, you can simply put it in double square brackets, [[like this]]. After saving the page, that word will link to the article, or will link to a form where that article may be created.
• Start from an existing link. As you read through Wikisimpsons articles, you'll come across links to pages that haven't been written yet. Clicking on this page will take you to a form, which will inform you that "You have followed a link to a page that doesn't exist yet." All you have to do is start typing in the edit box. When you're done, click the "Show preview" button to double-check what your article will look like and to find any mistakes. Then click the "Save" button.

Caveat: Try not to make your new articles orphans!

Additional tips

• It's considered good practice to run your text through a spell-checker before submitting it.
• How to write a great article.