New Page Review Wondering why your article has still not been reviewed or was changed to a draft? This plain and simple guide provides you with answers and links to important policies and guidelines.
This page in a nutshell: All new articles are reviewed for suitability for the encyclopedia. This includes drafts, redirects, and articles created from drafts and redirects. Articles that have not been reviewed can be seen within the encyclopedia, but they are hidden from external search engines
Legitimate Wikipedia editors willnever offer to remove the 'not reviewed' message in exchange for money. See thepaid editing scam warning for more information.
Review includes articles created directly inmainspace (the encyclopedia proper), or moved there fromdraft oruser space (includingsandboxes). It includes articles replacing aredirect that had existed at the same title and new articles created at a title that was previously deleted, whether or not the content is new or taken from previous or existing content. Some articles created via theArticles for creation process will also be reviewed again by a new page reviewer after acceptance.
You will receive anotification when a page you have created has been reviewed. Once an article is reviewed, it will be visible to external search engines (indexed). New page reviewers are volunteers and articles are not reviewed in any specific order. An article may remain unreviewed for several months. An article free of potential issues is usually more likely to be reviewed promptly. Sometimes, articles have been patrolled but have not been marked as reviewed. They may have some banners on top explaining what is wrong and including links on what to do.
In some cases, if articles are not quite ready for mainspace, they may be moved to Draft space where you can work on it undisturbed for a while until it is ready. Articles that are not suitable for the encyclopedia will usually be listed for deletion.
What can you do if your article has still not been reviewed and/or has been tagged for more attention or moved to a draft?
We are here to build an encyclopedia. Many kinds of articles are not permitted. If your article has aThis article contains content that is written like an advertisement tag on it, you probably have aconflict of interest. We do not allow articles that arepromotional or spam. To know what kind of articles are unacceptable, check outWhat Wikipedia is not.
Sources and references
Facts matter: The content of your article might be true, but to gain the trust of our readers you mustprove it. If your article has aThis article needs more footnotes tag, then some of the content must be supported by references to reliable sources; check out theReferencing Help page. If it has aThis article relies excessively on references to primary sources tag, it needs moreindependent sources. You also can't write about your own research, so check outNo original research and remove anything that has not been written somewhere else.
Deletion and drafts
Clearly unsuitable articles are listed forvery quick deletion. If your article is possibly acceptable but the issues are not easily fixable, it could be moved to theDraft space where you can continue to improve it for a while without worrying about immediate deletion. You can also considermoving the article yourself. Please do not remove any tags without fixing the problem, doing so will likely be counter-productive. Some articles will bediscussed by other editors before they are deleted. Many articles are simply writtentoo soon and you will just need to wait for more published sources to become available.
Notability
Articles must be written aboutnotable topics. Our definition of notability may not be what you expect. The topic must have been written about inreliable sources, and with some detail. Two or three sources that each have at leastseveral paragraphs about the subject will likely show that it is notable. If all that is written are trivial mentions, a large number of sources will not help, the topic will still not be notable. If your article has aThe topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline or aThis article does not cite any sources tag, you must add more or better sources.
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