 | 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 will never offer to remove the 'not reviewed' message in exchange for money. See thepaid editing scam warningfor more information. |
- Who are the new page reviewers?
- What is Articles for creation?
- What Wikipedia is not
- Notability guidelines
- What is 'verifiability'?
- Reliable sources
- Simple guide to conflict of interest
- Copyright violation
- Original research
- Spam
- What is 'mainspace'?
- What is a 'draft'?
- Why might an article be deleted?
New articlesare reviewed bynew pages patrollers,experienced editors who check whether they conform to Wikipedia'score content policiesand identify material that isnot suitable for inclusion.
This includes articles created directly inmainspace(the encyclopedia proper), or moved there fromdraftoruserspace (includingsandboxes). It includes articles replacing aredirectthat 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 processwill also be reviewed again by a new page reviewer after acceptance.
You will receive anotificationwhen 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?
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- Understanding our requirements:
Conflicts of interest and what Wikipedia is not - 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 advertisementtag on it, you probably have aConflict of interest.We do not allow articles that arepromotionalor spam. To know what kind of articles are unacceptable, check outWhat Wikipedia is not.
- Sources & 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 footnotestag, then some of the content must be supported by references to reliable sources; check out theReferencing Helppage. If it has aThis article relies excessively on references to primary sourcestag, it needs moreindependentsources. You also can't write about your own research, so check outNo original researchand remove anything that has not been written somewhere else.
- Deletion & Draft
- 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 spacewhere you can continue to improve it for a while without worrying about immediate deletion. You can also considermoving the articleyourself. Please do not remove any tags without fi xing the problem, doing so will likely be counter-productive. Some articles will bediscussedby other editors before they are deleted. Many articles are simply writtentoo soonand you will just need to wait for more published sources to become available.
- Notability
- Articles must be written aboutnotabletopics. 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 paragraphsabout 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 guidelineor aThis article does not cite any sourcestag, you must add more or better sources.
- 'Borrowing' text and images from other sources
- You must not use text or images from other websites, books, or newspapers etc. Articles should be writtenin your own wordsbased on a variety of sources. Copied text or images will be deleted. Evenclose paraphrasingis a copyright violation. If you have uploaded images, ensure that they comply with © licencing requirements. Check outCopyright violationsfor more details.
- Getting help
- If you've read through this page and are still confused about what needs to be done to fix an issue and remove a maintenance template, ask at theTeahouse,where our experienced volunteers are quick to answer questions from new users. Ask us a question! Alternatively, you could try the more generalHelp desk,or seek live assistance at the IRC channel:#wikipedia-en-help.