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WikiProject Articles for creation

Welcome to WikiProject Articles for creation! This is the project page for editors interested in working on Articles for creation, Redirects and Categories for creation and Files for upload.

Introduction

Only registered users with Autoconfirmed and confirmed user levels are allowed to create mainspace articles directly, so Articles for creation, which we call AfC, opens a path for new article creation. AfC works as a peer review process in which experienced registered editors can either help create an article submitted by an anonymous editor or decline the article because it is unsuitable for Bharatpedia.

An article may be unsuitable for Bharatpedia for a number of reasons. AfC submissions can be declined based on having insufficient content, consisting of vandalism or personal attacks, posting copyrighted material, not asserting notability (BP:N), and most often for not being properly sourced. We also do not accept new articles where a page on the topic already exists, even if under another name.

A lot of articles are posted at AfC and a dedicated team of editors is needed to review the requests. There is often a backlog, so please ensure submissions meet all Bharatpedia guidelines to avoid repeated submissions and declines.

Brief history

On 1 January 2021, in response to spam, unregistered users were stopped from creating new pages on the English Bharatpedia.

Consequently, the page Bharatpedia:Articles for creation was set up to allow unregistered users to submit articles for registered users to create on their behalf.

Project goals

1. Promote awareness of the WikiProject.
2. Review requests at
   • Category:Pending AfC submissions (or Bharatpedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Submissions)
   • Bharatpedia:Articles for creation/Redirects and categories
   • Bharatpedia:Files for upload
3. Promote, monitor and improve the articles and images created through the project.

How to get involved

WikiProject Articles for creation needs you! Any editor who meets the criteria below can apply to be a reviewer for the project. Reviewers must have:

• a Bharatpedia account at least 90 days old.
• a minimum of 250 undeleted edits to articles.
• thoroughly read and understood the reviewing instructions.
• a demonstrated understanding of the policies mentioned in the reviewing instructions, including the various special notability categories.
• reasonable evidence of understanding the deletion policy (experience in areas such as CSD/AfD/PROD or page curation, while not mandatory, are beneficial).
• a willingness and ability to respond in a timely manner to questions about their reviews.

AfC submissions must be reviewed in accordance with Bharatpedia's established content policies and guidelines. If you are unfamiliar with these policies and guidelines you should become familiar with them before conducting AfC reviews. Before you start reviewing requests, please ensure you have read the reviewing instructions thoroughly and that you ask an experienced reviewer if you are unsure about anything. The reviewing instructions cover reviews of article drafts, redirects and categories, and file requests. You can ask for help and advice at the Reviewer talk page. You can also get help in the live chat in Bharatpedia's Live Help Channel. To request to join, follow the instructions at Bharatpedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants.

Welcome template

This template is used to welcome new participants to the project. It can be added to a new participant's talk page by adding {{subst:AfC welcome}} to the bottom of the page:

Hi, and welcome to WikiProject Articles for creation! We are a group of editors who work together on the Articles for creation and Files for upload pages.

A few tips that you might find helpful:

• Please take time to fully read the reviewers' instructions before reviewing submissions.
• The reviewers' talk page is the best place to ask for help or advice. You might like to watchlist this page, and you are encouraged to take part in any discussion that comes up.
• Article submissions that need reviewing can be found in Category:Pending AfC submissions and there is also a useful list which is maintained by a bot.
• You might wish to add {{AFC status}} or {{AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions. There is also a project userbox. If you haven't done so already, please consider adding your name to the list of participants.
• Several of our members monitor Bharatpedia's help IRC channel, and you are welcome to join in to ask Bharatpedia-related questions.
• The help desk is the place where new editors can ask questions about their submissions. You are welcome to help in answering their questions.

Once again, welcome to the project. ~~~~

Advertisement and reviewer recruiting

Put this template on your user page and talk page to help promote this WikiProject!

Code: {{Bharatpedia ads|ad=69}}

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You can also use one of the following userboxes.

Code: {{User WikiProject Articles for creation}}

This user is a reviewer at WikiProject Articles for creation.

Code: {{User AfC}}

This user is a participant in WikiProject Articles for creation. You can help!

Code: {{User bharatpedia/AFC}}

This user is an Articles for creation reviewer on the English Bharatpedia.

Code: {{User AfC reviewer since}}

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Drop this on a prospective reviewer's user talk page to help recruit new reviewers.

Code: {{subst:WPAFCInvite}} Template:WPAFCInvite

To add an AFC icon to the top-right corner of a page, use: {{AFC topicon}}

Awards

The AfC barnstar is granted for meritorious contributions relating to Articles for creation and consists of a green cross on a star composed of five capital letter As. The A signifies new articles, which is what this project is all about, the grey signifies the neutrality of Bharatpedia, and the green cross signifies the Articles for creation project. There is also a companion ribbon Image:AFC Ribbon 2.png, consisting of a thick blue center stripe surrounded by two narrow grey stripes surrounded by two wide green stripes. The blue center recollects the new color of former red links.			The AfC Barnstar
The ribbon may be displayed by any user who has been awarded the barnstar.	The AfC ribbon	To present this award to a user, place the following code on their talk page:   {{subst:AFC barnstar|message ~~~~}}

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