Guide
How to create a Wikipedia page: a step-by-step guide
Notability, sources, drafting and review: what to know before you propose a new article on the English Wikipedia, and the mistakes that get new pages deleted within days.
Blog and guides
Guides to getting on Wikipedia
Notability, sources, costs and rules, explained by people who prepare Wikipedia articles every day: no shortcuts, no impossible promises.
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Companies
A Wikipedia page for your company: when it is possible and how to get one
Existing, growing or having a polished website is not enough. Here are the criteria Wikipedia applies to companies, the sources you need and the right path to an article that stays online.
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Costs
How much does a Wikipedia page cost? What you actually pay for
Publishing on Wikipedia is free, but doing the work properly is not. Here is what drives the price of a professional service, and the signs that separate a serious offer from a scam.
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Notability
Wikipedia notability: who qualifies for a page
Wikipedia does not cover people who are good at what they do, but people that reliable, independent sources have already written about. Here is how notability works and how to tell if you meet it.
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Biographies
Can you write a Wikipedia page about yourself?
Technically anyone can propose an article, but Wikipedia's guideline on autobiography strongly discourages it. Here is why, what you risk and which routes remain open for a sound biography.
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Sources
Wikipedia reliable sources: what counts and what does not
Sources decide whether an article is accepted or deleted. Here is how Wikipedia judges news articles, interviews, press releases and books, with a checklist to assess your own.
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Deletion
Why Wikipedia pages get deleted, and how to avoid it
Promotional tone, weak sources, unproven notability: deletions almost always come down to the same causes. Here is how the English Wikipedia's deletion processes work and how to prepare.
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Updates
How to edit your company's Wikipedia page the right way
Outdated figures, errors, missing facts: you can get an article about you corrected, but there is a method. Here is how to request changes that editors actually accept.
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Agencies
Paid Wikipedia editing: the rules, and how to choose an agency
Hiring a professional is allowed if Wikipedia's transparency rules are followed. Here is what they require, and how to tell a serious agency from one that promises the impossible.
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Visibility
Wikipedia, Google Knowledge Panels and AI search: how they connect
The box next to Google's results and the answers of AI assistants often draw on Wikipedia and Wikidata. Here is what that means for the reputation of people and companies.
The first step
Could you have a Wikipedia page?
Answer a few questions and find out for free whether the conditions are there. If an article already exists, we review its sources, tone and structure and email you the report.