User:A diehard editor/RDT/Journey of an Article
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(Summary) The Journey of a Wikipedia Article |
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Account created |
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Searching and searching... |
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An article on the topic exists already. Make a redirect. |
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An article on the topic doesn’t exist |
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Finding reliable sources |
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Writing |
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Putting it on your subpage or somewhere else |
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Article gets speedy deleted |
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You keep on submitting it and you get blocked |
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Submitted as a draft |
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Draft submitted |
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Draft declined, then edited and re-submitted |
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Draft accepted |
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You may lose motivation to work on the article |
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You just publish it without drafting (skip if you went via "Draft accepted") |
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Might get deleted by New Page patrol |
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Nice editors add sources, expand the article, and make it even better! |
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| Doesn’t get vandalized |
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It gets vandalized (could get protected) |
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To being a good article and beyond! |
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