Wikipedia:RA
Please keep in mind that Requested Articles is more like a list of ideas for interested editors to peruse. We are not an on-demand article writing service. Most requested articles will not be written.
If you really want an article created, you should really consider writing it yourself. However, please be aware that due to our notability rules, many topics do not qualify for an article. Unless there is a special exception, most articles will need to pass the General Notability Guideline, which means that there should be multiple high quality sources (such as newspapers and books) that go into multiple paragraphs of detail about your article subject.
Feel free to ask questions at the Teahouse.
1. First, check that the article you're looking for doesn't already exist:
- Search Wikipedia (or use a search engine) for existing articles. If an article exists, but not at the title you expected, you can create a redirect.
- Check your spelling.
- Articles generally use the most common name for the subject. This may not be the official name, scientific name, or another name you have in mind.
2. Next, be sure the article is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Articles must be about notable topics: those that have received significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. We have a fairly precise definition of what is considered a "reliable source", as well as detailed inclusion guidelines.
3. Next, search the existing article requests to make sure your subject is not already listed:
4. Now choose an appropriate general topic area below, choose the best sub-topic that fits your subject, and use that link to go to its page. Add your request there by clicking "edit" at the appropriate heading. Give a brief description, with links if possible, for the proposed topic, to aid others in understanding your request.
Please help by fulfilling these requests!
- Help maintain the list by moving misplaced or unsorted requests to the appropriate section.
- Many requests can be fulfilled by creating a redirect from the requested title.
- Fulfilled requests should be removed from the list. Remember to categorize newly created articles, and tag them as stubs if they are short.
- More tasks available at WikiProject Requested Articles.
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- Hospitals
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- Notable people in medicine
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- Psychiatry
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- Veterinary medicine
- Albums
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- Chamber ensembles
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- Conductors
- Critics, historians, journalists and publications
- Festivals, concerts and awards
- Genres
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- Producers, sound engineers, etc.
- Record labels
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- Technical and business terms
- Astronomy and cosmology
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- Sports and sportspeople
- American football
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- Women's football (soccer)
- Australian rules football
- Baseball
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- Chess
- Motor sports
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
Images needing articles
See Wikipedia:Requested articles/Images
Other categories
See also
- WikiProject Requested articles
- Wikipedia:Most-wanted articles (most linked to)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles
- Many WikiProjects and notice boards have requests for new articles pertaining to a specific topic.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery
- Wikipedia:Articles for creation - allows unregistered and new users to create new articles with the assistance of experienced Wikipedians.
- Category:Stubs lists very short preliminary articles that have not yet been developed.
- Category:All articles to be expanded and Category:Wikipedia pages with to-do lists list more established articles which need expansion, by section or by specific coverage, respectively.
- Category:Redirects with possibilities lists many redirects with good potential to become future articles.
- Portal:Current events - displays newsworthy topics— even brief entries for those are very helpful. They have the advantage of already having a reference webpage, and would have been verified in most cases by the news media. (see also Wikinews)
- Wikipedia:Requested lists
- Wikipedia:Requested pictures and Commons:Picture requests
- Wikipedia:Requested recordings
- Wikipedia:Requested templates
- Wikipedia:Translation
- User:Emijrp/All Human Knowledge
Historical
- Wikipedia:Most wanted stubs
- Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than a year
- Special:WantedPages
- Wikipedia:Drawing board - a noticeboard for discussing new article ideas. (Inactive)
- Wikipedia:Requests for expansion/Archive