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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 sufficient experience are allowed to create articles, 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 Wikipedia.

An article may be unsuitable for Wikipedia 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 (WP: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 Wikipedia guidelines to avoid repeated submissions and declines.

Brief history
On 5 December 2005, in response to the Seigenthaler incident, unregistered users were stopped from creating new pages on the English Wikipedia (read about it in the Signpost).

Consequently, the page Articles for creation was set up by and others, to allow unregistered users to submit articles for registered users to create on their behalf. The first page to be created was the redirect Fox Latin America requested by. The first article created was Horsea Island by.

Following huge backlogs on the page, Kwsn and others WikiProject Articles for creation on 2 June 2007.

Project goals

 * 1) Promote awareness of the WikiProject.
 * 2) Review requests at
 * Category:Pending AfC submissions (or WikiProject Articles for creation/Submissions)
 * 1) *Articles for creation/Redirects and categories
 * 2) *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 Wikipedia account at least 90 days old.
 * a minimum of 500 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 Wikipedia'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 Wikipedia's Live Help Channel. To request to join, follow the instructions at Wikipedia 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:

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

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You can also use one of the following userboxes.

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

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

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