Help:Growth/How to create help contents/Examples/Expand a page
Expand a page
Wikipedia pages can be expanded to add more information. This can be done by adding various types of contents.
How to
Expand a page requires to edit this page.
Expanding a page can be done by anyone. This doesn't requires any supervision
Add more information
Text is the key content of Wikipedia.
You can add information to Wikipedia as far as you:
- say were this information comes from, using citations,
- present this information in a neutral way (only facts, with no personal comments or appreciation given).
Add citations
Citations are needed to make Wikipedia reliable. With citations, readers can check where the information comes from.
You need a proper source to add a citation. Sources are needed to make Wikipedia reliable. With sources, readers can check where the information comes from.
Add images
Add images is a good way to illustrate articles.
Images on Wikipedia are here to explain an information given on the page. They are not there to make the article more pleasant to read.
Images are hosted on Wikimedia Commons, a Wikipedia sister project, and they are all available under a free licence.
- How to add images to a page, if they are already on Wikimedia Commons
- How to upload images to Wikimedia Commons
See also
- Update a page
- Create a new page
