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If you want to  start a page  on the IndieWeb wiki, please read this page before doing so for reasons why, why not to, and how to do so — if you have any questions, please ask in the #meta chat channel.

Why
Create new pages that are relevant to the IndieWeb wiki for on topics for that you have a direct understanding of (preferably experience with) of the following reasons:
 * There is a red link to the topic from an existing page
 * The to-do list encourages creating the new page
 * An existing page has its own To Do section (or subsection of its See Also) that describes how the page should be split, or portions made into their own page(s)
 * You are using some project, library, service, webhost for your own site and want to document it to encourage/help others do so
 * You ask about a topic in an IndieWeb discussion channel and people encourage you to document it.
 * Got other reasons? Discuss them in https://chat.indieweb.org/meta before adding them here.

Why not
Please DO NOT create new pages that:
 * Are not relevant to the IndieWeb wiki
 * Already have a sufficient Wikipedia article

How to
If this is your first new page on the IndieWeb wiki,
 * Please join the IndieWeb chat first, say hi, and state your intention to create a new page

In general before creating a new page:
 * Familiarize yourself with wikifying so you can refer to it while creating your new page

To create a new page: or
 * Edit an existing page. Add a link to, then save the page.
 * Click the new-page link, then click "Edit"
 * Type the URL of the desired page directly into the browser address bar, then click "Edit".

Then start by copy pasting the following:

Then include a simple 1-2 sentence definition of what the page is about. E.g. if the page is about "Widget-Company", start with something like:  Widget-Company  is a ...

and complete that sentence including any indieweb relevance.

If there is no indieweb relevance, then DO NOT create the page.

If you need something to link to, link to a Wikipedia page instead of making a non-indieweb-relevant stub.

You may also want to redirect a new page to an existing page or section/heading therein.
 * See redirect for how to do that.

For more on how and what to add to the wiki, see:
 * wikifying

Naming
Recognize that naming is hard.

Summary:
 * Use short, plain words, using a space (" ") or dash ("-") between multiple words.

Warning:
 * Please DO NOT use WikiWords (AKA CamelCase) when naming pages because they are less discoverable, and worse for search results (both in site-search and web-search).
 * E.g. the page 2020/Pop-ups/GardenAndStream did NOT show up in page title results on a search for "garden". The repair was to move it to 2020/Pop-ups/Garden-And-Stream which now DOES show up in a search for garden.

Questions about naming a new page?
 * Ask in discuss

May I copy paste from another site
Q: Is it ok if I mostly copy+paste a definition from the site of the product/company (e.g. WidgeCo in example above) that I'm creating a new page for?

A: Rather than copy/paste from their site, try to rephrase a definition so it sounds neutral, factual, and uses indieweb terminology when possible, which should then be  linked.

What next
Go read: expand a page