There are four easy ways to start a new page.

1. From an existing page, you can click a red link to the title of the new page. For example, to create an article called "This link", you could click This link (unless someone has created it already on this Wikia). You can also create a red link yourself, in a related page or index page or your user page. Links on related pages are convenient for navigation, and they also make people aware of the new page. 2. You can start a new page by typing the URL directly in your Address bar. (For example, if you are editing on example.wikia.com and you would like to create "This link", go to http://example.wikia.com/wiki/This_link.) An easy way to produce the URL is editing the last part of the URL of another page in the same project (and since a recent update you no longer need an underline instead of a space between words). To prevent your new page being an "orphan", you should link to it from other pages. 3. If you search for a page that is not yet on this wiki, you may see a red link above the search list. Clicking this is another way to get to the edit page for the new article. 4. The easiest way to create an article is with an inputbox. Typing the new title in the box, and clicking "Create article", will take you to the edit page for that article. To see how to add an inputbox, look at the code in the edit box of this page, or see the Central help page. Before using one of those last methods, have a search to see whether there is already a page with a name very like the one you propose. Splitting pages later is easier than merging near-duplicates.

Starting pages for people, places, or surnamesEdit

For maximum value in finding relatives, please see [1], which details the best way to start a new page for a person so that

• links to other pages and categories are created automatically
• pages will appear in predictable logical order on category pages and in other lists, with the result that browsing the lists gives you and your long-lost living relatives the best chance of noticing matching names and making contact. Elsewhere on that page are links to the best ways to create pages for places or surnames/families.

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Starting a new page on wiki takes only a couple of clicks and is an important part of contributing to a wiki.

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Step-by-Step

• Click on the contribute button on top right of your wiki. Here you will be presented with a dropdown menu where you will see a link to "Add a Page"

• The "Create a new article" box will open
• You can choose the article name by typing it in the box. This name will become the last part of the page's URL.
  

• Decide between a standard page layout or a blank page. The standard layout provides image and video placeholders as well as section headings. The preload contents for the "Standard layout" are stored at MediaWiki:Createpage-with-video on your wiki and can be edited by local admins.

• A second way to create a page is by clicking on any red link on your wiki (which can be created by linking to a page that does not exist). You will then be brought into edit mode where you can add your content.

Options

The "Editing" tab of Special:Preferences includes options for page creation:

• Use blank page as default for creating a new page - This makes the blank option on the right be the default on the popup.
• Disable Create Page pop-up - If checked, this disables the box for you.

Next Pages

• Learn how to edit your add photos
• Learn how to use user and talk pages
• Learn how to format a page

Further Help and Feedback

• Browse and search other help pages at Help:Contents
• Check Help:Wikia Community Central for sources of further help and support
• Check Help:Contacting Wikia for how to report any errors or unclear steps in this article