USER:HISTORY DMZ TEMPLATES

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(Summary) The Journey of a Wikipedia Article

Legend

Account created

Searching and searching...

An article on the topic exists already. Make a redirect.

An article on the topic doesn’t exist

Finding reliable sources

Writing

Putting it on your subpage or somewhere else

Article gets speedy deleted

You keep on submitting it and you get blocked

Submitted as a draft

Draft submitted

Draft declined, then edited and re-submitted

Draft accepted

You may lose motivation to work on the article

Unpublished

Published

You just publish it without drafting (skip if you went via "Draft accepted")

Might get deleted by New Page patrol

Nice editors add sources, expand the article, and make it even better!

Doesn’t get vandalized

It gets vandalized (could get protected)

To being a good article and beyond!

Notes: Must be an AfC reviewer to use AfC helper script. Must request for permission to use AWB. Must be a rollbacker to use Huggle, igloo and STiki. Must be extended confirmed to use RedWarn's full features.

v t e Deletion discussions All deletion discussions today
Articles:	Today all table closing log
Templates:	Today all closing holding
Files:	Today all closing
Categories:	Today all CFDALL closing speedy
Redirects:	Today all closing log
Miscellany:	Today all closing
Speedy deletion:	Candidates
Proposed deletion:	All BLPs
Pages:	Guide Undeletion Deletion review Deletion log Request copy of deleted article
Guidelines and policies:	Policy Process Administrator guidelines

v t e Wikipedia accounts and governance
Unregistered (IP) users	Why create an account? Create an account Request an account IPs are human too IP addresses are not people IP hopper
Registered users	New account Logging in Reset passwords Username policy Changing username Usernames for administrator attention Unified login or SUL Alternate account
Account security	Password strength requirements User account security Personal security practices Two-factor authentication 2FA for AWB Committed identity On privacy, confidentiality and discretion Compromised accounts How to not get outed
Blocks, bans, sanctions, global actions	Blocking policy FAQ Admin's guide Tools Autoblock Appealing a block Guide to appealing blocks UTRS Unblock Ticket Request System Blocking IP addresses Range blocks IPv6 Open proxies Banning policy ArbCom appeals Sanctions Personal sanctions General sanctions Contentious topics and Log Essay Indef ≠ infinite Long-term abuse Standard offer Global actions
Related to accounts	Sockpuppetry Single-purpose account Sleeper account Vandalism-only account Wikibreak Enforcer Retiring Courtesy vanishing Clean start Quiet return
User groups and global user groups	Requests for permissions Admin instructions Admin guide Account creator PERM (Auto) confirmed PERM Autopatrolled PERM AutoWikiBrowser PERM Bot Request Edit filter helper Request Event coordinator PERM Extended confirmed PERM File mover PERM IP block exempt Request Mass message sender PERM New page reviewer PERM Page mover PERM Pending changes reviewer PERM Rollback PERM Template editor PERM Global rights policy Volunteer Response Team
Advanced user groups	Administrator RfA Bureaucrat RfB CheckUser and Oversight Request Edit filter manager Request Interface administrator Request Founder Importer Researcher
Committees and related	Arbitration Committee Bot approvals group Functionaries Clerks SPI clerks ArbCom clerks
Governance	Administration FAQ Formal organization Editorial oversight and control Quality control Wikimedia Foundation Board Founder's seat Meta-Wiki Proposals WikiProjects Elections Policies and guidelines Petitions Noticeboards Consensus Dispute resolution Reforms

v t e Requests for permissions
Common	Autopatrolled AutoWikiBrowser New page reviewer Page mover Pending changes reviewer Rollback
Uncommon	Account creator Confirmed Event coordinator Extended confirmed File mover Mass message sender Template editor
Logs	Archived requests Approved requests Denied requests System rights log
Special	Administrator Bot Bureaucrat CheckUser and Oversight Edit filter helper Edit filter manager Interface administrator

v t e WikiProject Userboxes
Wikipedia	Expertise Foreign Humour Personal statistics Participation Policies Related accounts Research and editing tools Sister projects User status Vandalism Views WikiFauna Wikilosophy Editing WikiProjects Miscellaneous
Interests	Animals Architecture Colour Computing Drink Drugs Food Eating Esperantism Games History Internet Law Linguistics Mathematics Memberships Mobile phone service Philosophy Plants Politics Retail Ribbons Science Astronomy Mineralogy Scouting Spaceflight Sports Toys Travel and tourism Transportation
Languages	Families Celtic Constructed Romance ISO 639 languages Chinese English Italian Latin Non-ISO languages Written language Programming languages Markup languages Alphabet
Life	Age Ancestry Citizenship Education Equality Ethnicity Family Gender Health Languages Military Name Nationality Origin Police Occupation Personality Religion Residence Sexuality Miscellaneous
Location	Africa Americas Antarctica Asia Europe Oceania Oceans
Mass media	Newspapers and periodicals Podcasts Radio Television Networks & Stations
The arts	Anime and manga Books Comedy Comics Cinema by genre Music Theatre
TV shows	Adult/teen animation Adventures Comedy Drama Family Game shows Horror News Reality shows Science fiction/fantasy Soap operas Other shows
Time	Seasonal Time zones Zodiac
Other	Animated Emoticons Userboxes
How to	Create a userbox with an image on the left Create a userbox with an image on the right Create a userbox with two images Create a userbox twice as wide as normal
New	Userboxes Userbox ideas
See also Userbox guidelines Userbox migration Grouping userboxes on your user page Userbox galleries alphabetical listing

v t e Awards, decorations, and medals of Wikipedia
Awarded by co-founder Jimmy Wales	Order of the Day Wikimedian of the Year also by country
Awards by WikiProject	WikiCup Editor of the Week W Award Four Award Triple Crown Million Award Impact • Precious
Barnstars and other personal awards	Barnstar awards by topic Personal user awards Personal greetings and cheers Awards by country 2.0 Ribbons
Awards by number of edits	Service awards Incremental service awards Administrative service awards
See also	WikiLove Thanks! Reward board Contests Merchandise giveaways
WikiProject Wikipedia Awards Kindness Campaign

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WikiProjects	Big Brother Guild of Copy Editors Lichen task force Malaysia Medicine Military history: The Bugle Tree of Life Tropical cyclones: The Hurricane Herald Video games Worcestershire Yorkshire
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v t e Years in public domain
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