How to get a Wikipedia page.

Start with the only question that matters: notability

Before anything else, a subject must be notable in Wikipedia's specific sense. That does not mean important, successful or well-known in the everyday sense - it means the subject has received significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. If several reputable, unconnected publications have written substantively about you or your organisation, a page may be possible. If not, it almost certainly is not - yet. Our guide to notability explains the test in full.

Gather reliable, independent sources

Sources are the foundation of every article. Wikipedia wants independent, secondary, reliable coverage: serious journalism, books, and analysis written by people with no connection to the subject. Your own website, press releases, interviews, and social media do not count towards notability. Read more on what counts as a reliable source.

Understand the Articles for Creation process

Most new articles by newer or connected contributors are submitted through Articles for Creation, where a volunteer reviewer assesses the draft against Wikipedia's standards before it goes live. Drafts can be declined with feedback and resubmitted. The queue is run by volunteers, so review can take weeks.

Disclose any conflict of interest

If you are writing about yourself, your employer, or a client, you have a conflict of interest, and Wikipedia's Terms of Use require paid contributors to disclose it. The right approach is a transparent, disclosed submission - not a covert account. See conflict of interest and paid editing.

Avoid the mistakes that get pages deleted

• Promotional language - the surest trigger for rejection.
• Weak sources - relying on press releases, listings or self-published material.
• Undisclosed paid editing - a serious breach that damages trust and the article.
• Editing your own article directly rather than proposing changes.

The honest bottom line

A Wikipedia page is earned, not bought. Where genuine notability exists, the path is research, neutral writing, solid sourcing and a disclosed submission. Where it does not, no amount of money or persuasion will make a page stick. That candour is where our page-creation service begins.