Military Wiki:Create

If Military Wiki does not have an article about a certain relevant topic, you may create one. Choose the title in the box below, or read on for detailed instructions.

Before you create a page
There are a couple of steps you need to take before you make a new page:

Make sure the article does not exist

 * Search for it at Special:Search or use the search box.
 * Try alternative spellings, including British and American English, and with/without punctuation
 * Check relevant pages to see if there is a link
 * Check relevant categories to see if you can find the page
 * Make sure the content of the article (eg a Person, Battle, Base etc) is not already listed as part of another page (unless it needs a whole new article)

Make sure we require a new article

 * Make sure the topic is relevant - check existing pages and categories to see if we want articles about it
 * If the information is already on an existing page, then there is no reason to duplicate it unless it needs a lot more space to itself
 * If you can split an existing article into two (or more) good-sized articles, then go ahead
 * Make sure there is enough content to warrant a whole page to itself. If you think only a paragraph or two can be written on the subject, it is probably better putting it as part of an existing article

If you aren't sure: Ask

When you create a new page
When you are making the page, there are a few things you need to take into consideration


 * Make sure the page meets quality and Consistency guidelines.
 * See Help if you're unsure about formatting and using images

Titles

 * The title of your article should usually just be the title of the thing you're writing about
 * Use title case for the title
 * This means capitalization of all words, except for internal articles, prepositions and conjunctions (eg in/the/a/is/if/to)
 * Example: The Vitamins Are in My Fresh Brussels Sprouts
 * Example: Welcome to the House of Fun
 * Where something has its own capitalisation and punctuation (such as an abbreviation, eg LCpl) then use the official format rather than title case

Disambiguations

 * Where you have more than one subject with the same title but meaning totally different things, put something in brackets to separate them
 * Example: Squadron (USAF) and Squadron (RAF)
 * Although it is usually better to use different titles if possible
 * Example: Squadrons in the USAF and Squadrons in the RAF
 * You may not be able to do this if you are using official titles/abbreviations
 * If one article is a lot more important than another, only add brackets onto the less popular one
 * Example: Royal Navy and Royal Navy (Iran)
 * But link to both articles to each other at the top of both pages
 * If you have more than 2 articles with similar names and you use brackets to separate them, then you need a disambiguation page which simply links to all the pages with a similar name
 * If you have more than one article with a similar name, then you should put a "did you mean" clause at the top of both pages, linking to the other with a brief explanation of the difference.

Create a Page
If you're happy, then go ahead and pick a title for your new article: