This page gathers some advice on getting started with anarchism articles in one place. For getting started with Wikipedia in general, see
Help:Getting started.
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Low-hanging fruit
The lifeblood of the encyclopedia is writing articles through finding and paraphrasing
reliable, secondary sources. This is the most effective way to contribute to bettering our encyclopedia.
Start with one of our stubs—extra-short articles—such as
these biographies and
these non-biographies. Expand the text with citations from academic books, magazines, and reliable sources. Some articles include "Further reading" sections that already list such sources. Start with Google Books and academic databases before moving to magazines and newspapers. If in doubt, reach out to
the project talk page to discuss potential sourcing. You can find a full list of our stubs
here.
All articles higher than Stub class: 80.3% complete
If you're not ready to write, consider unearthing new sources for those stubs so someone can write more easily in the future.
Alternatively, add sources to each item in one of our lists so readers can verify why each element belongs.
Creating brand new articles is a more advanced activity, since it involves determining the topic's
notability (see below).
Category sorting is much more easy-going. Browse one of the categories to the right and see whether the category is truly a "
defining" trait of the topic. If not, either find sourcing to make it so, remove the category with an explanation, or find a more fitting subcategory.