User talk:Liz1848
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RussBlau 16:12, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)
- Liz, in response to your request, if you type in the name of an article you want in the "Find" box and hit Go, if it doesn't exist you will be invited to "You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it." If you click on the "put up a request for it" link at that point, you will be taken to a page called Wikipedia:Requested articles. Add your article name to the list there. Welcome to Wikipedia. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:17, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
It's a Wiki. Just decide where on the page your article should be listed, and edit the page to put the name there. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:25, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Please don't hesitate to ask for more help if you're stuck. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:26, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Going back to your example (Oprah), you'd look down the list and see that there is a "Culture and fine arts" section that includes "Celebrities". Click on the "Culture and fine arts" link and it will take you to Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Culture_and_fine_arts. Look down the list and you'll see a section for "Celebrities and cast & crew members". Click the edit box for that section and add [[Oprah Winfrey]] in the "W" subsection (W for Winfrey). Then save. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:43, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
You might like to read Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base. In particular it is not supposed to fill up with genealogical entries. --Henrygb 09:36, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)