Help:Starting a new page

Anyone, including you, can write for SmallBusiness.com!

To create a new entry, start with the URL (the web address) displayed in your browser on any SmallBusiness.com page. For example, on this page, it should look like: http://www.smallbusiness.com/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page.

Edit the URL and change the portion of the URL "Help:Starting_a_new_page" to a string of words that are the name of the new entry you would like to create.

Take some time to name your new page, however. Notice that the first word in the string of words should be capitalized and the following words are lower-case. URLs on SmallBusiness.com are case sensitive, so try to follow this guideline. Of course, if your entry is a person's name, you should capitalize both words.

After editing the URL, simply hit "enter" or "return" on your computer's keyboard and you should arrive at an existing entry or on a page that invites you to edit your new entry.

General principles

• Search to see whether someone has written a similar page before you start one yourself. Choose the title carefully.
• Review conventions of the project you are working in regarding e.g.:
  • naming conventions; see also Help:Page name.
  • whether a separate page is justified; perhaps it is better to add the text to a related page (especially if the text is not very long); that page can always be split later, after it has grown.
  • how-to guidance for writing regarding style, content and formatting. E.g. for the Wikipedia project see How to write a great article.
• While creating the page and before saving it, check the What links here link on the creation page. Align the new content with existing links, or change the new title, or fix the other links.
• If nothing points here, the page is isolated. Links to it will need to be added on other pages.