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Articles should not be written from a first- or second-person perspective. In prose writing, the first-person (I/me/my and we/us/our) point of view and second-person (you and your) point of view typically evoke a strong narrator. While this is acceptable in works of fiction and in monographs, it is unsuitable in an encyclopedia, where the ...
The good article criteria are the six standards by which a good article nomination (GAN) may be compared and judged to be a good article (GA). A good article does not have to meet the more demanding featured article criteria .
The topic of the article must be notable: it must have in-depth coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the topic. If you are connected to the topic, don't write about it. Find another topic instead. Make sure there isn't already an article about the topic. The article you write must include citations to the sources you used.
Articles is written with source. Analysis without source is only an opinion. [a] To write a perfect article takes an infinite amount of effort. This is why it's a good idea to write them to work when some things are wrong. [b] Writing is an iterative process. The necessary number of edits is one more than the number you have currently done.
Once again, this can be viewed as the "acid test" for writing an article about something specific, EG, a person, object, book, movie, whatever. I know if I can't come up with a consise expression of relevance, I won't attempt to write the article. I hope these thoughts are of some use.Uranographer 06:33, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
At the very least, the lead should provide an understandable overview of the article. It should not assume that the reader is well acquainted with the subject of the article. The lead of an article titled "Derivative" should tell a general reader: the field of study of the topic – calculus
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Write the article first: Editors are encouraged to write the article on a given subject before adding a link to the article on list pages, disambiguation pages, or templates. WP:WTAF: Low Writing better articles: A guide on layout and style, and how to make an article clear, precise and relevant to the reader. WP:BETTER: Mid