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Wikipedia:Artist biography article template. Enter the name of the subject in the box below and click on "Create draft" to create your draft biography. Below is a preview of what will be created: Artist biography article template. [Your artist's name here] (1900–2015) was / is an [type of artist] known for [what he/she is known for].
Many pages are created after a user sees an existing red link on a page, and then follows these steps. The methods explored below describe how to access a non-existent page when a red link is not already presented to you, in order for you to follow these steps to creation.
If you're looking for something on a talk (or, sometimes, project) page, people tend to leave a signature after each edit, and such pages are usually set up so old edits roll off onto archive pages.
Note that if someone is using a custom skin that specifies different link colors, for example, green for internal links, and purple for "redlinks," a link formatted with this code will still look blue, and not match other links in appearance, to that user.
Wikipedia is a wiki, meaning anyone can edit nearly any [1] page and improve articles immediately. You do not need to register to do this, and anyone who has edited is known as a Wikipedian or editor. Small edits add up, and every editor can be proud to have made Wikipedia better for all. There are two editing interfaces: the new VisualEditor (VE) and classic wikitext editing (wiki markup ...
A template is a Wikipedia page created to be included in other pages. It usually contains repetitive material that may need to show up on multiple articles or pages, often with customizable input. Templates sometimes use MediaWiki parser functions, nicknamed " magic words ", a simple scripting language .
This page gives an overview of how images are used in Wikipedia; for more information, see Image use policy and see Help:Files on how to upload and include an image.
Eventually, many Wikipedians turn their attention to their user pages. A nice user page can create a stronger tie between a user and the community, but it can be a daunting and time consuming task. One can spend countless hours searching the User and Wikipedia namespaces for ideas on what to include and design features to add, and even longer trying to figure out how to put them all together.