Wikipedia:Training/For educators/Good article choices
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Choosing articles
Good choice
- Choose a topic that is well established in its field, but only weakly represented on Wikipedia. The best choice is a topic for which a lot of literature is available but which isn't covered extensively on Wikipedia.
- Gravitate toward "stub" and "start" class articles. These articles often have only 1-2 paragraphs of information and are in need of expansion. You can see an article’s rating by visiting its talk page, and relevant WikiProject pages can provide a list of stubs that need improvement.
- Before creating a new article, do an in-depth search of related topics on Wikipedia to make sure your topic isn't already covered. Often, an article may already exist under another name, or the topic may be covered as a subsection of a broader article.
