Wikipedia Qualification

So, you’ve got a topic you want to see on Wikipedia?

 

Before you head to Wikipedia with a draft, the first step is to make sure the topic clearly meets Wikipedia’s Notability Guidelines. 

The Wikipedia community decides whether a topic clearly qualifies for a new article largely based on available third-party journalistic sourcing as well as other key factors. (See more about Wikipedia sourcing on our blog.)

Our team has over a decade of experience with the site and can help you assess whether or not a topic qualifies. Send us your topic of interest and we will check if it’s eligible. The cost for this assessment is $2,000 and takes one week.

Learn more about the process and apply below.

The Process

 

  1. Apply using the form to let us know about your topic.

  2. We will review your request and confirm via email whether we are able to review your topic. Creating new topics is a popular request, so it may take us a few days to respond.

  3. If your topic is chosen, we will give you our intended start date in the email. We may also ask you for additional sourcing on the subject.

  4. Because this process requires our team to deep-dive into available sourcing to check for both content and its viability as a Wikipedia source, it may take up to a week to finish our review.

  5. We will email you a report detailing your topic’s eligibility for a new Wikipedia article as well as the sourcing and rules we considered when making our assessment. This report will also recommend next steps based on our findings.

 
 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some of the most frequently asked questions from brand managers and communications professionals interested in new articles.

 

  • Sourcing and impact! Sources must be high-quality both in the depth of content and the prominence of the outlet. Some sources may be helpful for adding content but are not helpful in establishing notability. See “What makes a good Wikipedia source?” on our blog for more.

  • For some topics, we may take up to a week to review available sourcing in depth before coming to our conclusion. Other times, a result can be much quicker especially when the topic is either clearly eligible or clearly not.

  • The next step is to draft and propose an article to the Wikipedia community. This article should be written in an encyclopedic tone and meet Wikipedia’s guidelines. Once written, you submit the article via Articles for Creation for review by the Wikipedia community.

  • Wikipedia has strict rules anytime there’s a conflict of interest involved with a subject. Breaking those rules could result in your account being banned or the article being flagged or removed. The safest approach is to propose new content to volunteer editors who have no COI for their review and potential approval.

  • Yes! Our team of experts can help you draft and source a new Wikipedia article as well as guide you through working with the editor community to seek approval. Following our review if the topic is eligible, we will provide you with the details, timelines, and budget for such a project.

  • Rather than try to force it if a topic doesn’t clearly meet the criteria, it’s better to take a step back and fix the items that need to be improved in order to be eligible. This often means working on securing more Wikipedia-approved press coverage.