User:Equalwidth/You don't need to add sources to contribute to Wikipedia
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This is a very short essay on sources.
Notability is one of the most important things to consider when creating a Wikipedia article. Notability is mostly indicated by verifiability, which is determined through sources. Once you find enough sources, you can create your article, assuming it meets the other criteria!
However, adding sources is not required to significantly contribute to an article. Once you think about it, you can discuss about sources and let someone else add them. In other words, you can actually do WP:BRD for sources, but without the "Revert" part and build consensus on sources. You can ask someone else that is better than you at finding article sources to find them. Remember: Sources should be independent, reliable, secondary or tertiary, and in-depth.
No matter how many [citation needed] templates you put on an article, you don't need to fix that. You can leave it alone. Your article can be left for someone else to fix the problem, and you can also form consensus easily. Or you can just do nothing, your article doesn't need to be perfect. You can relax.