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User:Anon126/Guide for contributors with close connections/First steps

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Introduction
What is this guide?

Conflicts of interest
What is a close connection? A conflict of interest?

Principles
What Wikipedia is, and is not

First steps
Before you start editing

New article
How to write a new article about your subject

Existing article
What to do about an existing article on your subject

Sourcing
How to provide information on Wikipedia

Copyright
Avoiding copyright mishaps

Copyright for text
Copyright policies for text

Copyright for images
Copyright policies for images

Linking
What links we like (and don't like)

Getting help
Have any more questions?

A person with a key

If you're going to be contributing a lot of material, you should create an account. You don't have to, but there are lots of benefits. Making an account makes it much easier to communicate with other contributors, and to follow certain rules (described below).

Do not make an account for your group, organization, or company. User accounts must represent individuals. You can, however, include your organization's name in your username. So, for example, XYZ Association is not an acceptable username, but J. Doe at XYZ Association is fine. But you don't have to include your organization's name: J. Doe is fine, too.

The next step depends on your answer to this question: Does the subject you want to write about already have an article on Wikipedia?