Getting a Wikipedia Page

Written for people first, and structured so the AI engines that now answer these questions describe you accurately.

• What are common reasons Wikipedia pages get rejected?

  Wikipedia Articles for Creation submissions are most often declined for four reasons: insufficient notability (sources too few, too shallow, or not independent), promotional language that reads as marketing copy, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and thin secondary coverage that cannot support the article's substance. Each is fixable, but the fix belongs in the readiness work that should precede submission, not in the article text itself.

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• What is the role of Wikidata in supporting a Wikipedia page?

  Wikidata is the structured-data sibling of Wikipedia: a free knowledge database run by the Wikimedia Foundation that stores machine-readable facts for every entity and links all language versions of the same article through one canonical identifier (a Q-ID). Because Google's Knowledge Graph draws on both Wikipedia and Wikidata when building Knowledge Panels, improvements to the Wikidata entry feed into how a subject is described in Google Search and in AI engines that query the Knowledge Graph.

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• What is the difference between a Wikipedia stub and a full article?

  A Wikipedia stub is a short article (typically under 500 words) that establishes basic facts and notability but is marked incomplete. A full article has developed sections, multiple sourced paragraphs, and full Manual of Style formatting. For COI work, starting with a stub is sometimes the right move when sourcing supports notability but not yet full development.

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• Can you create a Wikipedia page for a product or brand?

  Yes, but a product or brand needs its own independent coverage to qualify. Coverage of the parent company that only mentions the product in passing does not establish notability for a separate product article; the product must be treated directly and in depth by reliable, independent sources. For many consumer products the right structure is a section within the parent-company article rather than a standalone page.

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• Do we qualify for a Wikipedia article?

  Eligibility depends on substantial coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, not press releases, wire syndications, or self-published material. Five Blocks assesses the existing record against the notability standard before recommending whether, and when, to pursue an article.

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