The anatomy of a Wikipedia articleSome articles reach a level where it is so well-written,sourced, and comprehensive, that only experts canadd much value to it. A few of these good articles arerecognized by the community as being of the highestquality. These are designated as featured articlesanddisplayed on the Wikipedia main page.

Often you would find a message displayed at the topof an article page that asks for your help. The editorsuse the message to flag to the community that thearticle needs improvement. Over time, this article willbe edited and refined by users and soon this messagewill be removed.

You can upload different kinds ofmedia to an article. A Wikipediaarticle with accept all popularformats for images, animation,audio, and video.

Lead section summarizes thekey points covered in an article.Note that the lead section iswithout a header.

Appendices and footnotesappear after the body of thearticle. These may includebibliographies, links to otherWikipedia articles, notes andreferences, relevant publications,and websites.

The body of the article followsthe lead section and includesspecific headers andsubheaders. A geographiclocation, for example, might havethe following headers: history,geography, climate, economy,civic administration,demographics, culture,references, and external links.

Discussion appears at the top ofeach article. Discussion is a placefor you and other contributors to planarticle structure, discuss and buildconsensus on article content, andask for help from one another. Whenyou begin contributing to an existingarticle, it is a good practice to studythe discussion page to onboardyourself with the content decisionsmade for that article.

View history allowsyou to view andcompare pastversions of the page.

Wikipedia exists inover 250 languages.

Search takes you to the articlethat matches your query. If thearticle does not exist, itdisplays the articles in whichthe word(s) appears.

Create account, at the top rightof the page, gives you accessto all features of Wikipedia andhelps build your online profile.

Help providesassistance to learnmore about howWikipedia works.

Recent changes allows you to viewedits made to all Wikipedia articles inchronological order. This allows youto monitor articles for mistakes andvandalism.