
Learn how to create a Wikipedia page for your business or client, understand what Wikipedia is, how it works, and that page creation is free without agencies.
Learn why you should take this course before creating a Wikipedia page, and master wiki guidelines, conflict-of-interest disclosures, moderator approvals, blacklist risks, and handling rejections.
Discover how references underpin every Wikipedia statement, learn to collect credible sources first, and ensure at least three references from fact-checked outlets like Business Insider or the New York Times.
Identify reliable references for a Wikipedia page, including editorial news sites, magazines, and books that discuss the subject in three paragraphs, while avoiding forums, personal blogs, and company websites.
Assess Wikipedia eligibility by showing significant, independent, reliable coverage with three to five diverse sources, avoiding trivial mentions or non independent references, and building a first article around 150 characters.
Write Wikipedia articles from a neutral point of view and cite 3–5 reliable references. Keep the article under 150 words and avoid promotional language.
Create a Wikipedia account and practice in the sandbox to draft, edit, and publish a sample company article using visual and source editors, with edit summaries and draft review.
Learn to create your user page and talk page on Wikipedia, publish information, and understand how red vs blue links indicate non-existent or existing pages.
Add headings to your Wikipedia draft using the sandbox, edit mode, and section titles like funding. Place references at the bottom and publish your updated article.
Learn to add internal and external links in a Wikipedia article by linking relevant keywords to related pages, such as yoga or subscription model, and citing useful references.
Learn to add external links to a Wikipedia page by creating an external links section, adding the official website as a bullet, and publishing changes that redirect to the site.
Add credible references to a Wikipedia article by citing sources in quotation marks. Use press releases, Economic Times, and Google Books to insert citations and publish.
Learn to add references to your Wikipedia page using automatic link generation and manual entry when needed. Add books or offline newspapers by selecting type and entering the source title.
Learn how to reuse references in a Wikipedia article by citing the same source in multiple sections, editing to add and link references, and managing the reference list.
Add a company infobox to a Wikipedia article by selecting the company infobox, choosing key fields (including date founded and founders), and inserting code at the top along with maps.
Submit your draft for approval on Wikipedia from the sandbox, publish changes, and wait for community review; disclose conflicts of interest and write in your own words to ensure originality.
Having a Wikipedia page is extremely beneficial for business. A presence on a third-party website enhances the reputation and credibility of a person or company. Also, as Wikipedia usually pops up with one of the top five spots on any search engine, it can significantly improve visibility.
However, Wikipedia has specific criteria for what can be included. Any posts that do not meet these run the risk of being deleted.
In this course, we will teach you how to create a professional Wikipedia page that follows all their guidelines. Included with this is information on improving notability, tips for dealing with rejections from Wikipedia, and advice for getting backlinks to your page.
This is an essential course for individuals looking to create Wikipedia pages for themselves or their company, as well as Digital Marketing Agencies interested in offering Wikipedia pages as an add on for their clients.