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Hi I would like to create a article Continental Flight 2816 but I don't have refrences or stuff like that and i don't know where to report it. Unfortunly I don't know exactly where to report it and I have no clue how to make headers and side stuff like other flight articles have I know that this article has not been created but I think it should because this issue I heard is an issue n washington. I would appreciate the help.
Thanks JJ1664 (talk) 02:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
- Hi. I would suggest googling Continental Flight 2816 and you will find many references. (Like this) That answers part of your question. BrianY (talk) 03:05, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
- (edit conflict Chzz ► 03:16, 12 August 2009 (UTC))
- If you do not have references, then you're not going to be able to make that article; we only have articles on things that are notable, and that requires references in reliable sources - like newspapers or something.
- I suggest that, first off, you create a page your user area. For example, create User:JJ1664/test. Click on that red link and make the page; try things out there.
- Those box things at the top are called 'infoboxes'. If you edit one of those articles, such as Singapore Airlines Flight 006, you'll see at the top, it has code like this;
{{Infobox Airliner accident
|name=Chzz Airlines Flight 101
|Date= 1 April 2009
|Type=[[Pilot error]]
|occurrence_type=Accident
|Site=Footown
|Fatalities=0
|Injuries=42
|Aircraft Type=[[Boeing 747-400]]
|Passengers=9000
|Crew=2
}}
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1 April 2009 |
| Summary | Pilot error |
| Site | Footown |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-400 |
| Passengers | 9000 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 42 |
- That will produce the box shown here. You could copy that to your user test page, and try things out. See template:Infobox Airliner accident for all the parameters of that template, and also see WP:INFOBOX for more help on the subject.
- I also recommend you edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup#2009.
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