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From time to time it's been suggested that we might have something better than "(There is currently no text in this page)" to say if somebody happens to link directly to a page that doesn't exist. (Say, because it's been deleted, or their link is misspelled, or whatever.) Here's a prototype of what such an empty page page might look like; feel free to edit it directly, and comment parenthetically or in the talk page.
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[edit] Display version
Foobar bizbax
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is currently no page by this title in the encyclopedia. You can create one now!
See also related topics:
- Empty page page
- list a few pages which link here
- ..
- (More pages that link to 'Foobar bizbax')
or
No other pages in Wikipedia link to this title; did you follow a misspelled external link? _END_
Perhaps you want one of these pages?
- results of search on title with stopwords stripped out
- ...
See http://diveintoosx.org/Foo.html for an example on another wiki
[edit] Edit version
This article does not yet exist on Wikipedia. If you do not wish to write it at this time, press your browser's *back* button.
- Localized interface for Phase III software of Polish Wikipedia has got already this:
- "Nie ma jeszcze artykułu o tym tytule. Wybierz Edytuj by go rozpocząć."
- what can be translated into English as:
- "There is no article with that title yet. Select Edit this page to start writing it."
[edit] An Alternative Suggestion
[edit] Scenario
When somebody follows the link Foobar bizbax
[edit] Displayed Page
Foobar bizbax
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wikipedia article about Foobar bizbax is still to be written. You can:
- Write it now - Or click on New Page from the menu below. ("Edit Page" option changes to "New Page" - which activates a new page form.
- See other Wikipedia articles that refer to this unwritten Foobar bizbax article. Or click on What Links Here from the menu below.
- See other Wikipedia articles that talk about Foobar bizbax. Or Search for other words yourself.
- The link you followed may been incorrectly spelt.
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- If you followed a link from another Wikipedia article, you may like to go back and edit that page.
- If you followed a link external to Wikipedia, please press your browser's Back button to go back to that website.
If someone wants to write a New Page, then a new page form is displayed.
[edit] New Page Form
Please see writing new Wikipedia articles for more information.
Choose one:
- [O] Foobar bizbax redirects to the Wikipedia article titled [[[___________]]] - (Please enter the title of the Wikipedia article that "Foobar bizbax" should refer to.)
- [O] Please write the first sentence of your article using Foobar bizbax. (This can be edited later.)
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- [[[________________]]] Foobar bizbax [[[_______________________]]].
- Then write the rest of your article below. (This will follow the first sentence of your article and can be edited later.)
- [[[_____________________________________________________________________]]]
- Submit | Cancel
As a check, the first sentence gets put into the Summary field.
Advantages:
- This page makes all new articles have a formal layout.
- May make unintentional errors more difficult to escape notice.
- Giberish becomes far easier to spot on the recent changes page.
- The quality of the first sentence can be judged.
- Page creators have to think a bit more about creating a page.
Disadvantages:
- Page creators have to think a bit more about creating a page.
- Makes new page creation more difficult - possibly.
- Makes creating Stub and Disambiguation pages harder, but this could be done with a checkbox and automatic text.
- Could it be done?
Kiwiinapanic 11:54 Jan 25, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Google search
idea: when accessing a non-existing article, there could be a link to a google search for the article's title. snok from #mediawiki also suggested an internal search. how do u think? Optim 22:30, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC)
[edit] On new page scenerio
I like that idea alot, although maybe insead of "enter first sentance here" just have a subject line, or "brief description of the article" which could also be display by search results and the Recent changes page. IsaacFreeman
