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Optionally the system can be configured to allow creating a new page after logging in only. Notably this applies to the English WikipediaNo Subject.
'Create page' takes you to an edit page to enter the new text. Of course, names are important, meaning the title of the page, and un-doing mistakes can take time, so it's always a good idea to do a little homework first. (See [[#General principles|General principles]] below.)
**naming conventions; see also [[Help:Page name]].
**whether a separate page is justified; perhaps it is better to add the text to a related page (especially if the text is not very long); that page can always be split later, after it has grown.
**how-to guidance for writing regarding style, content and formatting. E.g. for the Wikipedia No Subject project see [[w:WikipediaNo Subject:How to write a great article|How to write a great article]].
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* While creating the page and '''before''' saving it, check the <u>''What links here''</u> link on the creation page. Align the new content with existing links, or change the new title, or fix the other links.
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Another way to start a new page, on the English WikipediaNo Subject, which uses the [[w:MediaWiki:Nogomatch]] option, is to perform a search for the new title with the Go button (as you should have done before). When the search finds nothing, press "create the article".
Links to non-existing pages are common. They are typically created in preparation for creating the page, and/or to encourage other people to do so.
==Protecting a page from being created==
It is not really possible to protect a page from being created, but one can create a page with a standard text such as in [[w:en:Template:Deletedpage]] and [[Help:Editing#Page_protection|protect]] that page. Note that sometimes a terminology like "This page should not be created." is used even though for the system the page exists. Therefore it is not suitable for demonstrating a link to a non-existing page.
