Wikipedia:Articles must be written
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Articles must be written. What this means is that before articles are linked, categorized, expanded, edited, sourced, amended, illustrated, linked to, talked about, or disputed, they must – first, middle and last – be written by someone.
If the original writing has any value at all, all subsequent edits therefore must add to the value of the article, and it is by adding, not subtracting, that things develop (hence
In order for one person to write a document, they must first get their concepts in order — an outline helps to organize which concepts are most relevant and in what order. Wiki growth is often not quite as organized, and we must consider ideas such as basic
It may help to list our current weaknesses. Often we see articles that aren't sufficiently cross-linked with related articles. At times we have seen good writing be replaced with inferior writing.