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== Article length ==

== Article length ==

Please endeavor to make your articles informative. The quality of external links and citations will aid search engines finding your contributions. Create articles that provide value to our readers and which will prompt them to refer those articles to others. At a bare minimum, the majority of articles should be at least 300-500 words long (A rule of thumb: Paragraphs are usually about 100 to 200 words long, which is approximately 6-8 sentences).<ref>[https://wordcounter.net/blog/2017/04/04/102966_word-count-list-how-many-words.html Word Count List – How Many Words Your Text Should Have], Wordcounter.net</ref>  

Please endeavor to make your articles informative. The quality of external links and citations will aid search engines finding your contributions. Create articles that provide value to our readers and which will prompt them to refer those articles to others. At a bare minimum, the majority of articles should be at least 300-500 words long - otherwise it is generally thin content (A rule of thumb: Paragraphs are usually about 100 to 200 words long, which is approximately 6-8 sentences).<ref>[https://wordcounter.net/blog/2017/04/04/102966_word-count-list-how-many-words.html Word Count List – How Many Words Your Text Should Have], Wordcounter.net</ref> According to ''Search Engine Journal'', "Thin content can negatively impact your search rankings and on-site user experience, leaving searchers hungry for more."<ref>[https://www.searchenginejournal.com/what-is-thin-content-how-to-fix-it/270583/#close Is Thin Content? (And How Do You Fix It?)], ''Search Engine Journal'', 2021</ref>

 

Avoid creating article stubs.  Make sure your new page creation is categorized with reverse links from other pages so it is not deleted during a routine clean-up.

Avoid creating article stubs.  Make sure your new page creation is categorized with reverse links from other pages so it is not deleted during a routine clean-up.