SubSurfWiki:Training/The basic anatomy of an article

An article should start with a short, dictionary-like definition or description of the topic. Use keywords. Link to closely related topics. Look at examples in Wikipedia, e.g. Outer core. The idea is to be as helpful as possible as quickly as possible. Many readers just want a quick definition or reminder.

Do not use a heading with the name of the article, or anything close. Do not start with a section called 'Introduction'.

Background
Longer background information can go in a background section, if appropriate. Link to other articles to give context.

Section 2
Use as many sections as you need to cover the material. There's probably no need to add empty sections as placeholders. Certainly empty articles are unwelcome by readers, so if you don't have anything to write about a subject, leave it as a red link.