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An orphaned article is an article that has few or no other articles linking to it. The main problem with an orphan is that it'll be unseen by others, and will get fewer readers if it is not linked to.
Most new articles are orphans from the moment they are created, but you can work to change that. This will involve editing one or more other articles. Try searching for other pages referring to the subject of your article, then turn those references into links by adding double brackets to either side: "[[" and "]]". If another article has a word or phrase that has the same meaning as your new article, but not expressed in the same words as the title, you can link that word or phrase as follows: "[[title of your new article|word or phrase found in other article]]." Or in certain cases, you could create that word or phrase as a redirect to your new article.
One of the first things you want to do after creating a new article is to provide links to it so it will not be an orphan. You can do that right away, or if you find that exhausting, you can wait a while, provided that you keep the task in mind.
