Help/Frequently Answered Questions/What IS an article?

An article is a nominally "stand-alone" page that tells you something about something

It is described as 'nominally stand alone" because it may be composed of a main page and several subpages, designed to be read together. This "article" for example, is actually a subpage "Help/Frequently Answered Questions", which in turn is a subpage of the main article "Help".

Articles on this site are primarily "Person articles". There are also other types of articles, including: a) Administrative articles (Main Page) b) Place articles (New Sweden) c) etc