New Users creating New Articles
Fragment of a discussion from Talk:March 2011 Update
When did that change? I distinctly remember having to accumulate 10 edits under my spiffy new user ID, and wait 3 days.
The 10 edits and 4 days is required only "to move pages, edit semi-protected pages, and upload files or upload a new version of an existing file", not to create an article. That can be done by any registered user, with their very first edit. See en:WP:AUTOCONFIRM.