Wiki Rules

Contributing and editing to the Great British Nature Wiki is easy. But to keep the Wiki tidy and readable by all there are a few points that must be used. This page will explain how things are done here.

Editing
Fandom is a Wiki, which means anyone can edit almost every page here on the Great British Nature Wiki, although there are a few pages you may come across that you are not be able to edit, these include pages such as The Main Page and high use templates. This is due to protection and the avoidance of messing up parts of the Wiki.

Editing Basics
Here are a few links to help get you started on editing here:


 * How to create a new page
 * Editing an existing page
 * Adding an image
 * Adding links
 * Wikitext basics (used in Source Editor)

You may come across a page which you are unable to edit and instead see a padlock and the words View Source in the top right hand corner. This could be for a number of reasons such as, a high traffic page (such as the Main Page), a high target for vandalism or edit warring where an administrator has found it necessary to protect the page to minimise disruption or a highly used template (such as infoboxes).

You can, in a way, still edit these pages albeit indirectly. To request an edit to a protected page, simply head over to that pages Talk Page which you can find by clicking the three dots next to the View Source icon, and suggesting your edit. Then someone with the ability to edit the page will decide if the edit is necessary.

Editing Etiquette
NO EDIT WARRING - The number one etiquette rule here is No Edit Warring. Edit Warring is when you believe content on a page is correct but another editor disagrees and reverts your edit, you then in turn revert that editors edit and so on. This is not acceptable and will not be tolerated here! This is not a playground and we work to resolve these issues in an adult manner, the easiest way to do that is to start a discussion on the pages Talk Page and get other editors opinions.

LEAVE AN EDIT SUMMERY - Whenever you make an edit it is good practice to leave an edit summery to allow other editors to quickly see what your edit was about. It can be as little as Spelling Mistake or Grammar or a little longer if you wish. you have the option to leave an edit summery every time you save changes. In addition to this is Minor Edits for when you have changed very little such as changing an incorrect spelling or updated stats. To mark your edit as minor simply click the this is a minor edit box at the bottom of the editing screen before saving or previewing changes. (Note: The minor edit box will not appear if you are creating a new page!)

WE USE BRITISH ENGLISH - As this Wiki is mainly about British wildlife we use British English. This helps us keep a uniformed look across all pages. This also goes for dates, here dates are formatted as dd/mm/yyyy or Day, Month, Year e.g 05/04/2022 or 5th (of) April 2022. An exception to this rule is in direct quotes.