The Big Bang Theory Wiki:What we're all about

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[edit] Welcome to the wiki

The concept of a wiki may cause some confusion at first. If anybody can edit, then how can the information be trusted? Doesn't it just get vandalized, or fall into chaos?

Once you start contributing, you see that that "weakness" is actually a wiki's greatest strength. Yeah, anyone can add anything -- but everybody else gets to proofread it, and fix mistakes if needed. Vandalism is almost always fixed within minutes. It's possible for someone to post errors, or nonsense -- but over time, the best wins out.

If you're reading these words, then you're a Big Bang Theory Wiki editor. If you see a problem on one of the pages, don't roll your eyes and complain about it. Just fix it!

[edit] Join up

Become a part of the wiki - Log in and get a username. It makes it easier to track your contributions, and it helps build this wiki. We aren't Wikipedia - we are a small community working together to make the best info we can have. Anonymous editing is discouraged.

[edit] Communication

Sign talk posts with four tildes ~~~~ which automatically adds your user name and a date stamp. When you reply on a talk page, put a colon (:) at the front of your post to indent it. Multiple colons will indent further.

When you post a question on an article's talk page, you can list it in Active Talk Pages by adding a talk box. Just add this template to the top of the article page: {{talk}} -- that'll automatically add a box pointing people to your question, and it'll list you on the Active Talk Pages. You can browse through that list to find other ongoing discussions.