MEpedia:How to contribute
Contribute to MEpedia Today! Anyone can contribute, and everyone has something to offer, whatever your skills & experience, even if you have never edited a wiki (like Wikipedia) before. All we ask is that you read the guidelines (see below) before you edit. Please also join our group of authors and editors.
How can I contribute?[edit | edit source]
Create a new article[edit | edit source]
To create a new article, simply search for the title of the article you wish to create. If a page does not already exist, you will see an option to create the page.
Alternatively if you see a red link to the page, that means it does not yet exist. Just click the red link to create the page.
Remember that articles must use strong citations. For example if you write "ME/CFS can be successfully treated with XYZ", you MUST provide a reference to evidence, ideally a high quality (randomized, placebo-controlled) published study. If there is no evidence, the wording must reflect this, for example "ME/CFS is sometimes treated using XYZ, but currently there is no good evidence for its use".
Expand a topic[edit | edit source]
Pages with blue links (as opposed to red) exist already, and can be proof-read, improved and extended. Remember statements need to be supported by the best available evidence or source, for example a published quote by a person, or a paper in a scientific journal.
Check our references[edit | edit source]
You can make sure facts are properly cited and references are in correct format.
We aim to serve a general audience, a research audience, and a patient audience. All entries should be cited and make clear to distinguish what has and has not been established by peer-reviewed research findings. Articles should aim to provide both a general overview of a specific topic as well as discuss its implications or applications in ME and CFS.
Correct typos[edit | edit source]
You can also copyedit existing articles for typos and edit for clarity.
Clean-up poor pages[edit | edit source]
Some pages are inconsistently formatted, too long, are presented badly, need partially rewriting, or suffer from other problems. Those pages are marked as needing clean-up, and are listed under MEpedia:Cleanup.
Mark pages as needing cleanup[edit | edit source]
If you see a problem with a page, it needs clean-up, and you are not able to resolve it, mark the page as needing cleaning by adding a marker like this including a description of the problem:
{{Cleanup | reason=the article is full of incorrect capitalization | date=November 2015}}
For more details see Cleanup.
Make a suggestion[edit | edit source]
Almost everyone working on MEpedia is sick, including bed-bound patients. Although we welcome suggestions please, please if you possibly can, edit the page yourself. It is very easy to add a new page or make an improvement - together we are stronger as a community. If you REALLY can't edit the page, then you can go to the MEpedia Suggestions page, click Edit, and add your suggestion to the list for one of the editors to consider in future.
