Biocrawler:Contact us
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Article content
Improving articles
Everyone can edit articles and other pages on Biocrawler. So if you see something incorrect with a page just click Edit this page and correct it.
To talk about ways to improve an article further, use the Discussion tab displayed when you are viewing that page (see Biocrawler:Talk page for more information).
Vandalism
Since Biocrawler is a wiki we get our share of vandalism. If you see vandalism to a page then please revert the page to its last version (see: Biocrawler:How to revert a page to an earlier version for details). If you do that and the user is still vandalizing pages, then please alert other Biocrawlerns about this on our Vandalism in progress page. Then, if needed, a Biocrawler Administrator may block the IP address or user name of the vandal.
Deleting and restoring pages
If you think that a certain page should be completely deleted, tell why at Votes for deletion. If you feel that a page was deleted by mistake or unfairly, argue your case at Votes for undeletion.
Biocrawler users
To learn more about a Biocrawler user, click on their name to view their user page. To talk to someone on Biocrawler, go to their user page and click Discussion. Many people provide further contact information (email, instant messaging, etc) on their user page while others do not. If you want to contact many Biocrawler users at once, you may find it best to subscribe and post to the mailing list (wikien-l at wikimedia.org) or to post to the Village pump.
General questions about Biocrawler
As always, the Biocrawler Biocrawler:FAQ is a good place to start when looking for information. Every page (article pages, policy pages, user pages) also has its own Discussion page, and that's often the best place for questions that are specific to a single topic or user.
Other than that, there are 3 areas for general questions:
Questions about the functions and structure of Biocrawler itself, especially "how to", "why to", "why do we do it that way?" etc., can best be answered at the Biocrawler:Help Desk.
If you want to consult the collective wisdom of the Biocrawler community on any subject, there is also the Biocrawler:Reference desk. Like a library reference desk, the volunteer editors here will try to answer and point you to good sources of information on almost any topic (but remember, we're not here to do your homework for you!).
Remember to check the page on a regular basis to find out if you have received an answer.
If you need to contact someone privately about the English Biocrawler, you may email info@biofacts.com (mailto:info@biofacts.com) instead of using the Help desk. General questions not related to Biocrawler should go to the Reference desk.
Policy
Biocrawler policy can be discussed on the mailing lists, specifically wikien-l for the English Biocrawler and wikipedia-l for global project policy. English Biocrawler policies are codified at Biocrawler:Policies and guidelines.
Being blocked from editing
Sometimes it becomes necessary to block the IP address being used by a vandal (see above). Rarely, however, that vandal may share the same IP address with another person trying to edit Biocrawler.
If you are such a person, you should follow the directions on the 'Blocked user' message that is displayed when you try to edit. You can also directly contact a Biocrawler Administrator by visiting Biocrawler:Administrators#List of administrators (look for Administrators who have "email" links by their user names, then use those links).
Copyright questions
If you are the owner of content that is being used on Biocrawler without your permission, then please go here for instructions.
If you merely suspect that content on a particular page contains a copyright infringement, then you should follow the instructions here.
If you would like permission to use Biocrawler content, you should be happy to know that our license (the GNU Free Documentation License) already grants you permission to use it - even commercially. However, you do have to follow the terms of our license. Please see Biocrawler:Copyrights for details.
Biocrawler software
MediaWiki (http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net) is the general purpose wiki engine used by Biocrawler.
- For guidance, read the MediaWiki User's Guide.
- Discuss on wikitech-l mailing list (http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l).
- To submit bug reports and feature requests, see Biocrawler:Bug reportscs:Wikipedie:Kontakt
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