Help:Editing Guide

The editing guide is a resource for users to edit articles appropriately here on the LGBT+ wiki. The goal of the editing guide is to give clear instructions so that you edit articles appropriately and accordingly.

Formatting

 * The first mention of the article's title should be written in bold (example: Homosexuality is the...).
 * If another article title is named, it should be linked once on the article (example: if a page that is not pansexuality mentions the term pansexuality, it will be linked; however, if it is mentioned again, it will not be linked again).
 * Additionally, links must be internal links and not external links. (example: use  Multisexuality  rather than [lgbt-plus.fandom.com/wiki/Multisexuality Multisexuality]).

Grammar and Spelling

 * This wiki was written in American English, like most other wikis it is closely intertwined with; therefore, all edits to the page must be in American English (example: do not replace "color" with "colour", even if you're not American).
 * Sexualities, romanticisms, and gender identities, while capitalized in article names, are not to be capitalized on pages (unless they start a sentence, of course). This means that when linking a page in the middle of a sentence, please add " pansexuality " and not just " Pansexuality ".
 * Add punctuation where needed; however, please avoid conjunctions. (example: "it's"). If you're editing on mobile, chances are you might end up using the wrong apostrophe; plus, the usage of conjunctions on an article can seem less professional.

Tenses

 * The "history" section is to be written in past tense, as that section describes events that have happened; however, the rest of the article, such as the definition, is to be in present tense.

Structure
The structure of articles is as follows:
 * Introduction
 * The flag
 * Attraction
 * History
 * Miscellaneous/Other

Article Creation

 * Please make your page as accurate as you possibly can. While it is good for other users to edit articles, it is important that you yourself make good edits.
 * Please do not make a page about a term that was used to exclude others (example: vixenamoric). These pages are offensive and not accepting, which is the opposite of what the LGBT+ community stands for.

Bad Faith
If you see someone editing in bad faith, please revert their edits and report the issue to a moderator right away.

Bad Faith Examples
Edit Farming
 * A user is making useless edits, such as adding unnecessary spaces and then removing them
 * A user is needlessly replacing words with synonyms
 * Adding words letter by letter (or word by word)

However, these must be done in a pattern before they are considered edit farming; if a user makes one double-edit or synonym change, a warning will not be issued. If the behavior is continued, however, a moderator will take action.