Overview FAQ
From NativeWiki
What is NativeWiki?
- NativeWiki is an online free-content collection of materials about native and indigenous peoples of the world. Anyone can edit NativeWiki.
Who owns NativeWiki?
- NativeWiki is managed by a nonprofit parent organization, NativeWeb.
- NativeWikins with user names are, in a sense, more anonymous than contributors that do not log in: that is, while anyone can see the IP address of a user who did not log in when he/she edited, only server administrators can find the IP of a logged-in user. Therefore, if you are concerned about privacy and anonymity, you may prefer to create a username for yourself in order to hide your IP.
- However, if you would like to stay in the dark, it is fine to edit without a login. Many valuable contributors have made this choice. That said, you will not be able to create or rename pages without a login. Some pages are protected from editing by non-registered users.
How do you know if the information is correct?
- As anyone can edit any article, it is of course possible for biased, out of date, or incorrect information to be posted. However, because there are so many other people reading the articles and monitoring contributions using the Recent Changes page, incorrect information is usually corrected quickly. Thus, the overall accuracy of the encyclopedia is improving all the time as it attracts more and more contributors. You are encouraged to help by correcting articles, validating content, and providing useful references.
How do you prevent people from ruining articles? (Defacement or vandalism)
- All changes to a page are registered in a 'page history', so any defacement can be replaced by an older version of the page, and all recent changes to NativeWiki in general are automatically listed on a special page for that purpose.
Which wiki software does NativeWiki run on?
- NativeWiki uses the MediaWiki software to facilitate collaborative editing and storage of page histories.
- For more information on MediaWiki see:
- The MediaWiki article on Wikipedia
- The MediaWiki web site
What if two people edit the same article at the same time?
- See Help:Edit conflict.
What can I do about libellous content or an invasion of privacy?
- By design, NativeWiki is easy to edit so you can simply revert wrong or hurtful information yourself. However, because every revision is logged, special steps are required to remove this information from the historical record.
