Fossil Wiki:Contributing to the Fossil Wiki

The Fossil Wiki's goal is to compile the sum of all human knowledge relating to paleontology and fossils into a Web-based, free content encyclopedia that anyone and everyone can contribute to. You can help complete this goal by contributing to Wikipedia in the ways that follow.

Create an account
You do not have to log in to read the Fossil Wiki. You do not have to log in even to edit articles on the Fossil Wiki. Just about anyone can edit almost any article at any given time, even without logging in. However, creating an account is quick and free and provides several benefits.

Articles
Articles make up the bulk of the Fossil Wiki. The ultimate goal of each article is to reach featured article status. Choose a category you know about, or one you are interested in. Choose an article and try to get the article to match the featured article criteria, and then make it a featured article candidate.

Topics
Topics are a set of inter-related articles that are complete and of high quality. With some hard work and dedication, you can help earn Wikipedia another featured topic. To see the criteria that needs to be met for a featured topic, you can go to Featured topic criteria.