Jelly Belly Wiki:Editing Guidelines

The Editing Guidelines are meant to establish guidelines for the editing side of the wiki and to provide tips to improve the edits of our users.

It is highly encouraged for users to edit, even if they are not experienced. Keep in mind users cannot be punished for not following the editing guidelines; mistakes can always be reverted or corrected.

Notice to mobile editors
A note for mobile users of Fandom: the limitations of portable Fandom can make it awkward and troublesome for anyone to make some of the more complicated or generally larger edits. If any editors are a mobile user, use desktop view to ensure that all features are available and try to limit edits to simple ones, such as grammar/typo fixes.

For the best experience, it is strongly recommended that edits are made on desktop platforms such as a PC or a laptop.

1. Please use proper grammar and language.
This is an English-speaking wiki, and edits done in other languages will be reverted. Edits are allowed in both British and American English.

2. Refrain from 'spamming' edits.
That can be achieved by:


 * Adding useful information to trivias.


 * Creating a page with all of the necessary information needed instead of doing multiple edits just to fill out an entire Infobox and a bit of text.


 * Add sections to the page that make it better (such as a 'Appearance' section if a certain page requires one).


 * Completely revamping a page in one or two edits.

Doing multiple edits to achieve something done in what could've been one can be considered edit grinding, which is against our rules.

3. Use categories wisely.
Categories are a way that viewers can find pages similar to another page. Something like Category:Red beans or Category:Green beans are unnecessary. We only need basic categories that will narrow down to a large number of pages (such as Category:Flavors). Do not add categories that are meant for general topics. Adding seomthing like a "Jelly Belly" Category to a cosmetic would not be necessary due to that category being used for the general topics of Jelly Belly.

4. To improve editing skills, use the Source Editor.
To improve editing skills, using Source Editor can be useful. For starters: Source Editing allows you to edit the wikitext behind a certain page. Wikitext is the primary coding language behind every wiki.

Here are some basic wikitext tips:
 * can summon a template on a page. Sometimes a template can have many parameters. To add a parameter to a template, add: | = and type what you want after the equals.
 * === text === adds a header to a page. 2 Equals add a Level 2 Header. 3 Equals add a Level 3 Header, and so on.

For more help for Wikitext, see this help page.

5. Adjust text styles in the right ways.
Bold text that is meant to stand out, as well as links to other articles or other sources. Italic  text that is meant to give a raised expression when read out (example: Those jelly beans belongs to me, not you.) Underlining could also be used to create the same effect.

Here's how to achive text styles in the Source Editor:

To bold text, put three apostrophes (') before & after the text you want to bold. For example, typing Hello ′′′friend′′′!

into the Source Editor would turn out as

"Hello friend!"

Making italic text would be the same thing, though only two apostrophes are required. For example, That jelly bean is ′′so′′ good!

would turn out as

"That jelly bean is so good!"

Underlining text requires putting a "u" in a pair of greater & less than signs before the targeted text & putting a "/u" in a pair of greater & less than signs after the text. For example,

Jelly beans are ＜u＞awesome＜/u＞!

would turn out as

Jelly beans are awesome !

6. Use proper English.
Always check your edits for spelling or grammatical errors before publishing them.

7. Always cite your data.
If you provide information in an article that may seem untrue, your edit may be reverted. So always make sure to provide "evidence" to support the claim you put. If you put something down that you don't know is true, please place a next to it by typing "citation_needed" inside of two pairs of curly brackets "{}". Don't know how to cite data? There's a tutorial here.