When I use the phrase "constructively edit," I mean the following:

1. You may add to existing entries in order to expand upon them.

• new sentences to include new ideas
• new paragraphs to include different aspects of the subject
• pictures & other media, etc.

2. You may create new links within existing entries.

• links to new entries
• links out of the Reader onto the internet, but be tactful. Porn links are absolutely unacceptable. If you run or enjoy a commercial website, make sure a link to it makes sense and would be clear to readers. Arbitrary links to stuff you like may be considered spamming, which is of course strictly prohibited.

3. You may create new entries for those links.

4. You may create new entries for old links that do not have entries.

• If a writer has left an entry completely unwritten for more than a week without any indication that ey plans to write it soon, it is fair game for other writers. Feel free to take it and run with it.
• The exception to that would be bios for real people (i.e. experimental humans). Unless you know them and know they wouldn't mind, don't write their bio. If somebody else has written a bio for you, you have the right to completely change it.
• Here is a list of unwritten pages that have been proposed by links. It may not be accurate, but you can use it as a jumping-off point, if you like. If it's out-of-date, feel free to bring it up-to-date.

5. Try to help the wiki to "flow".

• Since visitors will navigate this wiki through hypertext links, we need to consider the paths that will be available to them.
• Try not to leave "dead ends". Put some links into your new entries, even if they navigate to old entries that get linked to all the time (like Rocket Ship) or if they navigate to new entries that you don't intend to write.
• When an entry hasn't been made, make it.

6. Try to be internally consistent.

• Obviously, the Rocket Ship Reader is not to be taken too seriously. It is by definition very flexible. Some contradictions within the mythos will be ok, and in fact good and necessary, but when possible, try to be internally consistent when adding to information about established topics. If something is an "exception" to something else pre-established, consider providing an explanation why.

7. Please be respectful of all other writers of the Rocket Ship Reader.

• If you don't like an entry or want to rephrase something somebody else has written to make it sound better to you, it is best to leave it alone.
• If you find obvious typos, it is ok to fix them, but be careful that they are not intentional. Do not "fix" grammar, because many writers prefer to use nonstandard grammatical rules to create an effect.

8. Of course, you may alter things you've written yourself

• But keep in mind that other people use the entries as a springboard for their own entries. Everything is connected. Instead of deleting an entry you've written that you're not satisfied with, try to "clean it up" somehow.

I hope this page helps to encourage you to have fun constructively editing the Rocket Ship Reader! Your contributions will be appreciated as the Rocket Ship expands.