Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular Biology/Genetics/Gene Wiki/Editing FAQ

Remember, go ahead and be bold with your edits. You can't do any irrevocable harm, and any mistakes can be fixed by other editors. You can always ask questions on the talk page.


 * How do I start editing the gene articles on wikipedia?

Generally speaking, no, your manual changes will not be overwritten. Most edits that you will want to do will be in the "free text" section of the page, and those sections are ignored by our bot. The information in GNF_Protein_box may be overwritten when new information is propagated by ProteinBoxBot, but fields in that template that are often edited by humans (such as the image and image_caption fields) are not changed unless they're blank. If you want to prevent the bot from overwriting anything, just include the nobots flag. For more specific questions, please post on the talk page.
 * Will my manual changes be overwritten by automated edits?