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Wrap-up

There are some things to keep in mind when editing ISOGG Wiki.

Subject matter

The ISOGG Wiki provides practical articles on all aspects of DNA testing and its application to genealogy. All contributions are welcome.

Appropriate content Content and images must be appropriate to the ISOGG Wiki. Irrelevant and inappropriate content will be removed.

Neutrality Articles should be written in a neutral tone. Descriptions should be factual and avoid negative or positive judgements (for example, "company A charges $9999 for its DNA test" rather than "company A's DNA test is very expensive").

Wikipedia The ISOGG Wiki is not intended to duplicate articles on Wikipedia, which already includes much useful and well referenced material on genetics, genetic genealogy and haplogroups. However, all Wikipedia articles are covered by the Creative Commons Licence and can be reproduced elsewhere, and in some cases we have condensed and simplified Wikipedia articles and customised them for our own purposes so that we can develop them as we see fit. The ISOGG Wiki does not have to abide by Wikipedia's rules on notability. We are, therefore, able to include articles on any topic, however obscure, which might be of interest or relevance to the genetic genealogy community.

When using material from Wikipedia or other Wikipedia projects ensure that the source is properly credited.

External links

We encourage editors to add links to useful websites to articles. There is no limit on the number of links that can be added.

While we strive for neutrality in the ISOGG Wiki articles we encourage editors to link to blog posts which review topics of interest to genetic genealogists. Blog posts provide a broad spectrum of opinions and perspectives from different users in different countries

Copyright

Do not add copyrighted materials to the ISOGG Wiki without permission from the copyright owner. When adding information to articles, make sure it is written in your own words. Remember that all information found on the Internet is copyrighted unless the website specifically states otherwise.

For more information, see Wikipedia: Copyright

Conduct

ISOGG encourages an atmosphere of friendliness, openness, civility and respect.

For a more detailed discussion of conduct, see Wikipedia: Etiquette

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