PBC:Who writes PBC?
 | This page in a nutshell: Everyone including you can make improvements to the encyclopedia. |
You do. Yes, anyone can be bold and edit an existing article or create a new one, and volunteers do not need to have any formal training. The people who create and edit articles in PBC come from many countries, with individuals who bring something different to the table, whether it be orthography, aliases, real names, links or images, but most importantly a willingness to help. Any contributor to this encyclopedia, unregistered and registered alike, is called an "editor". Almost all editors are volunteers.
Who does contribute to PBC?
The PBC community is the community of contributors to the online encyclopedia Porn Base Central.
The English PBC currently has 7,027 users who have registered a username. An unknown but relatively large number of unregistered editors also contribute to the site.
The type of people who were drawn to writing an encyclopedia for fun tend to be pretty smart people.
— Jimmy Wales · Founder of Wikipedia, July 2005 -TEDGlobal conference
How do editors contribute to PBC?
The content of any particular article is subject to editorial discretion. PBC is not paper, which means we can write almost an unlimited amount on any topic. Still, there are limits on what we ought to include, and especially how we ought to write it. When an article is incomplete or inaccurate, you can edit the article to be more accurate and/or useful. Someone may place a notice at the top of the article indicating that it needs to be cleaned up. It is also possible to create a new article to share information that is not yet in PBC.
When a large group of people work to compile information on a given topic, disputes may arise. A useful feature of PBC is the ability to tag an article, or a section of the article, as subject of a dispute about a neutral point of view. This feature is especially popular for controversial topics, topics subject to changing current events or other topics where divergent opinions exist. Many users of PBC consult the page history of an article in order to assess the number, and the perspective, of people who contributed to the article.
PBC's best articles are highlighted in the list of featured articles. These articles were granted "featured" status.