Boston.Wiki:About

About Boston.Wiki

Boston.Wiki is a free, community-edited encyclopedia dedicated to Boston and the surrounding region, including its neighborhoods, suburbs, and the broader metropolitan area. The wiki's goal is to serve as the most comprehensive and reliable reference for Boston's neighborhoods, history, landmarks, culture, and people. Coverage extends beyond the city proper to include surrounding communities throughout Greater Boston, from the inner suburbs of Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline to the wider metro area.

Boston.Wiki is written and maintained entirely by volunteer contributors. Anyone with knowledge of Boston and its communities is welcome to create an account and participate. The wiki operates under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, meaning all content may be freely reused and adapted provided appropriate attribution is given and derivative works are shared under the same terms.

Editorial Standards

All articles on Boston.Wiki are written to encyclopedic standards. Facts must be sourced from reliable, third-party publications, and citations are required for all factual claims. Promotional content and advertising are not permitted in any form. All articles are written from a neutral point of view, presenting facts without editorializing or advocacy.

Preferred sources for Boston-related topics include established local and regional news organizations such as the Boston Globe, WBUR, the Boston Herald, and Boston Magazine, as well as government publications from the City of Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and relevant municipal agencies. Academic publications, official institutional records, and established national outlets are also considered reliable. A full list of recommended sources is maintained at Boston.Wiki:Reliable Sources.

When factual disputes arise between editors, the matter should be raised on the relevant article's talk page. Editors are encouraged to resolve disagreements collaboratively and in good faith, guided by the neutral point of view policy and the weight of available sourcing. Persistent unresolved disputes may be escalated to the editorial team via the contact address below.

Articles on Boston.Wiki are subject to notability guidelines: subjects must have received significant coverage in reliable, independent sources to merit a standalone article. Topics that do not meet this threshold may be covered within broader articles rather than as separate entries.

How to Contribute

Boston.Wiki welcomes contributions from anyone with knowledge of Boston and the surrounding region. New editors can create a free account and begin editing immediately. Contributions of all kinds are valued, including new articles, expansions of existing entries, addition of citations, correction of errors, and uploads of freely licensed photographs and media.

Editors are encouraged to review the Editorial Standards and Reliable Sources pages before making substantive edits. When adding new information, please include a citation to a reliable source. Unsourced claims may be removed or tagged for verification.

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Boston.Wiki maintains a privacy policy governing the collection and use of contributor and reader data. Editors are identified by their chosen usernames; real names are never required. Further details are available at Boston.Wiki:Privacy Policy.

Contact

For questions about content or editorial matters, contact the editorial team at [email protected].