How to edit

Every page on BOMwiki can be corrected by anyone with an account. This page walks through the whole loop.

1. Get an account

Sign in with your email; you will get a one-time link, no password. Pick a handle: it appears publicly on every change you make, permanently. Your email is never shown.

2. Edit a page

Open any product, assembly, or part and press Edit this page. The page itself becomes the editor:

• Fields: summary, material, standard, and aliases are plain text boxes.
• Bill of materials: each row has a quantity and a note. Remove a row with the × button. Add one by typing a part name; the picker searches all 192,925 existing items and shows how widely each is used, so you can pick the canonical part. If it truly does not exist, the last option creates it.
• Article: markdown, with [[part-id]] to link other pages (use [[part-id|shown text]] to change the label). Links to pages that do not exist yet show red.
• Specs: label and value rows for the infobox.

As you type, the change bar lists what you have changed in plain language. That exact list is what reviewers and the page history show.

3. Propose

Press Propose. If you are new, your change goes to the review queue, where the analysis engine attaches findings and a reviewer accepts or rejects it. After 4 accepted changes and 3 day(s), your edits publish immediately. See the live thresholds.

4. After it is live

• Every page's History tab shows each revision with its author; any revision can be viewed or reverted.
• Watch a page to see later changes to it on your watchlist.
• Disagree with someone's edit? Use the page's Discussion tab. Facts are settled by evidence.

What makes a good edit

• Describe the built thing. Packaging, spares, and accessories belong on the product page, not inside assemblies.
• Prefer existing shared parts over creating near-duplicates; the picker's "used in N products" is the hint.
• If you know the page matches the real product, say how in the discussion; a reviewer can mark it human-verified.
• Estimates stay labeled as estimates. That rule has no exceptions.