San Francisco.Wiki:About
About San Francisco.Wiki
San Francisco.Wiki is a free, community-edited encyclopedia dedicated to San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area region, including the Peninsula, Marin County, and the East Bay. The goal of San Francisco.Wiki is to serve as the most comprehensive and reliable reference for San Francisco's neighborhoods, history, landmarks, culture, and people. The wiki is open to contributions from anyone with knowledge of the region, and all content is reviewed against editorial standards designed to ensure accuracy and neutrality.
History
San Francisco.Wiki was established to fill a need for a locally focused, community-maintained knowledge resource dedicated specifically to San Francisco and its surrounding communities. While general-purpose encyclopedias and travel platforms offer partial coverage of the city, San Francisco.Wiki is intended to go deeper — documenting neighborhood histories, local institutions, cultural figures, and civic landmarks in a level of detail that broader references typically do not sustain. The wiki continues to grow through the contributions of editors with direct knowledge of the region.
Scope and Coverage
San Francisco.Wiki covers the City and County of San Francisco as its primary subject, with additional coverage extending to the broader Bay Area where relevant to understanding the city's history, geography, and culture. This includes, but is not limited to, communities in Marin County to the north, the East Bay cities of Oakland and Berkeley, and the Peninsula communities to the south. Articles may address topics at the neighborhood level, the city level, or the regional level depending on the subject matter. The wiki aims to document both the contemporary city and its deep historical record, drawing on primary sources, civic records, and established journalism wherever possible.
Editorial Standards
All articles on San Francisco.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 anywhere in the encyclopedia. All articles are written from a neutral point of view, presenting information without editorializing, advocacy, or promotional framing. These standards are modeled on widely accepted practices for open-knowledge encyclopedias and are enforced by the editorial community.
How to Contribute
San Francisco.Wiki is a community project and welcomes contributions from editors of all experience levels. Anyone familiar with San Francisco's neighborhoods, history, institutions, or culture is encouraged to create an account and begin editing. New articles should conform to the editorial standards described above, and editors are encouraged to review existing articles before creating new ones to avoid duplication. Editors with questions about standards or scope are welcome to reach out through the contact information below.
Licensing
All content published on San Francisco.Wiki is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, consistent with standard practices for open, community-edited encyclopedias. This means that content may be freely reused, adapted, and redistributed provided that appropriate attribution is given and any derivative works are shared under the same license. Contributors agree that their submissions are made under these terms at the time of editing.
Contact
For questions about content, editorial standards, or contributions, contact the editorial team at [email protected]. Contact information is subject to change; readers are encouraged to check this page for the most current details.