There's a Wikipedia article titled List of folk songs by Roud number that serves as a pretty good index of the folk songs covered by Wikipedia articles. I've often wondered about these articles, and how to participate in creating and editing them. I've succeeded in adding a correction here and there, but can't really figure out the process of creating an article or adding substantial changes.

I'm sure there must be some Mudcatters involved in creating these articles, which are generally very good. Could you give us some how-to tips?

Yes, I know there are some people who think Wikipedia is horrible, but it's only as good or bad as contributors make it. I've found it to be quite good most of the time, and I think the give-and-take of guided group creation gives pretty good control of the accuracy of the content. I acknowledge the validity of criticism of Wikipedia, but I don't want to talk about it in this thread. I want to know how we can contribute and make it accurate and valuable.

I think I know enough about songs now that I should be able to make a contribution to the content of the song articles, but I can't figure out how to do it.

-Joe-