Editing topics
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Anyone can edit any topic in Freebase.
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Getting to the edit interface
- Switch to Edit mode by clicking on the "Edit" button
- Edit away!
Editing properties
Properties have a button next to them saying "Edit". Click on it to edit/add/delete data.
Connecting to other topics
When editing any property that expects another Freebase Topic to be filled in, you will see suggestions as you type. If the relevant topic appears on the dropdown list, please choose it rather than creating a new topic!
Special fields
Images
You may upload/edit images on any topic page. See Images for more detail.
Descriptions
Descriptions of topics should be short, plain-text blurbs addressed to a general audience and suitable for embedding in Applications outside of Freebase.
The descriptions for topics are user-editable. Simply click edit and modify it as required.
Many Topics have descriptions sourced from Wikipedia. You can replace this if you want, with an entirely new description, but you can't actually edit it because there is a license incompatibility.
Adding a new type to a topic
- Click Add a Type just below the topic description.
- Start typing in the name of the type you want to add. Autocomplete will suggest matches, select the type you want to add from the list.
- Enter information in the fields for the type you've added by clicking edit next to the empty fields.
Editing CVT topics
These values can be edited directly, but it's a bit tricky: from the edit view of a topic, click the "explore mode" link at the bottom of the page. In the explore view, look for the appropriate "address" property in the "outgoing properties" section. Click the guid that appears next to it. That will take you to the explore view of the address CVT object. To view the address in edit mode, you can either press F8 (which will display a new toolbar at the bottom of the screen, on which you can click "normal view"), or edit the URL and replace /tools/explore/ with /edit/topic.
Adding a new topic to Freebase
See Creating a new topic.
