This page is for anyone in the Lojban community who wants to help
the BPFK with the initial language description task.

Here's what you do:

• Log in to your account here; register if necessary (it's in the upper right)
• Make sure your email here is valid; see the preferences page
• Ignore anything else you've ever heard about BPFK procedures
• Pick a section that isn't green on the BPFK Sections page. Pick a cmavo in that section that looks unfinished. Do the following:
  • Grab your CLL, or use one of the online versions. Figure out what the cmavo means. Write it down. See the templates below.
    • Do NOT describe its category in general; it is sufficient to say that something is "an attitudinal"; you do not need to talk about how attitudinals in general work at all.
    • Do describe how it is different from other members of its category.
  • Find (or, if you really can't find any, make) examples of usage of the cmavo; use the Corpora page for this.
  • Search the mailing list, or anything else that seems relevant, for debate about the nature of the cmavo or its category. Make notes of any you find, seperate from the body of the definition.

At any stage along the way, if you see any problem (contradictions, arguments, confusions, whatever) about either the cmavo itself or the general category it belongs to, make sure they are noted down, either in the Notes section for the cmavo or the Notes section (make one if necessary) for the whole page.

When editing the wiki, DO NOT WORRY about making mistakes or anything like that. You are totally free to edit as you see fit. This very much includes fixing other people's mistakes. Edit as you see fit. Do not discuss the page on the page; if there's something that needs discussion, post to the BPFK group. If a page is locked, let the BPFK group know. We have people watching every edit; if there's a problem, we'll mail you.

If you get stuck or confused, please post to the BPFK group.

Templates

A finished cmavo looks something like this:

The raw markup for that is this:

!! cmavo: xxx

!!! Proposed Definition

;xxx (SELMAHO): Attitudinal modifier. Used to express whatever.  See also "XYY", "XYZ" and "GISMU".

!!! Proposed Keywords

* whatever
* shyeah-right!

!!! Usage Examples

;xxx mi klama:"Whatever!  I'm going."

!!! Notes

This cmavo is completely non-standard, but ''very'' common in actual usage.  We could resolve this by allowing it, or not.