How to Share New or Updated Content with Sherlockian.net

Sherlockian.net accepts content submissions through its Content Survey — a form linked directly from the site's homepage. If you have new material to contribute or a correction to existing pages, that survey is the channel the site points you to. There is no membership, payment, or account requirement mentioned anywhere on the page; the site describes itself as encouraging community members to share ideas, and the survey is how that invitation is acted on.

What the site says about contributing

The homepage states plainly: "Have new or updated content to share with us? Fill out our Content Survey." That single line is the entire published submission process. It covers both cases — brand-new content and updates or corrections to what's already there.

The framing around it matters for setting expectations:

• Sherlockian.net describes itself as a curated directory for Sherlock Holmes literary and fandom communities, not an open wiki or user-editable database.
• It says it "welcomes newcomers, serves as a resource for Sherlockians, and encourages community members to share ideas."
• Because the site is curated, a submission is a suggestion to the maintainers, not a direct publish.

Who reviews what you send

Sherlockian.net is maintained by the team at WIDE Research, a lab at Michigan State University directed by Professor Liza Potts. The site describes the lab's goal as providing learning opportunities for students while acting as "caretakers of this website, a cultural landmark and an information portal for Sherlockians across the globe."

In practice, that means:

What kinds of content fit the site's scope

The homepage lists the areas the directory covers, which is the best guide to whether your submission belongs there:

• Information about the canon of Sherlock Holmes stories
• Adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works
• Information about connecting to Sherlockian communities, called scions
• Ways the community shares in the Great Game online

If your content touches one of those areas — a scion that has moved or changed contact details, a correction to an adaptation listing, a new resource for canon study — it matches what the site says it collects.

How to submit, step by step

1. Go to the Sherlockian.net homepage.
2. Locate the Content Survey link, which appears near the end of the welcome text, right after the invitation to share new or updated content.
3. Fill out the survey with your submission.
4. Wait for the WIDE Research team to review it. Since the site is curated, expect that not everything submitted will be published, and that publication timing is at the maintainers' discretion.

Common snags

• Looking for a login or upload portal. None is described. The survey is the only route mentioned.
• Expecting instant publication. The "curated directory" and "caretakers" language signals editorial review, not self-publishing.
• Submitting outside the site's scope. Content unrelated to the canon, adaptations, scions, or the Great Game is less likely to fit a directory with those stated categories.
• Assuming a fee or membership. Nothing on the page mentions pricing, payment platforms, or paid tiers — but absence of pricing signals is not the same as a confirmed free service, so treat cost as simply unstated.