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Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -1 hour ago
WASHINGTON - A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of ...


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WASHINGTON - A GROUP of US researchers laid out the foundations on Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of ...


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WASHINGTON -- A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of ...


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WASHINGTON, US - A GROUP of US researchers laid out the foundations on Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing ...


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Brisbane Times, Australia -1 hour ago
A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of open-access ...


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The Age, Australia -1 hour ago
A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of open-access ...


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France24, France -2 hours ago
A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of open-access ...


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ABC Online, Australia -2 hours ago
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1">Archiving Information About The Human Genome Using Wikipedia
Medical News Today, UK -1 hour ago
A new initiative in the Public Library of Science is attempting to harness new technology to create a new, efficient process of archiving information about ...


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thekohser
And once again, the media cannot distinguish between the words "Wikipedia" and "wiki".
Jon Awbrey
QUOTE(thekohser @ Tue 8th July 2008, 12:52pm) *

And once again, the media cannot distinguish between the words "Wikipedia" and "wiki".


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They're Not The Smart Set —

They're The Old WikiΦart Set —

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dogbiscuit
QUOTE(thekohser @ Tue 8th July 2008, 5:52pm) *

And once again, the media cannot distinguish between the words "Wikipedia" and "wiki".

I thought that at first, but they do seem to have added the content into Wikipedia. See this for example.
thekohser
QUOTE(dogbiscuit @ Tue 8th July 2008, 2:07pm) *

QUOTE(thekohser @ Tue 8th July 2008, 5:52pm) *

And once again, the media cannot distinguish between the words "Wikipedia" and "wiki".

I thought that at first, but they do seem to have added the content into Wikipedia. See this for example.


Ah, that's interesting.

However, with reasoning like the following, I predict relative failure if left on Wikipedia:

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...Wikipedia also have potential liabilities. Most notably, the completely open and anonymous nature of Wikipedia raises potential concerns about the completeness and accuracy of the articles, and in turn, the potential to recruit the broader scientific community to participate. We believe that the success of a gene wiki relies on the same foundation underlying the success of the rest of Wikipedia. Specifically, a simple editing syntax and a detailed version history for all pages enable effective collaboration and quick correction of incorrect or misleading content. A sizable population of readers then serves simultaneously as consumers, reviewers, and editors of content. Wikipedia has also managed to maintain an effective culture of collaboration by adherence to and promotion of its five core pillars (included in which is a code of conduct and maintenance of a neutral point of view) [20]. Finally, editors tend to add pages of interest to their “watchlist,” which highlights further changes to the article by other editors. Regardless of the specific reasoning, it is difficult to contest Wikipedia's success thus far in the breadth and accuracy of articles [8].

In addition, viable alternatives to Wikipedia exist. For example, a parallel gene wiki effort at Citizendium (http://www.citizendium.org) is also being considered, which, among other differences, requires authors to use real names and provides an explicit role for expert editors [21]. Despite potential concerns, this gene wiki project was initiated at Wikipedia to take advantage of the existing critical mass of articles that can be linked to and from gene pages, and for the critical mass of editors who are skilled in other aspects of online collaboration (copy editing, dispute resolution, governance, etc.) Although several other gene wikis already exist, none currently has access to a large user base and favorable search engine rankings of Wikipedia.


I can't wait to see the gene code for Rachel Marsden and John Siegenthaler, Sr.!
Neil
The user responsible for the bot creating these gene pages is User:AndrewGNF. I think this sort of thing is to be encouraged.
Dzonatas
This look like it would follow the same discussion that occurred for another bot: Wikipedia:Notability_(Places_and_transportation)

* The bot creates stubs with basic info and sources
* someone puts up an AfD
* the article gets deleted
* later, editors that want to create the article now have to start with the DRV process
* a deletionist dream
ThurstonHowell3rd
We will see how much the researchers like Wikipedia went the entire contents of their project gets deleted because it is original research.
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