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Wiki training course
Dr. Konrad U. Forstner
February 19th, 2010 @ EBI, Hinxton, UK
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Table of content
1 Preface
2 Intro and background
3 The basics step by step
4 Non-technical issues
5 Helpful wiki sites for biologists
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Table of content
1 Preface
2 Intro and background
3 The basics step by step
4 Non-technical issues
5 Helpful wiki sites for biologists
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Preface
You get no handouts as
... we want to save trees
... wikis bring their own documentation
... you will get these slides as a pdf file
... we have created a wiki page for you with links
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Table of content
1 Preface
2 Intro and background
3 The basics step by step
4 Non-technical issues
5 Helpful wiki sites for biologists
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What is a wiki?
A web site which is based on wiki software
That offers the user a fast (Hawaiian: wiki) and easy way tocreate and edit interlinked pages within the web browser
By this it enables collaborative knowledge management
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Wiki engines
There are different wiki engines with different features andrequirements
Their syntax might differ but they are based on commonprinciples
WikiMatrix.org helps to compare wiki engines
Some engines offer extensions for special functionalities
There are providers of wiki spaces - e.g. wikia.com
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History in a nutshell
Concept goes back to 70’s ZOG / HyperCard (80’s)
Tim Bernes Lee’s idea of the WWW - editable pages
1995 - WikiWikiWeb of Ward Cunningham
Wikis became popular in the FLOSS scene
2001 Launch of Wikipedia - increased interest in wikis
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Wikipedia - the best known example
An encyclopedia based on a wiki
Created and maintained by an open community
More than 350 languages/dialects
Free content and open source wiki software
Relatively good proven average quality
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Wikipedia - Size of the English version
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Further examples - WikiTravel
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Further examples - WikiLeaks
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Further examples - Software/Hardware Manual
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Further examples - BarCamps
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Further examples - EMBL Alumni Wiki
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General observation
Wikis technically reflect the speed of growth of our knowledge
If there is a community it’s likely that there is one or morewikis for it
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Examples of how you can use a wiki
Sharing knowledge in a structured form between your
group / labcollaboration networkcommunity
Labjournal
Write papers
Open Science
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Table of content
1 Preface
2 Intro and background
3 The basics step by step
4 Non-technical issues
5 Helpful wiki sites for biologists
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Before you start
Every wiki has editing help
Make yourself familiar with the rules of the wiki site
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The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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Basic formating
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Basic formating
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Basic formating
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Basic formating
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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Creating captions and TOCs
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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Links to external pages
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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Links to internal pages and creating pages
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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Uploading files
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Uploading files
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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Inserting images
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Inserting images
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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Page history
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
Comparing versions
Preface Intro Basics Non-technical issues Recommendations Links Sources
The basics step by step
Orientation
Creating an account
Exploring the user page
Basic formating
Creating captions and TOCs
Links to external pages
Links to internal pages and creating pages
Uploading files
Inserting images
Page history
Comparing versions
Undo
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Undo
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Undo
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Table of content
1 Preface
2 Intro and background
3 The basics step by step
4 Non-technical issues
5 Helpful wiki sites for biologists
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Non-technical issues - Community Management
Keep in mind - Wikis are filled by people
critical mass, rules, permissions, work flow, complaints, consensus,vandalism, conflicts, attribution, discussion ...
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Non-technical issues - Licenses
Open content = contribution to humankinds knowledge,transfer of prosperity
Use e.g. Creative Commons licences / Public domain
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Not covered today – For Future advanced training session
Setting up a wiki
Categories, templates and customizations etc.
Access Control Lists
Licenses and their consequences in detail
... and much more
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Table of content
1 Preface
2 Intro and background
3 The basics step by step
4 Non-technical issues
5 Helpful wiki sites for biologists
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Yes, again ... Wikipedia
As a source - if you refer to Wikipedia article use the historyto get the version link (...&oldid=xxx) and quote that one
Good way of communicating your research to the public
Increased importance in science - e.g. the journal RNA Biology
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RNA Biology and Wikipedia
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OpenWetWare
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WikiGenes
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Wikibooks
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Wikiversity
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Wikis at EMBL
Gibson Team
Bork group
Russell group
Schneider group
Briggs group
Furlong Group
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Wiki
EICAT
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Selected links
http://www.mediawiki.org
http://www.wikimatrix.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software
http://creativecommons.org
http://openwetware.org
http://www.wikigenes.org
About WikiGenes: http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v40/n9/full/ng.f.217.html
Speculations on the future of science:http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/kelly06/kelly06_index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vandalism_studies
Re. quality of Wikipedia: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/12/69844
RNA Biology http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/rnabiology/guidelines/
http://wikitravel.org
http://wikileaks.org
http://wiki.openmoko.org
http://barcamp.org
http://alumniwiki.embl.org
http://wikibooks.org
http://wikiversity.org
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Image sources/attribution
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179910918
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kepler-world.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HNL_Wiki_Wiki_Bus.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ohain_USAF_He_S-8A_page68.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Doi_trilo.gif
http://www.flickr.com/photos/knilram/64366434/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_in_volumes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TopTenWikipediasGraph.png
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Koogan_binoculars_01.JPG
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:
Kevincole_-_Western_honey_bees_(Apis_mellifera)_(by).jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiodini_wiki.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179123671/
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/6/62/Creativecommons-informational-flyer_eng.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orion_aveugle_cherchant_le_soleil.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_launch_medium_distance.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Traces.JPG
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EMBL_Heidelberg.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GSUSA_All_Abouts_Thank_you.JPG
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z_The_End_Notorious.png
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About this document
Created in LATEX using the beamer class, TeX Live and Emacs.
All these programs run on OpenBSD.
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Published under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (*)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
by Konrad Forstnerhttp://konrad.foerstner.org
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Document version 1.3 2010/02/19