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Keeping Names Simple & Standard I'm really writing this to make things easier for me. People have adopted a number of formats for naming these pages and most would work fine in principle if we all adopted the same kind of format. However, with everyone using a different format there is lots of potential for confusion.
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A Wiki being as free-form as it is, there is lots of potential for anarchy breaking out. The challenge is to use the freedom the Wiki offers but not be sucked into a black hole of confusion.
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A Few Simple Rules I propose that the process of creating a journal entry be done in the following way:
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Step One: Create A New Literature Reference | 1. | Find the paper you want to review (it might be assigned). When picking the paper make sure that it matches the prompt appropriately so you stay on topic. |
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| | | Asturias FJ. 2004. RNA polymerase II structure, and organization of the preinitiation complex. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 14:121-9.
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| 3. | At the end of the Literature Database entry insert a hyperlink to another page that will also hold the PubMed reference so that it will be possible to cite the paper within the Wiki. |
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| | | One Author: Asturias FJ. 2004. RNA polymerase II structure, and organization of the preinitiation complex. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 14:121-9. (Asturias 2004)
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| | | Two Authors: Asturias FJ, Craighead JL. 2003. RNA polymerase II at initiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 100:6893-5. (Asturias and Craighead 2003)
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| | | More Than Two Authors: Chua G, Robinson MD, Morris Q, Hughes TR. 2004. Transcriptional networks: reverse-engineering gene regulation on a global scale. Curr Opin Microbiol. 7:638-46. (Chua et al 2004)
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| 4. | Enter "Author: [your name]" at the bottom of the page to indicate you made this citation. |
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| 5. | Click on the hyperlinked question mark ("?") and go to the new page you have just referenced. There paste another copy of the PubMed reference and, if it is available, a link to the PDF of the paper. |
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Step Two: Create A Journal Entry Each student should have a page to act as the index for journal entries. This page for Philip Farabaugh, for example, would be named "Journal of Philip Farabaugh"
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| 1. | Starting from your journal index page, you should create a new journal entry page for each paper. Name each new journal entry according to the following example: |
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| | Philip Farabaugh's single journal entry for the first week would be called:
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| | If the second week he had three to write they would be called:
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| 3. | Have all this done before you come to class on the day we will discuss the papers. |
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