Comments on: our secret agent man infiltrates wikipedia. http://selab.janelia.org/people/eddys/blog/?p=24 The Eddy lab: genome sequence analysis Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:54:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sean Eddy http://selab.janelia.org/people/eddys/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-53 Sean Eddy Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:00:44 +0000 http://selab.janelia.org/people/eddys/blog/?p=24#comment-53 It's important to note that we abide by Wiki's culture, including NPOV and no original research. The nature of the articles themselves in this section of RNA Biology is Wikipedia-like, for starters: they're essentially minireviews, pulling together the literature. The RNA Biology paper is peer reviewed research, and it becomes the primary citation for the accompanying Wikipedia page; the Wiki page is not the original research. The goal here is simple and straightforward. For each RNA family, you'd like to have a Wiki page to harvest community thoughts on the structure, function, and evolution of that family. The RNA Biology mechanism provides a way of seeding those Wiki pages with seriously peer-reviewed science, but then they become true Wiki pages -- with all attendant benefits and risks. It’s important to note that we abide by Wiki’s culture, including NPOV and no original research. The nature of the articles themselves in this section of RNA Biology is Wikipedia-like, for starters: they’re essentially minireviews, pulling together the literature. The RNA Biology paper is peer reviewed research, and it becomes the primary citation for the accompanying Wikipedia page; the Wiki page is not the original research.

The goal here is simple and straightforward. For each RNA family, you’d like to have a Wiki page to harvest community thoughts on the structure, function, and evolution of that family. The RNA Biology mechanism provides a way of seeding those Wiki pages with seriously peer-reviewed science, but then they become true Wiki pages — with all attendant benefits and risks.

]]> By: A Wikipedia User http://selab.janelia.org/people/eddys/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-51 A Wikipedia User Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:33:08 +0000 http://selab.janelia.org/people/eddys/blog/?p=24#comment-51 This is an intriguing development. One of Wikipedia's five pillars is neutral point of view. Because of this, third-party sources are encouraged and original research is not allowed on Wikipedia. It will be interesting to see how the Wikipedia community reacts. I support this endeavor, but I feel publishers must be careful to abide by Wikipedia's policies and cite as often as possible to prevent claims of conflict of interest. I have the feeling that many of these pages will be speedily deleted by the Wikipedia community. Good luck in your research. This is an intriguing development. One of Wikipedia’s five pillars is neutral point of view. Because of this, third-party sources are encouraged and original research is not allowed on Wikipedia. It will be interesting to see how the Wikipedia community reacts. I support this endeavor, but I feel publishers must be careful to abide by Wikipedia’s policies and cite as often as possible to prevent claims of conflict of interest. I have the feeling that many of these pages will be speedily deleted by the Wikipedia community. Good luck in your research.

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