CZ:Biology Workgroup
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Please participate in the Naming conventions discussion. There is an online poll here. Also look at the proposal from Noel of separating pagenames (i.e. location) and article names (i.e. title). See the forum thread here for more details (read the whole thread for context). There is also a comprehensive blog post on the matter. |
| Proposed subgroups |
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The organisation we inherited from Wikipedia is subdivided into disciplines within biology, however, we do not have to follow such a format. We can move forward with subgroups that seem more natural, and I imagine some subgroups will include several related disciplines. We can discuss this more on the subgroups thread, in the biology forum, as we reach a critical mass of editors and authors. Relevant lists and headers from Wikipedia are shown at the bottom of this section. Also, the list of high priority articles in the next section are currently categorized by discipline. |
High priority articles
This list of articles is not complete but it can be used as a starting point for writing new articles or focus our efforts towards getting more articles approved. Articles in bold are regarded as a higher priority. Those struck through are considered as low priority.
Legend:
(Approved)
(Status 1) 
(Status 2)
(Status 3)
(External)
Example article1 
(Nominated for approval)
Example article2 (Nominated for reapproval)
Core articles
A list of core articles has been adapted from the high priority articles above at CZ:Core_Articles/Biology. These are articles that we deem vital to get the biology section going. Please add to and delete from that list but try to keep it focused to key articles rather than being a comprehensive collection. For a more comprehensive list see CZ:Biology_Workgroup/list or CZ:Biology_Workgroup/concepts.
Tree-of-life subgroup
A major part of the articles in the biology workgroup can be categorized under the concept of Tree of Life. All article about a species, genus or any other taxonomic level are part of this subgroup.
Naming convention
To be decided. Online poll is here. Also look at the proposal from Noel of separating pagenames (i.e. location) and article names (i.e. title). See the forum thread here for more details (read the whole thread for context).
Options:
- If page address and page title are not required to be identical
- Address and title of an article could be handled independently, as proposed by J. Noel Chiappa and already done at Special:Wantedpages whose title is "Wanted pages".
- If page address and page title are required to be identical
- 1. Only common name: "Giant Panda"
- Example: The giant panda (Scientific name Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a species of bear...
- Pros: May be more user friendly, as most users are unfamiliar with the scientific name.
- Cons: Lacks consistency, as there are no common names for some organisms. Also, if a bot is eventually used to fill out taxoboxes, it requires that the scientific name always redirect to the common name, which may not always be the case.
- 2. Only scientific name: "Ailuropoda melanoleuca"
- Example: Ailuropoda melanoleuca, commonly known as the giant panda, is a species of bear...
- Pros: More suited to bot farming of taxonomy. Avoids confusion where a common name doesn't exactly line up with a taxonomic division.
- Cons: Less user friendly – would require redirects from the common name, as few users know the scientific name.
- 3. Both names, scientific one in parentheses: "Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)"
- Example: The Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a species of bear...
- Pros: Includes all information in title. This presentation of the information is fairly standard, so it is likely that users will recognize that the information in parentheses is the scientific name.
- Cons: Name is long. Would require redirects from the common name, as few users know the scientific name. Poorly suited to bot farming of taxonomy. Also, the page will have to be moved if the common name OR the scientific name is changed.
- 4. Both names, common one in parentheses: "Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Giant Panda)"
- Example: Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda) is a species of bear...
- Pros: Includes all information in title.
- Cons: Name is long. Would require redirects from the common name, as few users know the scientific name. Poorly suited to bot farming of taxonomy. Also, the page will have to be moved if the common name OR the scientific name is changed.
Taxoboxes
Taxoboxes facilitate the navigation through the Tree-of-Life and each taxon is required to have one using the Template:Taxobox.
Major topics from wikipedia biology portal
Tools
See also Category:Technical_Help
- To wikify scientific references (via Google Scholar). Sample search for "biology next mathematics".
- Universal reference formatter from the same suite
- To find related articles (in Pubmed). Sample search (based on the first paragraph of Life). The site is slow, though, and thus perhaps only of good use if you are looking for references outside your primary field of expertise.
- To find Open Access biomedical images. Sample search for "amygdala"
- Mayflower: Tool for finding things on Wikimedia - sample search for "image xenopus"
- Top 10 Ways to Search Wikipedia - much of this is useful here, too
- Biological definitions at the Biology-Online dictionary
- Webcitation.org - a tool that archives webpages so that they can be cited in the form they had when visited
- Zotero (bibliographic management)