MEDG421

MediaWikiCreate & Edit a Wiki Concept Page

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MEDG421 Concept Wiki

• Each will concept report will be created in the dedicated MEDG421 wiki system

• These slides will be posted at address below and on the class Vista system.

• http://www.cisreg.ca/medg421/wiki/

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In the next 15-20 mins:

• Create a page• Create sections

– Table of contents• Links to external sites• Upload and display

images• Add references• Format lists• Get help

Sample content for this demo taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Src_(gene)

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Create Account and Login

Username format: first letter of first name + lastnamee.g. Stefanie Butland = sbutland

User page editable only by you

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1. URL name becomes new page name2. Edit page to create content

(non-”user” pages can be edited by anyone)

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Create Concept Page: Type Novel URL

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Add Text, Create Sections

plain text== heading ===== subheading ===

== References ==

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plain text

== heading ==

=== subheading ======= subsubheading ====

TOC auto-generated if > 3 headings

Can edit individual sections now

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Create links to external sites

format:[ URL <space> text to appear ]

example:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Src_(gene) Src in Wikipedia]

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Create links to external sites

format:[ URL <space> text to appear ]

example:…Src, [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/3932 Lck], Hck …

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Upload and display images: upload file

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format:[[Image:filename]]

example:[[Image:250px-PDB Protein SRC image.jpg]]

Link to uploaded file to display

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Manipulating Images

• For the best information about controlling the placement and sizes of images, look to the following link:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial

• More syntax help here:• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images

• Samples of controlling images follow on next two slides…

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Left side image, thumbnail size

• [[File:SampleImageFile.png|thumb|left|The figure legend text.]]

• You can replace “left” with “center” or “right”• You can make hyperlinks within the legend

using the normal wiki syntax.

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Reducing image size

• If you do not want the standard thumbnail size, you can control it more precisely…– [[File:SampleFileName.png|thumb|center|

400px|Figure legend text goes here.]]• This make the image appear at the center of

the screen with a width of 400 pixels. Adjust the width as you desire.

– [[File:SampleFIleName.png|thumb|center|x60px|Figure legend text goes here.]]• The “x60px” specifies height of 60 pixels

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Add a reference. . .if you quote it, cite it

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Add a citation

format:<references/>

format:<ref> text </ref>

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Citation appearance

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Add Cell_Immortality Page to Concepts Category

[[Category:Concepts|Cell_Immortality]]

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Concepts Category

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Edit History

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Create lists

• Bulleted list *• Numbered list #• Indent :

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Help with Editing

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Model after someone else’s page structure

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Example Gene Wikis

• The Gene Wiki– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Gene_Wiki– Huss et al. The Gene Wiki: community intelligence

applied to human gene annotation. Nucleic Acids Res (2010) vol. 38 (Database issue) pp. D633-9

• WikiGenes– http://www.wikigenes.org– Hoffmann. A wiki for the life sciences where

authorship matters. Nat Genet (2008) vol. 40 (9) pp. 1047-51

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Synopsis

Create a concept wiki pageUse wiki markup to lay out contentAdd citations and links to external sitesFind help/solutions