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''For planning and administration of Biology Week, go [[CZ:Biology_Workgroup/Biology_Week_planning|here]].''


== Welcome to '''Biology ''' Week! ==
== Welcome to '''Biology ''' Week! ==
{{Biology open house}}{{-}}<br>
{{Biology open house}}{{-}}<br>
We are planning a big "online convention" of ''Biologists'' here on the ''Citizendium.''  Would you like to see more work done on articles about {{pl|Biology}} on Citizendium?  Then here is your chance to make a difference.   
Biology Week is a big "online convention" of ''Biologists'' here on the ''Citizendium.''  Would you like to see more work done on articles about {{pl|Biology}} on Citizendium?  Then such events are your chance to make a difference.   


An archive of the first Biology Week's (held here from Sep 22-28, 2008) page can be found [[CZ:Biology Workgroup/Biology Week Sep 22-28, 2008|here]. For planning and administration of Biology Week, go [[CZ:Biology_Workgroup/Biology_Week_planning|here]].


== Background information for newcomers ==
*[[CZ:Biology_Week/Primer|A note from the Biology Week Coordinators]]


== Brief summary of events during the first Biology Week==
During the period of these roughly seven days, a total of about 20 biology authors (most of them active on the site before Biology Week) have started 11 biology clusters and edited another 40, with little change in status towards [[CZ:Approval|approval]]. For comparison, the monthly [[CZ:Write-a-thon|Write-a-thon]]s usually see about 15 authors (rarely including newcomers) starting around 10 clusters on that day's predefined theme and edit another 15 or so, with even less progress towards approval.


== How do I register to participate in Biology Week ==
* [[Special:RequestAccount|Request a Citizendium account]]
** Register as a Biology Author.
** If you qualify for expertise in an area of biology, please also register as a Biology Editor.
* It takes only a few minutes at most to fill out the form
* Within hours, 24 at most, you will receive login information
''In case of problems with registration, please contact [[CZ:Constables|the constables]] (who handle technical matters here at Citizendium) via an email to [mailto:constables@citizendium.org constables@citizendium.org].''


== What exactly can you contribute to Biology Week? ==
===Lessons learned ===
[[Image:Writing_amoeba.png|right|55px|Hi! I'm an amoeba and I write Citizendium articles.  So can you!]]
*Recruitment was ineffective for both registered users and newcomers
In principle, you have two ways to contribute
*The amount of collaborative editing was higher than on usual days but did not go much beyond the level of the Write-a-thons
# by improving [[:Category:Biology_Workgroup|existing articles listed as biological]], especially the '''[[CZ:Core_Articles/Biology|Core]]''' and '''[[CZ:Biology_Workgroup#High_priority_articles|High Priority]]''' articles or
*''(add your's here )''
# by [[CZ:Start Article|starting new articles]] fitting in there.
 
''Lecturers and other instructors have a third option - assigning Citizendium articles as coursework via our [[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium initiative]].''
 
== How to improve existing biology articles? ==
You can improve
# the content, phrasing, structure or illustration of an article
# the content phrasing or structure of an article's [[CZ:Subpages|subpages]] (''e.g''. [[:Category:Biology Related Article Subpages|Related Articles]], [[:Category:Biology Bibliographies|Bibliography]], [[:Category:Biology External Link Subpages|External Links]], [[:Category:Biology Galleries|Gallery]], [[:Category:Biology Video Subpages|Video]], or [[:Category:Biology need def|Definitions]]).
''If an article has already been approved, improvements (subject to re-approval) are still encouraged; for the editable version of the article, click on the "draft" tab, which you can see for example at the top of [[Life]].''
 
== How to start new biology articles at Citizendium? ==
* If you are new to Citizendium, please take a look [[CZ:Quick_Start|here]] and start writing. During Biology Week, many people familiar with formatting will be around to help you.
* If you are new to [[Biology]], you can invite biologists to help you. To this end, please announce your article in the appropriate section below.
 
 
== In case of any queries or problems contact ==
'''Biology Week Coordinators:''' [[User:Supten Sarbadhikari|Supten Sarbadhikari]] and [[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]]
 
 
==Biology Workgroup Recent Changes==
To monitor biology articles most recently edited, check out the Biology Workgroup's recent changes. 
 
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category:Biology_tag
 
== Biology [[CZ:Cluster|clusters]] edited during Biology Week ==
''Please use the format <nowiki>{{rpl|Your Article's name}}</nowiki>. ''
{{rpl|Alcmaeon}}
{{rpl|Ape}}
{{rpl|Apple (fruit)}}
{{rpl|Arabidopsis thaliana (Thale Cress)}}
{{rpl|Astrocyte}}
{{rpl|Biology}}
{{rpl|Biophysics}}
{{rpl|Brain development}}
{{rpl|Brain evolution}}
{{rpl|Brain plasticity and music}}
{{rpl|Breast cancer}}
{{rpl|Cancer}}
{{rpl|Carbonyl group}}
{{rpl|Cell cycle}}
{{rpl|Cell division}}
{{rpl|Cerebral cortex}}
{{rpl|Cholinergic antagonist}}
{{rpl|Coccidioides posadasii}}
{{rpl|Cortical thickness}}
{{rpl|Coxiella burnetii}}
{{rpl|Dinosaurs}}
{{rpl|Domestication}}
{{rpl|Ear}}
{{rpl|Electroencephalography}}
{{rpl|Embryo}}
{{rpl|Fruit}}
{{rpl|Glycolysis}}
{{rpl|Growth hormone}}
{{rpl|Gyrification}}
{{rpl|MEDLINE}}
{{rpl|Metabolism}}
{{rpl|Mitosis}}
{{rpl|Model organism}}
{{rpl|Moss}}
{{rpl|Music perception}}
{{rpl|N-acetylaspartate}}
{{rpl|Nervous system}}
{{rpl|Neurochemistry}}
{{rpl|Neuroimaging}}
{{rpl|Neurotransmitter}}
{{rpl|Obesity}}
{{rpl|Olfactory bulb}}
{{rpl|Organism}}
{{rpl|Oxytocin}}
{{rpl|Patch clamp}}
{{rpl|Phenylketonuria}}
{{rpl|Phycology}}
{{rpl|Social Darwinism}}
{{rpl|Species (biology)|Species}}
{{rpl|Symbiosis}}
{{rpl|Tree}}
 
<small>The following edited biology articles during biology week: [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Tony]], [[User:Chris Day|Chris]], [[User:Christian Kleineidam|Christian]], [[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel]], [[User:David E. Volk|David]], [[User:Felipe Gerhard|Felipe]], [[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth]], [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard]], [[User:Johannes Reinhard|Johannes]], [[User:John Moffett|John]], [[User:Joscha-Tapani Schmiedt|Joscha-Tapani]], [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry]], [[User:Pat Palmer|Pat]], [[User:Pierre-Alain Gouanvic|Pierre]], [[User:Robert Badgett|Robert]], [[User:Supten Sarbadhikari|Supten]], [[User:Timothy Perper|Timothy]], [[User:Tom Kelly|Tom]] and [[User:Yuval Langer|Yuval]]</small>
 
== Biology clusters started during Biology Week ==
''Please use the format <nowiki>{{rpl|Your Article's name}}</nowiki>.''
{{rpl|Arabidopsis thaliana (Thale Cress)}}
{{rpl|Cell division}}
{{rpl|Electroencephalography}}
{{rpl|Embryo}}
{{rpl|Flight (biology)}}
{{rpl|Model organism}}
{{rpl|N-acetylaspartate}}
{{rpl|Neurochemistry}}
{{rpl|Olfactory bulb}}
{{rpl|Patch clamp}}
{{rpl|Phenylketonuria}}
 
==Tools==
''See also [[:Category:Technical_Help]]''
*[http://toolserver.org/~verisimilus/Scholar/ To wikify scientific references (via Google Scholar)]. [http://toolserver.org/~verisimilus/Scholar/Scholar.php?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=biology+next+mathematics&btnG=Search&intitle=&as_publication=&as_auth=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&hl=en&lr= Sample search] for "biology next mathematics".
*[http://invention.swmed.edu/etblast/etblast.shtml To find related articles (in Pubmed)]. [http://invention.swmed.edu/cgi-bin/etblast/processing_etblast.pl?user-id=1212680897 Sample search] (based on the first paragraph of [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Life&oldid=100284891 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.
*[http://biosearch.berkeley.edu/ To find Open Access biomedical images]. [http://biosearch.berkeley.edu/index.php?q=amygdala&submit=Search&view=abstract&sortedby=rel&action=submit_search Sample search] for "amygdala"
*[http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_ways_to_search_wikipedia.php Top 10 Ways to Search Wikipedia] - much of this is useful here, too
*[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Main_Page Biological definitions at the Biology-Online dictionary]
*[http://toolserver.org/~verisimilus/Scholar/Cite.php Universal reference formatter]
*[http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero (bibliographic management)]
*[http://webcitation.org/ Webcitation.org - a tool that archives webpages so that they can be cited in the form they had when visited]

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Welcome to Biology Week!

Welcome to CitizendiumArticles related to flightInvertebrate biologyPopulation biologyHumanArticles related to DNAArticles related to pollenCZ:Biology Workgroup/Biology WeekArticles related to chloroplastsArticles related to treesArticles related to bacteriaArticles related to fungiEvolution of CetaceansBig catArticles related to metabolismInsectCore articles
The first Biology Week took place here from Sep 22-28, 2008.



Biology Week is a big "online convention" of Biologists here on the Citizendium. Would you like to see more work done on articles about Approved Article Biology on Citizendium? Then such events are your chance to make a difference.

An archive of the first Biology Week's (held here from Sep 22-28, 2008) page can be found [[CZ:Biology Workgroup/Biology Week Sep 22-28, 2008|here]. For planning and administration of Biology Week, go here.


Brief summary of events during the first Biology Week

During the period of these roughly seven days, a total of about 20 biology authors (most of them active on the site before Biology Week) have started 11 biology clusters and edited another 40, with little change in status towards approval. For comparison, the monthly Write-a-thons usually see about 15 authors (rarely including newcomers) starting around 10 clusters on that day's predefined theme and edit another 15 or so, with even less progress towards approval.


Lessons learned

  • Recruitment was ineffective for both registered users and newcomers
  • The amount of collaborative editing was higher than on usual days but did not go much beyond the level of the Write-a-thons
  • (add your's here )