WormBase Staff Resources

This document describes collaborative tools available to WormBase team members.

Accounts

With a *@wormbase.org account, you will automatically have access to WormBase documents, discussion groups, calendars, chat, voice, and contact information. Request one from Todd.

Groups (Mailing Lists)

WormBase uses a number of mailing lists for discussion. You can manage subscriptions yourself, post from the web, etc.

Creating your own discussion group

With your wormbase.org account, you can create your own groups, a perfect way to support new projects. By default discussion within a group is archived, a feature which can be disabled if desired. See the groups main page for details.

Calendar

WormBase calendars are available at:

http://calendar.wormbase.org/

With your wormbase.org account, you can add and edit events.

Documents

WormBase documents are available at:

http://docs.wormbase.org/

Email

You can access your official WormBase email account at:

http://mail.wormbase.org/

You may wish to set up your account preferences to forward email to a private account.

Social Media

Blog

The official WormBase blog is called "M9":

http://blog.wormbase.org/

This is our primary vehicle for communication with users. You can subscribe to the blog via email at:

http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=wormbase&loc=en_US

Twitter

Our Twitter account is:

http://twitter.com/wormbase

We have a secondary account for source code commits:

http://twitter.com/wormbase-commits

Issue Tracker

You can follow and track issues at:

https://bitbucket.org/tharris/wormbase/issues?status=new&status=open

Source Code

Source code is currently maintained in Mercurial (hg):

https://bitbucket.org/tharris/wormbase