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== Help desk issues ==
 
== Help desk issues ==
  
* [https://github.com/WormBase/website/issues/9561 ftp site not accessible]
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* [https://github.com/WormBase/website/issues/9561 ftp site not accessible] - remove all links to the ftp site on WB with accompanying announcement?
 
* [https://github.com/WormBase/website/issues/9557 GFF3 and GFT files for CB4856 - Hawaiian strain]
 
* [https://github.com/WormBase/website/issues/9557 GFF3 and GFT files for CB4856 - Hawaiian strain]
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== WormBase X/Twitter account ==
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* https://x.com/wormbase
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* Has 2934 followers. It used to publish WormBase blogs automatically but stopped in May 2023
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* Todd: As for the blog integration: X disallowed third-party integration like that
  
 
=Minutes=
 
=Minutes=
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== WB fees ==
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* Caltech agreed to be setup to receive fees and donations
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== WB Grant ==
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* Still waiting on announcement of funding
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== X/Twitter issue ==
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* Todd is working on a solution to auto-post WB blogs to X
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== FTP site ==
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* Todd/web team will remove links to FTP site and mentions of it
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== Spurious files in Downloads site ==
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* Empty, spurious GFF, GTF and other files for non-core species in Downloads
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* For example, the Hawaiian strain files for GTF and transcript and protein FASTA files at https://downloads.wormbase.org/releases/WS293/species/c_elegans/PRJNA275000/ are essentially empty files (<50 bytes each)
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* Hinxton agreed to take a look to audit the download file generation to purge spurious (essentially empty) data files

Latest revision as of 16:01, 5 September 2024

Agenda

Help desk issues

WormBase X/Twitter account

  • https://x.com/wormbase
  • Has 2934 followers. It used to publish WormBase blogs automatically but stopped in May 2023
  • Todd: As for the blog integration: X disallowed third-party integration like that

Minutes

WB fees

  • Caltech agreed to be setup to receive fees and donations

WB Grant

  • Still waiting on announcement of funding

X/Twitter issue

  • Todd is working on a solution to auto-post WB blogs to X

FTP site

  • Todd/web team will remove links to FTP site and mentions of it

Spurious files in Downloads site

  • Empty, spurious GFF, GTF and other files for non-core species in Downloads
  • For example, the Hawaiian strain files for GTF and transcript and protein FASTA files at https://downloads.wormbase.org/releases/WS293/species/c_elegans/PRJNA275000/ are essentially empty files (<50 bytes each)
  • Hinxton agreed to take a look to audit the download file generation to purge spurious (essentially empty) data files