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<big>'''MediaWiki has been successfully installed.'''</big>
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This is the official wiki site for [http://www.wormbase.org WormBase], the database of the model organism [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans Caenorhabditis elegans] and related nematodes.  In addition to containing information on [[User Guide|using WormBase]], this Wiki contains articles on [http://www.wormbook.org <i>C. elegans</i> biology] and experimental [[Protocols|protocols]].  WormBase is developed by an [WormBase_Consortium|an international consortium] of researchers and computer scientists.
  
Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
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To edit this Wiki, please create an account (click on the 'log in/create account' link at the top of the page). Before contributing, please see the [Wiki_objectives_and_usage_guidelines|WormBaseWiki usage guidelines].
  
== Getting started ==
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==Community Resources==
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This section of the WormBase Wiki contains community-submitted content.
  
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
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*[[About_elegans|About C. elegans]]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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*[http://www.wormbase.org WormBook]
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
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*[[Meetings]]
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*[[Experimental protocols]]
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*[[Tools]]
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*[[Job Openings|Job postings]]
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*[[Other nematodes]]
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*[[NGASP]]
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*[[Nematode resequencing and diversity]]
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==Using WormBase==
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*[[User Guide]]
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*[[FAQs]]
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*[[Local installation of WormBase|Installng WormBase on your own computer]]
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*[[Data mining]] - 'Learn about the methods for mining WormBase systematically'
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*[[Searching WormBase for Information About C. elegans (Wiley)]]
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*[[Downloads]] - 'Download commonly requested files and datasets'
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*[[Presentations]] | [[Publications]] - 'public information presented by the developers of WormBase.'
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*[[Release notes]]
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*[[Acceptable use policy]]
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*[[Citing WormBase]]
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*[[WormBaseWiki:Copyrights|Copyright statement]]
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*[[Acceptable_use_policy#Privacy_statement|Privacy statement]]
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*[[Guidelines for Users on Submitting/Reporting Data to WormBase]]
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==Staying up-to-date==
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[http:www.wormbase.org WormBase] offers a number of ways to stay up-to-date with new features and datasets, to make feature requests, and to ask for assistance with the database.
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*[[Mailing lists]]: [[Mailing_lists#help|general questions]], [[Mailing_lists#developers|developers]]
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*[[RSS news feeds]]
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*[[WormBase Newsletters]]
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*[http://www.wormbook.org/announce.html WormBook Announcements] - 'low volume'
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==For Developers==
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*[[Linking To WormBase]]
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*[[CVS Access To WormBase]]
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*[[Suggested pre-release data checks]]
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*[[How To Build A WormBase Mirror]]
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*[[SOPs|Internal documentation and standard operating procedures]]

Revision as of 17:14, 23 September 2007

This is the official wiki site for WormBase, the database of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and related nematodes. In addition to containing information on using WormBase, this Wiki contains articles on C. elegans biology and experimental protocols. WormBase is developed by an [WormBase_Consortium|an international consortium] of researchers and computer scientists.

To edit this Wiki, please create an account (click on the 'log in/create account' link at the top of the page). Before contributing, please see the [Wiki_objectives_and_usage_guidelines|WormBaseWiki usage guidelines].

Community Resources

This section of the WormBase Wiki contains community-submitted content.

Using WormBase

Staying up-to-date

[http:www.wormbase.org WormBase] offers a number of ways to stay up-to-date with new features and datasets, to make feature requests, and to ask for assistance with the database.

For Developers