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===Welcome to the Community Portal!===
 
'''This is the place to be if you are interested in contributing to OpenWetWare. It tells you how to stay informed about what needs to be done and lists ways to contribute. It also serves as a location for discussions about OpenWetWare's structure, content and features.'''
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===How do I know where to contribute?===
&bull; Just surf around and you'll find stuff that could be improved.<br>
&bull; Add this page as one of your watched pages, so you get email alerts of changes to the page.<br>
&bull; Join the [[OpenWetWare steering committee|<font style="color:#ffffff">Steering committee</font>]].<br>
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This is the place to be if you are interested in contributing to OpenWetWare.  It tells you how to stay informed about what needs to be done and lists ways to contribute.  It also serves as a location for discussions about OpenWetWare's structure, content and features.
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[[#How do I know where to contribute?|» How do I know where to contribute?]]<br />
[[#What needs doing?|» What needs doing?]]<br />
[[#Discussions|» Discussions]]
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==Pages in development==
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Some pages recently labeled as needing attention.
==How do I know where to contribute?==
*Just surf around and you'll find stuff that could be improved.
*Visit this page and check out the lists of what needs doing and what's being discussed.
*Add this page as one of your watched pages, so you get email alerts of changes to the page.
*Join the [[OpenWetWare steering committee]].
 
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==What needs doing?==
===Add knowledge===
*Add to an existing page.
*Start a new page on your favorite topic.  Remember that many of the pages on OWW started off looking quite crude, so feel free to put up a page that doesn't look as polished as you would like it to.  The community will help improve a page if you get it started.
*Check out the [[Questions and Answers]] page to see if you can answer someone's specific question.
 
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These pages are the 10 most recent pages to be categorized as needing attention.
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===Aggregation and organization of information===
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For example, we'd like to list as many protocols as possible on the [[Protocols]] page. There are protocols that are not listed on the protocols page.  If you find such a page and you think the author(s) would be happy to add it to the community protocols, then add the link. The same applies to equipment, materials or other shared resource pages in search of a home.  ''Categories might be the best way to let people tag pages for inclusion in the shared resource pages.''
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==Add knowledge==
&bull; Add to an existing page.<br>
&bull; Start a new page on your favorite topic or on a [[Special:Wantedpages|requested topic]].<br>
&bull; Contribute questions and answers to the [[Questions and Answers | Q&A page]].<br>
==Add software==
&bull; Add feature requests to the [[OpenWetWare:Extensions|extensions]] page.<br>
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===Active Collaborations===
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Contributions from users are actively sought on the following OWW community projects-
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*[[OpenWetWare:Presentations]] <-- Basic intro to present usefulness for laboratory use
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*[[OpenWetWare:FAQ]] <-- Needs to be split.  User FAQ , New User FAQ, Visitor FAQ, Admin FAQ, New Lab FAQ
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*[[Help:Contents]] <--Help currently resides in '''lots''' of places, these should probably all be centralized/aggregated on the help page or the FAQ page.
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*[[OpenWetWare:Getting started | Getting started]] <-- give advice to new OpenWetWare labs and users.  <font color="red">'''UPDATE: 2/22/2006 Actively in progress!'''</font>
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*[[OpenWetWare:Tips | Tips on using OpenWetWare]] <-- handy tips for users acquainted with the basics


===Add pages that have been previously requested===
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People often want to see a page get started on a particular subject but don't have a chance to add content to that page at the time.  Such pages are currently listed here - [[Special:Wantedpages]].
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===Software development===
==Active discussions==
If there is an extension you would like to see implemented or installed, please list it on the [[OpenWetWare:Extensions|extensions]] page.
&bull; [[Logo and Poster Discussion|Logo and Poster]]<br>
&bull; [[Information Management Discussion|Info/Design Layouts]]<br>
&bull; [[Roadmap|Development Roadmap]]<br>
&bull; [[Categories]]<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull; Also see [[OpenWetWare steering committee/Software development ideas | software development ideas]].<br>
&bull; [[OpenWetWare:Ideas | General ideas for OpenWetWare]]<br>
&bull; [[Logo and Poster Discussion|Logo and poster discussion]]<br>
&bull; [[OpenWetWare:Organizing discussion pages|Organizing discussion pages]]<br>
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==Active collaborations==
Please help edit these community pages.<br>
&bull; [[OpenWetWare:Presentations]]<br>
&bull; [[OpenWetWare:FAQ]]<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull; Needs to be split: User FAQ , New User FAQ, Visitor FAQ, Admin FAQ, New Lab FAQ.<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull; Needs organization.<br>
&bull; [[OpenWetWare:Tips | Tips on using OpenWetWare]]<br>
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==Organize information==
Contribute information to the [[Main Page|OWW]] shared resources.<br>
&bull; Add links to individual lab protocols to [[Protocols]].<br>
&bull; Add links to individual lab equipment to [[Equipment]].<br>
&bull; Add links to individual lab materials to [[Materials]].<br>
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==Discussions==
A listing of discussions relating to OpenWetWare.
*[[Logo and Poster Discussion|Logo and Poster]]
*[[Information Management Discussion|Info/Design Layouts]]
*[[Roadmap|Development Roadmap]]
*[[Categories]] <-- we're still figuring out how to best make use of categories
**A proposed implementation of tags via categories has been described at [[OpenWetWare steering committee/Software development ideas]].  Please add your feedback and ideas there.
*[[OpenWetWare:Ideas | Ideas for OpenWetWare]] <-- post general thoughts/ideas on OpenWetWare here
*[[Logo and Poster Discussion|Logo and poster discussion]] <-- contribute to the logo discussion
*[[OpenWetWare:Organizing discussion pages|Organizing Discussion Pages]]<--How to organize all the discussions!
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Revision as of 15:15, 7 March 2006

Welcome to the Community Portal!

This is the place to be if you are interested in contributing to OpenWetWare. It tells you how to stay informed about what needs to be done and lists ways to contribute. It also serves as a location for discussions about OpenWetWare's structure, content and features.

How do I know where to contribute?

• Just surf around and you'll find stuff that could be improved.
• Add this page as one of your watched pages, so you get email alerts of changes to the page.
• Join the Steering committee.

Add knowledge

• Add to an existing page.
• Start a new page on your favorite topic or on a requested topic.
• Contribute questions and answers to the Q&A page.

Add software

• Add feature requests to the extensions page.

Active collaborations

Please help edit these community pages.
• OpenWetWare:Presentations
• OpenWetWare:FAQ
  • Needs to be split: User FAQ , New User FAQ, Visitor FAQ, Admin FAQ, New Lab FAQ.
• Help:Contents
  • Needs organization.
• Tips on using OpenWetWare

Organize information

Contribute information to the OWW shared resources.
• Add links to individual lab protocols to Protocols.
• Add links to individual lab equipment to Equipment.
• Add links to individual lab materials to Materials.


The following pages need work. Please help out if you can.

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