User talk:Andy Maloney

Open Dissertation Discussions

Below will be the open discussions relevant for my open dissertation. If you do not have an account with Open Wet Ware, you can obtain one from here. I would like to have people format their questions and comments in the following manner:

1. Make a subheading with your name by typing in the following to the wiki:
   • ===Your Name=== This subheading will be your area where you can post new comments to or, update any comments that you may have previously posted.
2. To make new comments, please use the following wiki markup to sign the new comment with a time stamp.
   • '''~~~~:''' The output of this looks like: Andy Maloney 12:19, 7 February 2011 (EST):.

If you are unfamiliar with how to use media wiki markup, please take a look at the following formatting article. If for some reason you are not willing to join the wiki, you can email me by following the link below.

• Click here to email me.

In the email, please let me know if you would like to be anonymous or not. I would like to give attribution to those that comment but if you would like to remain anonymous, I will respect your wishes.

As much as I would like to keep my dissertation completely open and in the media wiki format, I will have to at some point format it to the guidelines dictated by my university. This will necessitate putting a final "snap shot" of the dissertation in a book format of which, all comments will have their own special appendix in each chapter.

Thanks for looking at my open dissertation!

Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario

• Cesar's Blog.
• Cesar's Lab Page.

I have some suggestions for the process of the Open Dissertation itself. After all, this is not only new scientific research experiments, but an experiment on Open Science itself at the same time.

1. Have MAIN area called "Dissertation". I guess it should be this one. Here, explaining the idea of an open dissertation, linking to all the chapters, numbered. Have an area where discussion about Open Dissertations can happen in general, and to your own in particular. Things like formatting, questions about its relationship to the old-style dissertations, etc could go here.
   • Andy Maloney 12:29, 7 February 2011 (EST): Done.
2. In this area where you explain why you are doing the open dissertation, explain also what you need from the community. Some simple instructions, links, etc would attract more people to help you out with this Open Science experiment.
   • Andy Maloney 12:29, 7 February 2011 (EST): Done.
3. Most of the time I don't want to edit the dissertation, I prefer to write comments and question about your dissertation, kind of like the red markings. Do you suggest any mechanisms for this? Any specific formatting recommended? Please, let me know what is the best for you.
   • #* Andy Maloney 12:29, 7 February 2011 (EST): I have setup talk pages for the chapters. As new chapters are written, I will make sure that the talk pages are clearly linked to so that anyone can post their comments there.

All these would help many people in the Open Science community to make this open dissertation the way to do dissertations.