Wikipedia and OpenWetWare
From OpenWetWare
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| Aim | "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" | "support open research, education, publication, and discussion in biological sciences and engineering" |
| License | GFDL (GNU Free Documentation License) | CC BY-SA (Creative Commons attribution, share-alike) or GFDL |
| Compatibility | Wikipedia content cannot be moved to OWW (due to GFDL) | OWW content can be moved to Wikipedia (due to CC) |
| Audience | very mixed | mostly biological scientists & engineers |
| Language | most world languages represented with varying volumne (English > Deutsch > Français > Polski) | currently only English |
| Content | Encyclopaedic articles (neutral point of view, formal style, ideally referenced) | Lab homepages, methods protocols, lab reagents, science-related information, opinion, discussion (personal opinion allowed, often informal style, ideally referenced) |
| Edits | every visitor can edit but some pages locked (registration required); mostly pseudonyms | registration required; real name encouraged |
