User:Rockpocket/Training

Introduction What is Wikipedia? Registering an account Editing Formatting Links Citing Discussion

These pages were created for an interactive Introduction to Wikipedia workshop held at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute on 30 July 2010.

They are maintained here as reference for those workshop attendees. Please don't hesitate to direct any questions to the organizers:

• Rockpocket (talk · contribs)
• Ppgardne (talk · contribs)
• Magnus Manske (talk · contribs)
• Alexbateman (talk · contribs)

Why Wikipedia is important

• Try typing the following scientific terms into Google:

Term	Google rank
RNA	1
DNA	1
Electron Microscopy	1
Telomere	1
Electrophoresis	1
Myosin	1
Cloning	1
Medical Research Council	2
Genome Wide Association	1

• Anyone in the world interested in science will be guided to Wikipedia first!
• Therefore as scientists we have a responsibility to make sure Wikipedia is:

1) Scientifically accurate

2) Up to date

• It is the greatest ever opportunity for public engagement!

• We now have one place where we can be sure the whole world will read about a science topic... and we can edit it!

• If you are ever asked in a grant how you engage with the public, this is the perfect way to do it.

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