The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and WikiProject Computational Biology announce the 2018 ISCB Wikipedia Competition: their 7th annual international competition to improve the coverage on Wikipedia of any aspect of computational biology. A key component of the ISCB's mission to further the scientific understanding of living systems through computation is to communicate this knowledge to the public at large. Wikipedia has become an important way to communicate all types of science to the public and the ISCB aims to further its mission by increasing the quality of Wikipedia coverage of computational biology, and by improving accessibility to this information via Wikipedia. The competition is open to students and trainees at any level either as individuals or as groups.
Deadline: 25th May 2018
Event | Date (in UTC) | |
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Competition entries open | 1 January 2018 | |
Competition ends | 25 May 2018 | |
ISCB Council shortlisting | June 2018 | |
Judging panel decision | July 2018 | |
Announcement of winners | July 2018 (at ISMB 2018) |
The competition will start on the 1st January 2018 and finish on the 25th May 2018. For each entry that is claimed in the competition, the difference in quality between these two dates will be reviewed. Contributions made before the 1st January or after the 25th May will not be counted.
The prizes for the best Wikipedia articles in any language provided by the ISCB will be:
To enter, you should select the article or articles you intend to work on and record that along with your Wikipedia user name at the Competition Entries web page ( Wikipedia:WikiProject Computational Biology/ISCB competition entries 2018). If a group of authors intend to contribute to the same article, all Wikipedia user names should be listed.
Contributions should be made in the area of computational biology.
Article quality ratings |
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All articles within WikiProject Computational Biology are rated for quality on a scale of FA (best) to Stub (worst). We aim to improve coverage in the area of computational biology as much as possible: let's improve those stubs! For a full explanation of the Wikipedia quality rating scale, see WP:ASSESSMENT. |
If you plan to edit an existing article (recommended): WikiProject Computational Biology has selected around 1,400 English language articles that it considers within the scope of computational biology and bioinformatics; we strongly suggest that you choose an article from this collection for your entry. Articles are rated for quality by Wikipedia users, based on the following scale:
A list of 'start-class' quality articles rated as being of high importance for WikiProject Computational Biology is available: any of the articles in this list would be an excellent starting point for a competition entry. Alternatively, a list of the most popular computational biology articles is available: these are generally towards the higher end of the quality scale; however, any improvements to these articles would be more visible. A list of previous winning articles is provided at the end of the page. Below, we list a few articles that are considered to be of particularly good quality and would be good examples to follow:
If you plan to start a new article: please contact WikiProject Computational Biology by adding a new section to the WikiProject talk page (recommended) or emailing Alastair Kilpatrick to make sure the article would be considered within the scope of the project.
Non-English language articles are also welcome. These articles may be original articles, or they can also be translations of Wikipedia articles between languages. Please note on the entry page if the article is a translation.
To make the best possible contribution to Wikipedia, it is important to understand what content is desirable there and how best to go about editing it.
For Wikipedia, we strongly recommend that entrants read the PLoS Computational Biology article describing 10 Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia. [1] In addition, entrants who are not familiar with Wikipedia editing should take an online training course. [2]
Steering committee co-chairs:
Judging committee co-chairs:
Judging panel:
Publicity co-chairs
This competition provides an excellent training opportunity and we encourage its use as a class assignment. Course organisers should consider adding any such classroom uses in the Wikipedia Schools and University programme: