User talk:Edgex013

KIAA0802 → SOGA2
Hi. Thanks for your contributions to the SOGA2 article. Please note that the KIAA0802 gene symbol is obsolete. The current approved HUGO gene symbol is.

Also are you editing these articles as part of a class assignment? If so, I would really appreciate if you would ask your instructor to contact me. While the contribution of your class are appreciated, they contains some formatting errors that require a lot of cleanup by other editors afterwards. Thanks. Boghog (talk) 03:51, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi. Yes it is part of our final assignment, to update the gene page with publicly available bioinformatics information. I will change to the alias SOGA2, I was only using KIAA0802 because it was the name of the existing page. What formatting errors are the biggest problem, specifically? If you can point me to them I will gladly fix them myself so I am not a bother to anyone else.
 * Thanks 174.53.163.203 (talk) 04:04, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your reply. Here are a number of common formatting issues that I have identified in the articles created by your class:


 * For consistency with other Gene Wiki articles, the GNF_Protein_box infobox should normally not be included directly in the article but rather transcluded using the PBB template. User:ProteinBoxBot is setup to maintain transcluded templates, but not templates directly contained in articles. The GeneWikiGenerator will automatically create both the template and the article that transcludes the template.
 * Concerning the lead sentence, as discussed here and here, we have tried to make clear that these Gene Wiki articles are not only about the human gene/protein, but also orthologs that exist in other species. The wording that was reached through consensus is perhaps a little awkward, but it is both accurate and concise:
 *  is a protein that in humans is encoded by the  gene.
 * The "that" in the above sentence is non-limiting implying that the protein (and gene) exists in other species besides human.
 * Per WP:HEAD, sentence case should be used for section headings.
 * Per WP:REFPUNC, punctuation before citations.
 * Selection of gene. A gene, even if it is human, may not meet Wikipedia notability requirements unless a function has determined for the protein.  Many of the genes that have been selected by your class are pretty obscure.  There are some well known gene families for which not all members have Wikipedia articles that might be a better choice since the function of these genes is generally known (see for example the red links in Solute_carrier_family).
 * In case you haven't seen this yet, please check out User:Diberri's Wikipedia template filling tool (instructions). Given a PubMed ID, one can quickly produce a full citation that can be copied and pasted into a Wikipedia article. This tool can save you a lot of work and ensure that the citations are displayed in a consistent manner.
 * I would appreciate if you would pass this information along to your instructor. Cheers. Boghog (talk) 04:39, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

ok. thanks! I will change my work to match those standards. as far as the notability standards go, its a little too late to change genes (the assignment is due in 2 days and I have been aggregating information all semester) but as long as I turn in a PDF of my sandbox, I should get credit. If the work that I finish by that time is not up to notability standards (and actually I plan to fill in info on most likely functions soon), it would be very unfortunate but not the end of the world. thank you for the tips! Edgex013 (talk) 04:48, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Don't worry about the notability for now. I am certainly not suggesting that the subject of any articles that have already been created be changed. However, I would appreciate if you would pass this information along to your instructor so that selection of genes by future classes consider notability.  Thanks. Boghog (talk) 04:59, 13 May 2013 (UTC)