https://web.ma.utexas.edu/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Frequently_asked_questionsFrequently asked questions - Revision history2024-03-29T13:07:18ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.40.1https://web.ma.utexas.edu/mediawiki/index.php?title=Frequently_asked_questions&diff=1149&oldid=previmported>Luis: /* About the philosophy of the site */2016-01-25T21:19:56Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">About the philosophy of the site</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=== Why did you create a wiki? ===</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If this wiki project works well, it may become a massive reference which is always up to date. It can potentially be better than a book. For that we need several people involved and willing to edit the articles.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a mathematician who has done some research in the area, you definitely want people to know about your results. If you write an easy to read reference in this wiki, that would help more people know about your work and how it is related with other results in the area. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Just be careful </del>not to overplay the importance of your own results <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(or you may be banned from editing again)</del>. The appropriate thing to do is to write about all the related results by other people as much as you write about yours. Also remember to follow the rules above in the [[#Are there any rules on what we can write?|writing guidelines]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a mathematician who has done some research in the area, you definitely want people to know about your results. If you write an easy to read reference in this wiki, that would help more people know about your work and how it is related with other results in the area. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is good manners </ins>not to overplay the importance of your own results. The appropriate thing to do is to write about all the related results by other people as much as you write about yours. Also remember to follow the rules above in the [[#Are there any rules on what we can write?|writing guidelines]].</div></td></tr>
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</table>imported>Luishttps://web.ma.utexas.edu/mediawiki/index.php?title=Frequently_asked_questions&diff=1148&oldid=previmported>Luis: /* Where can I learn how to use a wiki? */2013-06-13T18:58:10Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Where can I learn how to use a wiki?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Use </del>the website http://<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">zeteo</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">info</del>/ to generate the references <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(UPDATE</del>: this <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">site is '''</del>down<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''!)</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You can use </ins>the website http://<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">math.uchicago</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">edu/~luis</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bib.html </ins>to generate the references <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from a BibTeX entry.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>imported>Luishttps://web.ma.utexas.edu/mediawiki/index.php?title=Frequently_asked_questions&diff=1145&oldid=previmported>Luis: /* How do I write a bibliographical reference? */2013-06-07T21:30:55Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">How do I write a bibliographical reference?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Use the website http://zeteo.info/ to generate the references<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Use the website http://zeteo.info/ to generate the references <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(UPDATE: this site is '''down'''!)</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>imported>Luishttps://web.ma.utexas.edu/mediawiki/index.php?title=Frequently_asked_questions&diff=1144&oldid=previmported>Nestor: /* How do I register as a user? */2012-11-22T01:06:38Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">How do I register as a user?</span></span></p>
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</table>imported>Nestorhttps://web.ma.utexas.edu/mediawiki/index.php?title=Frequently_asked_questions&diff=1143&oldid=previmported>Luis: /* Why should I spend time writing on this wiki? */2012-04-25T17:32:19Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Why should I spend time writing on this wiki?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a mathematician who has done some research in the area, you definitely want people to know about your results. If you write an easy to read reference in this wiki, that would help more people know about your work and how it is related with other results in the area. Just be careful not to overplay the importance of your own results (or you may be banned from editing again). The appropriate thing to do is to write about all the related results by other people as much as you write about yours. Also remember to follow the rules above in the [[#<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Are_there_any_rules_on_what_we_can_write</del>|writing guidelines]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a mathematician who has done some research in the area, you definitely want people to know about your results. If you write an easy to read reference in this wiki, that would help more people know about your work and how it is related with other results in the area. Just be careful not to overplay the importance of your own results (or you may be banned from editing again). The appropriate thing to do is to write about all the related results by other people as much as you write about yours. Also remember to follow the rules above in the [[#<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Are there any rules on what we can write?</ins>|writing guidelines]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a student learning the subject, writing in this wiki may help you understand the topics better (especially if someone comes after you to correct you). Moreover, if you are learning the subject, you probably appreciate the existence of this wiki more than others and are willing to contribute back.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a student learning the subject, writing in this wiki may help you understand the topics better (especially if someone comes after you to correct you). Moreover, if you are learning the subject, you probably appreciate the existence of this wiki more than others and are willing to contribute back.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a mathematician who has done some research in the area, you definitely want people to know about your results. If you write an easy to read reference in this wiki, that would help more people know about your work and how it is related with other results in the area. Just be careful not to overplay the importance of your own results (or you may be banned from editing again). The appropriate thing to do is to write about all the related results by other people as much as you write about yours. Also remember to follow the rules <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">below </del>in the [[#<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Writing </del>guidelines]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a mathematician who has done some research in the area, you definitely want people to know about your results. If you write an easy to read reference in this wiki, that would help more people know about your work and how it is related with other results in the area. Just be careful not to overplay the importance of your own results (or you may be banned from editing again). The appropriate thing to do is to write about all the related results by other people as much as you write about yours. Also remember to follow the rules <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">above </ins>in the [[#<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Are_there_any_rules_on_what_we_can_write|writing </ins>guidelines]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a student learning the subject, writing in this wiki may help you understand the topics better (especially if someone comes after you to correct you). Moreover, if you are learning the subject, you probably appreciate the existence of this wiki more than others and are willing to contribute back.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a student learning the subject, writing in this wiki may help you understand the topics better (especially if someone comes after you to correct you). Moreover, if you are learning the subject, you probably appreciate the existence of this wiki more than others and are willing to contribute back.</div></td></tr>
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</table>imported>Luishttps://web.ma.utexas.edu/mediawiki/index.php?title=Frequently_asked_questions&diff=1141&oldid=previmported>Luis: /* Why should I spend time writing on this wiki? */2012-04-25T17:30:26Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Why should I spend time writing on this wiki?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a mathematician who has done some research in the area, you definitely want people to know about your results. If you write an easy to read reference in this wiki, that would help more people know about your work and how it is related with other results in the area. Just be careful not to overplay the importance of your own results (or you <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">will </del>be banned from editing again). The appropriate thing to do is to write about all the related results by other people as much as you write about yours. Also remember to follow the rules below in the [[#Writing guidelines]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a mathematician who has done some research in the area, you definitely want people to know about your results. If you write an easy to read reference in this wiki, that would help more people know about your work and how it is related with other results in the area. Just be careful not to overplay the importance of your own results (or you <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">may </ins>be banned from editing again). The appropriate thing to do is to write about all the related results by other people as much as you write about yours. Also remember to follow the rules below in the [[#Writing guidelines]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a student learning the subject, writing in this wiki may help you understand the topics better (especially if someone comes after you to correct you). Moreover, if you are learning the subject, you probably appreciate the existence of this wiki more than others and are willing to contribute back.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you are a student learning the subject, writing in this wiki may help you understand the topics better (especially if someone comes after you to correct you). Moreover, if you are learning the subject, you probably appreciate the existence of this wiki more than others and are willing to contribute back.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There is an interesting video about open science here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnWocYKqvhw]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There is an interesting video about open science here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnWocYKqvhw]</div></td></tr>
</table>imported>Luishttps://web.ma.utexas.edu/mediawiki/index.php?title=Frequently_asked_questions&diff=1140&oldid=previmported>Luis: Created page with "==Registration and content creation== ===How do I register as a user?=== In order to be able to create or edit the pages, you must be a registered user. We welcome all users to ..."2012-04-25T17:18:37Z<p>Created page with "==Registration and content creation== ===How do I register as a user?=== In order to be able to create or edit the pages, you must be a registered user. We welcome all users to ..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Registration and content creation==<br />
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===How do I register as a user?===<br />
In order to be able to create or edit the pages, you must be a registered user. We welcome all users to register. Unfortunately we have not yet figured out how to set a public registration page and at the same time avoid spammers. So right now the only way to register is by sending an email to one of the administrators: Nestor Guillen, Ray Yang, Russell Schwab or Luis Silvestre.<br />
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===How do I edit a page?===<br />
There is an edit button on the top that lets you edit each page. You only see it if you are a registered user.<br />
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===How do I create a new page?===<br />
Every time a non existent page is referenced, the link appears red. If you click the red link, you will edit the new page. You need to be a registered user to perform this action.<br />
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===Where can I learn how to use a wiki?===<br />
Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.<br />
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===How do I write a bibliographical reference?===<br />
Use the website http://zeteo.info/ to generate the references.<br />
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Look at the pages that are already created as an example of how to make the list of bibliography.<br />
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===Are there any rules on what we can write?===<br />
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These are the guidelines:<br />
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# Do not write anything offensive or derogative.<br />
# Avoid using words like ''outstanding'', ''remarkable'', ''groundbreaking'' or ''tour de force'' when describing a result.<br />
# If you think that an article is a triviality or is wrong, it is better not to include it in the citations.<br />
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Making a contribution to the wiki is fairly simple and it can take an arbitrarily small amount of time. Most of the articles are currently not perfect. You can add a paragraph here and there if you have little time. Or you can add a new article which just states a result and hope that someone will pick up the rest.<br />
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When writing an article, also keep the following priorities in mind.<br />
# It has to be '''easy to read'''. This is the top priority.<br />
# It should be clear what is proved and what is not. But see comment below.<br />
# Avoid too much technicalities. If the assumptions of a general result are too complicated, it is ok to just list the major examples.<br />
# Give references to the papers where theorems are proved.<br />
# Explain the ideas of the proofs when appropriate.<br />
# If a result is a nonlocal version of a classical theorem, mention it.<br />
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===Would a user registration ever be revoked?===<br />
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Most likely no. Although it could happen if it is used to spam or if one of the guidelines above is grossly disobeyed.<br />
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===Ok. I registered and want to contribute. What can I do?===<br />
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Right now, in [[Mwiki:Current events|Current Events]] there is a '''to do''' list. Click on the links and edit the pages. The red links denote that there is a page needed that was not even started.<br />
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The organization of the wiki is not fully established. We may need some extra index pages or categories.<br />
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There are several pages already. But the wiki is still in a very premature state. Most pages need some more work. The idea of having a wiki is that no version of a page will ever be a final version. However, right now they make that very apparent.<br />
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if you don't know how to start, you can use the pages that are already written as a sample.<br />
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== About the philosophy of the site ==<br />
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=== Who wrote all this? ===<br />
The users of the wiki. Several people.<br />
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=== Whom do the pages belong to? ===<br />
Nobody.<br />
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=== What if I disagree with something that the wiki says? ===<br />
You are free to edit its content. If you do not, we will be offended with you.<br />
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=== Why did you create a wiki? ===<br />
If this wiki project works well, it may become a massive reference which is always up to date. It can potentially be better than a book. For that we need several people involved and willing to edit the articles.<br />
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=== Isn't every wiki doomed to fail? ===<br />
There are other scientific wiki projects online which can serve as examples: the [http://wiki.math.toronto.edu/DispersiveWiki/index.php/Main_Page dispersive wiki], the [http://www.wikiwaves.org/index.php/Main_Page water wave wiki] and also two quantum physics wikis called [http://qwiki.stanford.edu/index.php/Main_Page Qwiki] and [http://www.quantiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Quantiki].<br />
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The success of a wiki page depends on the contributions made by the users. The current experience with scientific wikis shows a questionable level of success. On the other hand, there are non-scientific wikis which are tremendously successful, for example: the [http://wikitravel.org/ travel guide wiki], the [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Harry Potter wiki], the [http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Recipes_Wiki recipes wiki], the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Star Wars wiki], the [http://www.miwiki.net/ Monkey island wiki], the [http://baseball.wikia.com/ Baseball wiki] or the [http://www.mariowiki.com/ Super Mario wiki], among many others.<br />
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It would be interesting to understand this distinction of success between the non-scientific wikis and the scientific ones.<br />
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=== Why should I spend time writing on this wiki? ===<br />
If you are a mathematician who has done some research in the area, you definitely want people to know about your results. If you write an easy to read reference in this wiki, that would help more people know about your work and how it is related with other results in the area. Just be careful not to overplay the importance of your own results (or you will be banned from editing again). The appropriate thing to do is to write about all the related results by other people as much as you write about yours. Also remember to follow the rules below in the [[#Writing guidelines]].<br />
<br />
If you are a student learning the subject, writing in this wiki may help you understand the topics better (especially if someone comes after you to correct you). Moreover, if you are learning the subject, you probably appreciate the existence of this wiki more than others and are willing to contribute back.<br />
<br />
There is an interesting video about open science here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnWocYKqvhw]</div>imported>Luis