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20.109(F16): Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

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Wiki basics

Reference links for wiki editing:

The reference links below may help you get started with editing a wiki.

What is engineerbiology.org?

engineerbiology.org and measurebiology.org are a wiki – an application designed to make it easy to create, edit, and organize webpages – for lab courses in the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT. This wiki provides a common space to share information about protocols, materials, research projects, meetings or anything else that might interest users.

How do I get an account?

Accounts have been created for all registered students. You will receive an email containing a temporary password, and upon logging into engineerbiology.org (from any web browser, following a link at the top right corner of the page), you'll be prompted to change this password. Contact Maxine Jonas if you need a new account to be created for you.
You can now edit any page of the 20.109 wiki! Remember that with great power comes great responsibility...

Should my wiki password be the same as my Kerberos one?
No. Our class wiki is not nearly as secure as Kerberos. We recommend that you use a different password from the one you use to log on to Athena. You can change your password once you are logged in, by clicking on the preferences link in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

How do I contribute?

Once you have an account, the best way to learn how to edit the wiki is to look at existing pages. Click the "edit" tab at the top of a page to view the "source code" for the page.

If you have a question about how encode something in wiki markup language, try googling. Many resources exist since engineerbiology.org is based on the same software as Wikipedia.

Posting images

Posting an image requires two steps, which can be done in either order: upload image, and encode directions to display that image.

You may begin by uploading your image to the wiki system without regard to what page(s) you will post it on. The lefthand sidebar of any engineerbiology.org page includes a toolbox, which in turn contains the "upload file" link. Directions at this page should be self-explanatory.

By convention, please name your files according to semester_labdate_sectionday_teamcolor-furtherdescriptionifnecessary. For example, during fall 2016, on the fourth day of the first module, you might name your image F16_M1D4_TR_Rainbow or F16_M1D4_WF_Rainbow depending on your section, or F16_M1D4_WF_Rainbow-cellpic1 if you were posting multiple images or simply wanted to limit ambiguity.

Most commonly, you will post your image on the Discussion page associated with that day. When you are logged into the class wiki, any page should show tabs at the top left such as "page," "discussion," "edit," and "view history." The text that will direct the wiki to post your image should resemble the following, but note that there are many variations of this basic format: [[Image:F16_M1D4_TR_Rainbow-cellpic1.jpg | thumb | right | 400px | T/R Rainbow, cells with growth factor]].

Adding to a table

Empty tables can be a bit of a confusing mess, but with a little practice you'll get the hang of filling them in and even creating them if you wish.

The following table contains 4 columns and 3 rows (not including the headings). Click on the "edit" option for the Adding to a table section to see what the source code looks like. Feel free to copy the code to your user page and practice getting a feel for where columns versus rows are encoded.

Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4
row 1, column 1 row 1, column 2
row 2, column 1 row 2, column 2
row 3, column 1

Use the "20.109(F16):" prefix for new pages

If you create a new page, start off the page name with "20.109(F16):" For instance, "20.109(F16):Helpful hints on doing Qiagen purifications" is a better name than "Helpful hints on doing Qiagen purifications." This labeling scheme helps others in our class find relevant pages, while signaling to people outside of the class to be respectful of our pages. Also, every page must have a unique name in MediaWiki software, so by adding the prefix "20.109(F16):", we avoid inadvertently using common page names that might be in high demand.

Etiquette

engineerbiology.org is a scientific community that adheres to established norms of scientific communication. These include (1) real names associated with posted content, (2) reasoned discourse (no profanity, personal attacks, or hate speech), (3) contents largely science-related (though we are a community and understand that scientists talk about some things that aren't science occasionally).