Wikipedia:WikiProject Viruses

WikiProject Viruses Restoration Effort! Welcome to WikiProject Viruses, We are currently looking for new members, why not join us and add you name to our list of participants
News Dengue fever has been promoted to FA. – Graham Colm (talk) 05:10, 6 July 2011 (UTC) WikiProject Viruses is in the process of being revived. A message will be going around to all previous participants to ask them whether they will be interested in participating again. -- 19:51, 24 February 2011 (UTC) As of 19:51, 24 February 2011 (UTC) the new self elected coordinator of WikiProject Viruses is Thomas888b (talk · contribs). Thomas888b will be leading WikiProject Viruses through its revival. -- 19:51, 24 February 2011 (UTC) Why not help out with the new Viruses Portal? -- 18:21, 27 February 2011 (UTC) Aims This WikiProject aims to help organise and contribute to the growing collection of articles about biological viruses. This can be achieved by: Using consistent nomenclature and orthography in naming viruses Including taxoboxes on all virus articles Adding information to existing articles Validating information and seeking references Placing articles in correct categories Identifying articles in need of work Organising information as clear and easy to read as possible Parentage This WikiProject is an offshoot of WikiProject Tree of Life WikiProject Science. WikiProject Tree of Life WikiProject Viruses Although viruses are not typically considered to be living, we believe that virus articles could benefit from having a project like the tree of life descendants to represent the taxonomy and relationships of different viruses. Important pages FAQ 1) I'm not a scientist, can I help? Most definitely. If you have an artistic flair, you could clean up a messy page or create a new template. You could also help to proof-read edits to give scientists feedback on how easy their writing is to understand from a layman's point of view. You could tag messy articles for the project, identify new stubs or even just spread the word about this WikiProject! 2) How can I get involved? If you feel like participating in this WikiProject, please sign your name over at the members page and check out the Open Tasks to be completed. 3) At what level is it worth having a separate Wikipedia article for a particular virus? Simply put, any level you like. If we write individual articles for all the viruses known to man, it may take a while; However, if you feel like writing an article about some particularly obscure virus that most people have never even heard of, go for it! The more the merrier :-) As a general guideline though, combine several species or subspecies into a single article when there isn't enough text to make more than short, unsatisfying stubs otherwise. If the article grows large enough to deserve splitting, that can always be done later. It's always a good idea to avoid creating articles that are doomed to be stubs. 4) What about eradicated viruses? Like smallpox? Sure, why not! There seems to be no reason to exclude any viruses as long as somebody's willing to write an article for it. ToDo Here are some open tasks you can help out with: Merge: Make a request! Expand: Make a request! Cleanup: HIV Requested articles: List of viruses (Add ones with red links),Theiler's virus, More... Image requests: None Other: Redesign to-do table using {{todo}}, Make a barnstar for WP:Viruses, Create an advert for our project (example: Wikipedia Ads file info – #227 Adopt a virus article! Paste the {{WP:Viruses}} template on the talk page and get to making that article conform with the standards set out on the main page. edit this panel	WikiProject Viruses Project standards Portal: Viruses Portal Shortcuts: WP:VIRUS Project template: {{Wikiproject Viruses}} Member userbox: {{User WikiProject Viruses}} Resources Discussion Our Statistics Open Tasks Guidelines Templates Our sister projects Images and media from Commons Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary Textbooks from Wikibooks Quotations from Wikiquote Source texts from Wikisource News stories from Wikinews WP:Viruses Trophy Case Dengue fever Introduction to viruses Influenza Rotavirus Virus Poliomyelitis edit this panel
Participants Here is a list of Wikiproject Virus members, together with some of their interests. To join the group simply add yourself to the list of participants, being sure to maintain alphabetical order. User name Talk page Comments or Special Interests Joined A.Ou Talk Interested in helping to expand on redlinks in List of viruses 23 January 2007 Amy Talk Also geeky about medical science - future pharmaceutical student, with an interest in treatment of virii. I'm good at collating references, buzz me if you've got a task! 25 February 2010 bellamorbida Talk Medical coder, undergrad college student majoring in biology, general geek. Interested in viruses/bacteria in general and adding more ICD-9/10 codes to medical entries. 31 October 2007 Bob the Wikipedian Talk I know nothing of viruses, but in an effort to rejuvenate the project, I'll see how well I can learn virus taxonomy and help begin structuring the automatic taxobox database for viruses 25 February 2011 Braindamaged Talk Molecular biologist, worked on influenza and ready to contribute here. 19 July 2007 ChyranandChloe Talk Reston ebolavirus is probably my FA; I'm interested in virology and epidemiology. Give me a list of articles to clean up and I'm there. 06 September 2008 Ciar Talk I'm really an immunologist and molecular biologist, but as my work drifts more and more into the world of viruses, I'm happy to help and learn here! 29 May 2007 ClockworkSoul Talk Trained as a molecular biologist and research pathologist with research interests in host-pathogen interactions, in particular papillomavirus-induced oncogenesis. 20 January 2009 David Ruben Talk General Practitioner - happy to help out with general (human) disease aspects of viruses, copyediting, cite.ref implementation and template coding etc 28 October 2006 DiverDave Talk Anesthesiologist with a background in virology, tropical medicine and biological warfare. 01 May 2010 Dubhslaine Talk Plant Virologist specializing in the characterization of new plant viruses. DuncanMoore Talk BA in molecular and cellular biology, researched oncolytic herpesviruses 24 March 2011 EarthRise33 Talk Biomedical microbiology student here, willing to do what's necessary. 19 June 2007 ELLIOTL_UAB Talk My research involves viral genomics and evolution. I also participate in establishing viral taxonomy. I am (slowly) trying to update entries that deal with virus classification. 23 July 2008 Enlil Ninlil Talk Hay why not, give me something to do and I will do my best. 7 June 2006 Eracathegreat Talk Graduate student in plant pathology interested in plant viruses and epidemiology. 05 December 2011 Espresso Addict Talk Knowledgeable on HIV & have access to virology texts 17 August 2006 Frazzydee Talk 19 March 2005 Gorton k Talk 2nd year biochemistry and molecular biology, and cell and developmentlal biology student. Phage! I've done quite a lot to lambda... but it's ongoing. 15 February 2008 GrahamColm Talk I am a clinical virologist and have professional expertise with many human viruses. 13 October 2007 Hannes Röst Talk I am a biology student interested in viruses. I also write in the German Wikipedia. 3 November 2009 Harsh Baat Kijiye(Talk) I am a student of B.Sc Biotechnology first year. 12 February 2010 iTippy Talk I am a user who is involved in Internet Security. I am also in computer criminal law. 1 April 2009 Jarretinha Talk Ph. D. student working with genetics and dynamics of "simple" life forms, including viruses. 31 July 2007 Joelmills Talk I've been working for a few weeks on animal viruses. Glad to see this project has been reactivated. 13 June 2006 Jumping cheese Talk I'm somewhat knowledgeable regarding viruses, but nowhere near an expert level. I'll work on tagging articles with this wikiproject. 10 December 2006 Kingdon Talk Dabble in virus articles here and there (especially plant viruses). 19 July 2009 Liam Skoda Talk Medical student, primarily interested in viruses that cause human disease, particularly lyssaviruses and filoviruses. 23 September 2007 linkthewindow Talk High school student, general interest in this area and microbiology in general. Will help where I can 27 June 2008 MadScientistVX Talk Undergrad in Pharmaceutical Chemistry/Pre-Medicine; interested in helping out in any way. Starting by trying to fix red-links in List of viruses. 23 Feb 2007 ManVhv Talk Computer scientists with an interest in viruses. Specializing in amateur Herpesviridae systems biology. 3 Jun 2007 Marcosm13 Talk Interested in the mechanisms that allow viruses to implant their DNA/RNA. Also a member of Molecular & Cellular Biology wikiproject. 23 Apr 2009 MarcoTolo Talk Contributor to numerous virology-related articles - probably should have joined long ago. 24 Jul 2007 MatthewHebert Talk I am interested in viruses and want to help. 7 Nov 2010 Million Moments Talk Plant Pathologist 16 Jan 2007 mysteryman90 Talk Taking a biology class. Interested in posting new material being taught. 5 April 2007 OcciMoron Talk Undergraduate in both Biology and History, with a strong interest in infectious diseases and global health 15 August 2007 Orangemarlin Talk Last took a virology class in 1983. Just here to make sure that Homeopathy and urban myths don't show up in articles. 25 May 2007 orkoloko Talk Research scientist working on molecular evolution and phylogenetics of animals and pathogens. 27 July 2008 PhD Dre Talk A panel board reviewer for the CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research), Institute of Infection and Immunity. 15 November 2007 Philippe Le Mercier Talk Research virologist working on making electronic reviews of all viral proteins, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva, Switzerland. 16 Janvier 2009 Random Nonsense Talk I'm a History undergrad with an interest in environmental history, and I thought I might be able to help out in that area. I'll be doing a I research project on rinderpest next year, so I look forward to adding to that article. 2 June 2007 Read-write-services Talk Hello, I am a writer and editor with a Diploma in Human Biology. I am interested in Marburg, Ebola and Hantavirus. I would be delighted to help with editing anything. 14 September 2006 RelentlessRouge Talk Hello, all. I am far from a Ph.D. or an M.D. but I will definately attempt to help the virology part of Wikipedia. Cheers! 14 June 14 2006 SaritaMackita Talk I like science, but I studied foreign languages... I was originally appalled by the blatant inaccuracy of the Canine Distemper article. I've changed it some, but it still obviously needs a lot of work. Thought I'd also lend a hand with whatever! 18 March 2008 Schu1321 Talk MD/PhD Student at the University of Minnesota. Beginning 3rd year of program and working for a PhD in Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology. 06 October 2007 Scray Talk Most interested in virus evolution and viruses causing human disease. 04 April 2010 Serephine Talk I look forward to cleaning up many of the virus articles ☺ I'm particularly interested in Ebola 13 June 2006 Snellios Talk Biochemical virology, epidemiology, virus/host interaction. Medical student MB, Pathology BA 12 May 08 SootySwift Talk A postgraduate student studying for a PhD at the University of Glasgow, currently doing a short project on influenza. Particularly interested in haemagglutinin. 19th June 2008 Spawn Man Talk Not a scientist, but will do his best!!! 2 November 2005 Sperber Talk Hi there, I'm currently working on my PhD in Virology, and am looking forward to contribute (my special interest is Ebola virus, I work with it since four years) 11 July 2006 spilki Talk Veterinarian, MSc in Animal Virology, PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology; interested in animal viruses and general virology 19 July 2007 Sharma Talk I'm currently working on RNA viruses and am looking forward to contribute (my special interest is HCV virus 17 March 2009 TariStar Talk Wildlife Science/Zoology student, interest in Bearded Dragon, Working on Agamid Adenovirus 1 as of March 2008. 17 March 2008 Thomas888b Talk I am the current coordinator of WikiProject Viruses. I revived the project on 24/02/2011. 24 February 2011 Tim Vickers Talk Hi. I'm a molecular biologist and interested in virology. 10 January 2007 TokeTokensen Talk Molecular Biology Ph.D candidate, interested in Virology, made account specifically to join project. 29 May 2011 Tyciol Talk Hi, I'm a biology student and find viri' potential to help gene therapy appealing. 01 June 2008 ViralQuest Talk I, too, am somewhat knowledgeable regarding viruses (primarily plant viruses), but hesitate to use "expert" in the same sentence. Happy to lend a hand in this Viruses WikiProject. 14 June 2007 Watchingeye Talk Just about anything that gets my attention 12 September 2007 Wedian Talk Hi all. I'm a graduate student in microbiology. Hope to work with you as much as i can. 28 October 2006 wikiwiki1950 Talk I am a new user looking to join a random Wikiproject. If there are better options, tell me so. 24 November 2006

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