Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Viruses

Channel catfish virus

Could someone please have a look at Channel catfish virus? It is marked as needing a {{taxobox}}, and I don't understand viral classification well enough to add one. There are also some formatting and referencing issues that should ultimately be sorted out; some good sources are cited on the Wikivet page that the page draws on. --Stemonitis (talk) 09:58, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

I have added the taxobox and sorted out some of the formatting issues. Is there free electron micrograph of the virus available? Graham Colm (talk) 17:22, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Origin and evolution of viruses

Despite obvious medical and economic importance of viruses, science is far from stablish a common framework to understand the origin and evolution of viruses. This area of knowledge is experimenting a moment flourishment without precedent, clearly illustrated by the discovery of giant viruses. My Msc. and (unfinished) Ph. D. deal with all these issues (including mutational burden hypothesis, error catastrophe, etc.) and I've collected and organized plenty of information about the subject. But, I think a little help to digest all this information would be very nice!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jarretinha (talk • contribs) 15:46, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

If you want to discuss the evolution of viruses please leave a note and I will get back to you. The literature in this area is a mess but something I agree would be worth adding into WP if we can get it organised. DrMicro (talk) 11:14, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

I really want to discuss this subject and already have the literature somewhat organized chronologically and by underlying hypothesis (which are many). I'm a goal-driven guy, so let's discuss some of it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jarretinha (talk • contribs) 13:44, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Group D arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus)

Can anyone here help with Group D arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus)? I can't seem to see any reference for the title "Group D arbovirus", and so I can't construct a taxobox. Any assistance would be gratefully received. --Stemonitis (talk) 20:30, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

The arboviruses are not really a proper taxonomical unit. They include a variety of viruses from different taxonomical groups that shared a common transmission mechanism - transfer by arthropods to vertebrates. They were subdivided into subgroups on the basis of serology. With the availability of RNA and DNA genomic sequences, sequence data are the currently preferred method of classification. It is probably worth adding the arbovirus classification in as a note under a heading such as 'Historical classification systems' (or some such) as the term is still in use.DrMicro (talk) 11:36, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Revival

I think my work with this project is finished, unless someone would like me to help you guys implement the {{virusbox}} in the project. Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:50, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi Bob, I have a bot (automatic program to edit wikipedia pages) and worked on virus template boxes on the german wikipedia. I wrote most of the template on the de-wiki and then helped to add it to all the virus-articles on de-wiki (which previously did not have a template but a free-text table). An example can be seen here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubellavirus it contains the taxonomy as well as genome information (RNA/DNA ss/ds +/-) as well as three outlinks to NCBI and ICTVdb. I work as PhD student in Bioinformatics and I am quite interested in viruses. However my time is limited since I currently also work on other very exciting NGO projects outside the Wikipedia.

What exactly do you mean with "implement the template virusbox"? you mean add it to the wikipedia pages? one way this could work would be if we copy all the german templates that already have the information about taxonomy and genome and NCBI links and use them in the english wikipedia and then fill out the ones that do not have a german article / template on the german wikipedia. However I am not familiar with the English wikipedia's way of doing taxoboxes and this might not be the easiest approach. I am just saying that in general the information is present in machine-readable format on the German wikipedia. Please contact me on my talk page if you are interested. Greetings --hroest 08:11, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

I am interested in staying on in the project! In the past, I did a lot of work on the lambda phage page, but it is definitely not up to many WP standards still... I'm still not really an involved enough wikipedian to know how to write a good article, but I would like that to change. Gorton k (talk) 17:03, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Project advert

Would anyone be able to design a project advert to get more people involved? Here is an example:

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Gorton k (talk) 18:11, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

I could put one together for you; let me know what you want it to look like. Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:48, 18 February 2012 (UTC)