User talk:Egelerp/sandbox

General comments

Guys, looks great so far! I've got about a half dozen papers I plan to add over the next week. Egelerp (talk) 04:14, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some of this stuff might be a little heady for a 12th grader, though. I don't think we need to skimp on information, but I think we should consider simplifying the language when possible and explaining some of the terms we use. Egelerp (talk) 04:14, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Check the article's wiki code for extra editorial comments. Egelerp (talk) 17:38, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Specific comments/questions

References

Hey guys, Just added a whole bunch of stuff, but one thing I couldn't figure out is how to have two different sentences use the same reference. We only need a rough draft for Wednesday so I don't think it matters, but just wondering if anyone else knows how to. ~~Nic Monsma

Nic, you can assign a name to a reference, then all you need to do is call that name. I'll put a couple of examples up this week. Egelerp (talk) 04:14, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just posted a whole new referencing format which should take care of all those multiple citations. Please follow the formatting I've set up. If you're not sure how it works, type {{citation needed}} to at least get it up there. Then you can just drop me an email or check with me during class to get it figured out. Egelerp (talk) 06:55, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Citation generator Egelerp (talk) 00:05, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PMID citation generator. Super easy! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_pmid Egelerp (talk) 16:08, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ExRNAs

Wow! The extracellular RNA article has some really good information here. I'm thinking about adapting it to our uses... but more power to one of you guys if you want to work on it. Egelerp (talk) 03:17, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Characteristics and mechanisms of some well defined oncomirs

I think we need to come up with some criteria for which oncomirs are important enough to put into this page. This is an encyclopedia, not an exhaustive medical text. Once we come up with some criteria, we can lace that into copy for this section header. ~Egelerp

I view this section as a brief description of some of the oncomirs we've been able to find to give the reader a quick inrto into the field. I think we should keep these entries to a few lines, but essentially add as many as we can. ~awzuhl

If we begin to find more than just a handful of oncomirs, this section will fill up much too fast. I think we should have a table to give a BRIEF description of ANY identified oncomir, but keep full prose for only the most pivotal research. ~Egelerp

At this point, I really don't think there is enough information compiled to worry about filling sections up too fast. If there is a specific theme in the literature, such as the OncomiR-1 group, then i think that should be explained in greater depth. Otherwise, a few sentences describing some of the characterized oncomirs i think is fine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awzuhl (talk • contribs) 05:26, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of identified oncomirs

This is just a list of the precursor families. Looks like there's some differentiation within the families which we could identify. We can make it so there is a bold heading, then a definition like this:

miR-19: miR19a, miR-19b

Do you think we should go that way or just show the precursor family? If we just keep the precursor family, I think we should specify that that's all we're identifying. ~Egelerp

Please consider the relevance of this list: This list may be big enough to separate into a standalone page... or maybe too big entirely The two current external links are a resource to find known oncomirs, therefore this list may be superfluous. ~Egelerp

I think a simple list will be fine. If in the future there are enough to warrant subsections then we might consider categorizing them,but for now it should serve to just acknowledge the existence of the various oncomirs. ~alex