The Five Pillars of Wikipedia:

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1. Online encyclopedia

2. Neutral view

3. Free

4. Respectful and civil interactions

5. No rules! (kind of)

Summary of characteristics of a target article

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The goal of this project will be to make a significant contribution to a stub article to transform it into a B or GA quality article. An article of stub quality generally contains little content, is very basic, and needs a lot of work. B class articles are almost at 'good article' quality, but may lack supporting materials to appease a technical audience. Finally, a GA class article is considered to be useful to most readers with no obvious problems, and is considered high quality. [1]

Unit 5 Assignment: Summarizing PubMed Articles

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Bacillus subtilis cells form spores in environments where essential nutrients have been depleted.[2] Once sporulation has taken place, the spores can exist in very harsh conditions with little to no nutrients. As a result, B. subtilis sporulation has been problematic in both food and health industries.[3] SporeWeb, a database platform, has been developed to compile known data about the sporulation mechanism.[3] The database is updated as new knowledge becomes available, and should be used as a tool to increase understanding of the B. subtilis sporulation cycle.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Wikipedia: Quality Grades
  2. ^ Watabe, K. (2013). "Overview of study on Bacillus subtilis spores". Yakugaku Zasshi. 7. 133 (7): 783–797. doi:10.1248/yakushi.13-00143. PMID 23811766.
  3. ^ a b c Eijlander, R. T.; De Jong, A.; Krawczyk, A. O.; Holsappel, S.; Kuipers, O. P. (Jan 2014). "SporeWeb: an interactive journey through the complete sporulation cycle of Bacillus subtilis". Nucleic Acids Res. 42 (Database issue): D685-91. doi:10.1093/nar/gkt1007. PMC 3964945. PMID 24170806.