Comments on: Feature Request!

By: James Schnable

James Schnable — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:39:52 +0000

A couple of more recent grad students out here set up a wiki on gmo a couple of months ago ( http://gmo.wikidot.com/ ). As you can see, it’s still rather sparse. One piece advice I think we could take away from their site (and an early attempt of my own that ended with an embarrassingly short article count) is that if we wanted to undertake something similar would probably be having a plan to write up a list of fundamental entries (what is a gene, what does bt stand for, how are plants transformed etc etc) right off the bat.

Putting in all that upfront work would put a wiki in a much better position to grow (for lack of a better word) organically from then on. With more of the fundamental concepts already defined, it’d be easier for anyone to write a new article without constantly backtracking to write up definitions for all the terms they used.

By: pdiff

pdiff — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:07:14 +0000

I’ll also add that the GE Snopes idea is one that should really be pursued, whether through a Wiki format or someother protocol.

By: pdiff

pdiff — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:24:49 +0000

I know this has been put forward before, but it would be most helpful if users could preview and edit their posts within the forum itself.

Thanks,
Pdiff

By: Anastasia Bodnar

Anastasia Bodnar — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:55:56 +0000

I just found a blog post that says it is easy to merge two existing Wordpress blogs into one by simply importing one into the other. I'm currently (when I have time) using the Plugin "Broken Link Checker" to make sure all of my links and photos at Genetic Maize are working (I've got lot of bad photos and missing links since I moved from Wordpress to Squarespace and back). Once that's done, I'll import my past posts on Genetic Maize over to Biofortified so that people can find more info when they search for a term on Biofortified! We might consider this option for new regular writers as they join Biofortified.

By: Anastasia Bodnar

Anastasia Bodnar — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:09:57 +0000

All of these are great suggestions. I’m looking forward to seeing improvements on Biofortified to help writers and readers find info and make connections.

By: Sergy

Sergy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:34:28 +0000

I will think about suggestions. But now I want to ask you about this article: A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health. Int J Biol Sci 2009; 5:706-726. [Full Text] What you guys think about it? I know that it is only statistical re-analysis, but it's published. And for me it seems like good article.

By: Mike Haubrich

Mike Haubrich — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:48 +0000

One of the plugins that I found useful is the “Old-Post-Promoter” for WordPress, and what I liked about it is that it would bring out posts that would otherwise have been buried to gain new life and activity. It helped casual readers who didn’t necessarily wish to search the archives by category or tag to get a broader taste of what I was putting up.