Help Wanted

This page features specific ways for users to contribute to the Wiki. If an action item is completed, remove it from this page.

Page Creation

Here is a list of requested page creations (or that should redirect to existing pages - do a preliminary search for a redirect target before committing to a new content page):

Minor groove
MS2, which is integral to a number of puzzles in the Supercomputer tutorial series
Ribose zipper
RNA Viruses - potentially as a subsection of Virus
Roles of RNA - alternatively, link to EteRNA/About EteRNA/Why RNA subsection on what RNAs do
Wobble - alternatively, GU wobble - regardless, the unused term should redirect to the created page
Any of the pages on Special:WantedPages

Page Updates (Text)

Here is a list of requested page updates:

ATP - provide more details about ATP, particularly regarding how it's related to RNA/Eterna
Concentration - update description
EPCR - describe relevance to RNA/Eterna
Epigenetics - provide a more formal definition of epigenetics. Additionally, describe examples of specific epigenetic interactions.
Eternacon - should be updated to include 2019, 2020, and 2021 reference material
Genetic Computers - currently reads as a personal log rather than a reference on Genetic Computers
GU pair - current page does not adequately describe what the mentioned "watch theory" entails
Hairpin - provide more formal definition, elaboration on importance and/or Eterna strategies
Hydrogen - can elaborate on importance of hydrogen - specifically, why exactly is hydrogen so crucial to life as we know it? (answer: hydrogen bonds, which the article should discuss and/or link to a hydrogen bond page)
Independent Stability - formalize wording
Isomer - elaborate upon types of isomers. Additionally, make it clear how isomers are relevant to Eterna.
Manual of Style - should be expanded, potentially changed depending on the predominant existing style of the Wiki. Add conventions for preferred capitalizations of commonly used terms (Eterna or EteRNA? Eternabot or EternaBot?)
Melting temperature - elaborate how this metric is important in Eterna
MicroRNA - remove broken video link
Mole - should be updated to be more specific and accurate (a mole is more a representation of the number of molecules rather than explicitly a measure of weight or mass)
Molecule, switch - add written content or incorporate the current content into another page
Raw Data - current description is relatively specific to a given experimental method (whose identity is not obviously apparent from the current page content, especially with the broken video link). Expand to discuss raw data in general, and/or provide more background on what specific experimental datasets are being described by the current descriptions.
RNA - sections should be updated/expanded as appropriate - at minimum, each section should have a brief description, even if the main article is another page
RNA World Hypothesis - can expand written page content (What is the scientific basis for this hypothesis? Where did this hypothesis originate? etc.)
Shotgun Sequencing - currently has several broken video links. Remove broken links and expand text content of this page.
Structured RNA - give specific example(s) of structured RNA
Sulfur - elaborate how sulfur is relevant to RNA/Eterna
Terminal Mismatch - elaborate how the identity of mismatches influences loop energy - give specific examples
Virus - can elaborate - add how viruses are relevant to RNA (which might involve discussion of the different broad types of viruses), should probably discuss/link to a page about mRNA vaccines and Eterna's vaccine efforts
Can add appropriate hyperlinks to pages on Special:DeadendPages

Page Updates (Visuals)

Here are pages that can benefit from new and/or updated visuals:

Boosting - add captions to figures
Hairpin - add example(s) of hairpin from Eterna gameplay
Helix - add figure illustrating helix shape
Hydrogen - add basic visual for hydrogen
Hydrogen bond - ensure existing visuals have adequate captions. Additionally, the second visual needs to be attributed to its original source (appears to be from here)
Kissing Loop - add snapshot(s) from Eterna illustrating kissing loops
Melting temperature - potentially a plot illustrating melting temperature
MicroRNA - reduce size of current figure significantly
Nucleic Acid - add caption to figure (that ideally references source material for figure)
Oligo - add example(s) of oligos from Eterna gameplay
Phosphate - visuals (particularly the one showing phosphate in the context of the backbone) can benefit from descriptive captions
Polymerase - add visuals for DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase
RNase - add picture of an RNase
Signal-to-noise-ratio - add plot or similar visual for ease of understanding
Smurfing - add snapshot of Eterna design featuring this technique
Switching area - reduce size of picture, potentially add caption
Virus - can definitely include more visuals here: potentially virus structures, virus sizes, virus life cycle

Wiki Organization

Here are requested action items regarding Wiki organization:

Categorization of uncategorized pages. Existing categories: Special:Categories