Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular Biology/Genetics/Gene Wiki

 • Find your favorite gene page. You can do that by searching directly here at Wikipedia (search box in the left-hand bar), and in most cases you can also find it by searching at Google or by using our Entrez Gene ID lookup tool.
 • Read the article, and identify an improvement you can make. This can be as simple as correcting a typo or as complex as summarizing a recent paper. Note some distinctive text around the place you're going to make your edit (to be used below).
 • Click the "Edit" tab at the top of the page
 • You are now viewing the "source code" of the gene page, which can often be a bit intimidating. To help see past the confusing parts, use your browser's "search" function to find the distinctive text you noted above.
 • Make your edit. You can pretty much type text and it should appear roughly how you intend it. For more powerful editing options, see the

 • Find the Pubmed ID of the article you want to add. Obviously, use Pubmed.
 • Enter the Pubmed ID into the Wikipedia formatting tool. Copy the wikicode in the text box to your clipboard.
 • Find your favorite gene page. You can do that by searching directly here at Wikipedia (search box in the left-hand bar), and in most cases you can also find it by searching at Google or by using our Entrez Gene ID lookup tool.
 • Click the "Edit" link to the right of the "Further Reading" section header.
 • Add a new line after the "{{refbegin | 2}}" and before the "{{PBB_Further_reading" lines (use your browser's search function if necessary).
 • Paste the Pubmed wikicode from your clipboard.
 • Click the "Show preview" button at the bottom. Confirm that your edits look correct.
 • Add a brief Edit summary, and then click "Publish changes". You're done!

 • Find the Pubmed ID of the article you want to add. Obviously, use Pubmed.
 • Enter the Pubmed ID into the Wikipedia formatting tool. Copy the wikicode in the text box to your clipboard.
 • Find your favorite gene page. You can do that by searching directly here at Wikipedia (search box in the left-hand bar), and in most cases you can also find it by searching at Google or by using our Entrez Gene ID lookup tool.
 • Click the "Edit" link at the top of the page or next to the section header.
 • At the location you want to add the inline reference, paste the wikicode from the clipboard. Then, add "<ref>" before the pasted text, and "</ref>" after the pasted text.
 • Click the "Show preview" button at the bottom. Confirm that your edits look correct.
 • Add a brief Edit summary, and then click "Publish changes". You're done!

 • Enter the gene alias in the Wikipedia search box and hit "Go" or return.
 • If Wikipedia reports that "No page with that title exists.", click the "Create the page" link in the middle of the page.
 • Add the text #redirect [[Gene name]] to the page to which you want this synonym to redirect.
 • Click the "Show preview" button at the bottom. Confirm that the target link looks correct.
 • Add a brief Edit summary, and then click "Publish". You're done!

 • Go to the GeneWikiGenerator and enter the Entrez id for your gene, then click "Search by Symbol or Accession"
 • The top frame contains the Code Creator. It does a series of checks to make sure your gene doesn't already exist. If the Template and Article titles are marked as "missing", we can proceed.
 • To create a new Protein Box template, simply click "create" under the Template section. An indicator will let you know that the template is being created and uploaded to Wikipedia.
 • To create a new Gene Wiki article, click on the title you want to use from the suggestions, or enter your own. Click "Check" to make sure your title doesn't conflict with a page that already exists. If it doesn't, click "Create '<article name>'". Once it says "Created (reload page)", you may visit your brand-new page on Wikipedia.
 • (Please note that the Code Creator is still in beta. If you find any bugs or annoyances, please let the developer know about it on his talk page.)