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==Alternate text by Carlos Monterrey==
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There are a growing number of English Wikipedia articles that are incorporating text and media from peer-reviewed scholarly publications available under a Wikimedia-compatible license. The license aims to provide expert-written and expert-reviewed content. The topics pages expand on earlier attempts to add a dynamic component to scholarly publishing. They provide the English Wikipedia with expert-written and expert-reviewed content, and allow authors to get credit for their work. The goal is to write new articles or replace those that have not made use of these new resources and hopefully expand on them to create a more comprehensive resource.
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There are a growing number of English Wikipedia articles that are incorporating text and media from peer-reviewed scholarly publications available under a Wikimedia-compatible license. Several important examples of this are the Topic Pages published in the journal {{w|PLOS Computational Biology}} as part of its [[doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002446|Topic Pages]] collection, which is produced in collaboration with {{w|Wikipedia:WikiProject Computational Biology}} and aims to improve Wikipedias coverage of topics related to Computational Biology.
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Take for example the article for “cooperative binding.” The source article was published in the journal PLOS Computational Biology as part of its Topic Pages collection that is produced in collaboration with WikiProject Computational Biology on Wikipedia. Cooperative binding was the fifth topic page, following in the footsteps of viral phylodynamics, evolving digital ecological networks, approximate Bayesian computation, and circular permutation in proteins to make use of the scholarly publications. Since then Flow cytometry bioinformatics has been added to the list.
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The Topic Pages also expand on earlier attempts to add a dynamic component to scholarly publishing. They provide the English Wikipedia with expert-written and expert-reviewed content, and allow authors to get credit for their work. The goal is to write new articles or replace those that have not made use of these new resources and hopefully expand on them to create a more comprehensive resource.
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PLOS Computational Biology uses a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which is more liberal than the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License (CC BY-SA) used in Wikimedia projects. For this reason, the topic pages are being drafted in a separate CC BY wiki and do not make use of existing materials that are licensed more restrictively.
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Take for example the article for {{w|cooperative binding,}} The source article was [[doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003106|published]] in {{w|PLOS Computational Biology}}. Cooperative binding was the [http://www.ploscollections.org/article/browse/issue/info:doi/10.1371/issue.pcol.v03.i02#tocGrp_3 fifth] such Topic Page, following in the footsteps of {{w|Viral phylodynamics}} (new), {{w|Evolving digital ecological networks}} (new), {{w|Approximate Bayesian computation}} (rewrite) and the pilot, {{w|Circular permutation in proteins}} (rewrite).. Since then {{w|Flow cytometry bioinformatics}} has been added to the list.
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The topics pages’ publication on Wikipedia has provided significant incentive for young researches that see publication as an opportunity to provide much needed exposure. The idea of seeding a dynamically updatable review article on a topic central to their work is also an attractive concept to senior researchers. It has been a relatively seamless transition for many authors to contribute via MediaWiki, since many of them are already accustomed to working in different software environments.
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Of the three rewrites so far, cooperative binding was longest before the rewrite ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cooperative_binding&oldid=549684155 5.5 kB]), and the idea so far was to mainly write new articles or to replace ones that have not moved beyond stub status. However, expert involvement could also be interesting for higher-level articles, many of which have already reached impressive lengths.
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PLOS Computational Biology uses a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution License] (CC BY), which is more liberal than the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License] (CC BY-SA) in use at Wikimedia projects. For this reason, the Topic Pages are being drafted in a separate [http://topicpages.ploscompbiol.org/wiki/Category:PLoS_Computational_Biology_articles CC BY wiki] and do not make use of existing materials that are licensed more restrictively.
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Publication of topic pages on Wikipedia has provided significant incentive for young researches that see publication as an opportunity to provide much needed exposure. The idea of seeding a dynamically updatable review article on a topic central to their work is also an attractive concept to senior researchers. It has been a relatively seamless transition for many authors to contribute via MediaWiki, since many of them are already accustomed to working in different software environments.
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The main barrier to increasing the quantity of Topic Pages is lack of time, and writing for Wikipedia is not a high priority for most active researchers these days. That said, the Topic Pages scheme appears to be attractive for researchers early in their careers, when any good publication helps to differentiate them from the crowd. The idea of seeding a dynamically updatable review article on a topic central to their work is attractive to senior researchers as well.
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**Conclusion discussing the future of Topic Pages? Are there more in the process?
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