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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Welcome To The EteRNA Wiki.</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">EteRNA is a game where players become citizen scientists,<br /> working to better understand and predict the behavior of RNA.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Welcome to the EteRNA Wiki</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">EteRNA is a game where players become citizen scientists,<br /> working together to better understand and predict the behavior of RNA.</span></p>
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<h2>Introduction to the Game</h2>
<h2>Intro</h2>
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<li><strong>[[HELP]]</strong>&nbsp;- Top 10 ways to get started in EteRNA!</li>
<li><strong>[[HELP]]</strong>&nbsp;- Get started playing EteRNA</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10px;">[[FAQ]]</span></li>
<li>[[FAQ]]</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10px;">[[EteRNA Dictionary]]</span></li>
<li>[[EteRNA Dictionary]]</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10px;">[[DictionaryBot]] - Commands for summoning definitions.</span></li>
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<h2>Resources for Players</h2>
<h2>Resources</h2>
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<li>[[Tips and Tricks]]</li>
<li>[[Tips and Tricks]]</li>
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<li>[[Website Deployment History]]</li>
<li>[[Website Deployment History]]</li>
<li>[[Eterna 3D RNA Motif Assembler]]</li>
<li>[[Eterna 3D RNA Motif Assembler]]</li>
<li>[[Papers]]</li>
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<li>[[Press coverage]]</li>
<li>[[Press coverage]]</li>
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<h2>Community</h2>
<h2>Community</h2>
<p>EteRNA has a great community. Thank you for being a part of it!</p>
<p>EteRNA has a great community and encourages your participation</p>
<ul>
<li>[http://eterna.cmu.edu/web/conduct/ Code of Conduct]&nbsp;- Our community guidelines</li>
<li>[[:Category:Group|Join Groups]]&nbsp;- Find groups where common interests &amp; goals are shared</li>
<li>[[Eternacon]] - IRL gathering of players, scientists, and developers at Stanford University</li>
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<li><strong>[http://eterna.cmu.edu/content/code-conduct Code of Conduct]</strong>&nbsp;- Thank you for respecting our chat guidelines.</li>
<li>[[Interesting Chats]] - Place to record interesting chat sessions</li>
<li><strong>[[Special:UserLogin|Sign Up]] </strong>-&nbsp;Create an EteRNA account to get started.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>[[:Category:Group|Join Groups]]</strong>&nbsp;- Find common interests!</li>
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<h2>Scheduled Meetings</h2>
<h2>Meetings</h2>
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<li><strong>[[Dev Chat]]</strong>&nbsp;- Held every second Wednesday, 6pm EST.&nbsp;Learn about game development status, ask the developers questions, report issues and suggest improvements.</li>
<li>[[Dev Chat]] - Share ideas to help EteRNA become better,&nbsp;every Friday at 12pm PST. Weeks alternate being led by Devs and Community members.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>[[Monthly Eterna Meeting|Stanford Lab]]</strong>&nbsp;- Held monthly on a Friday morning. Meet the scientists who synthesize our RNA in an actual lab! This is a&nbsp;live video meeting with Das lab at Stanford to talk about research, and give presentations of cool projects. &nbsp;</li>
<li>[[Monthly Eterna Meeting|Stanford Lab]]&nbsp;- See Das Lab scientists&nbsp;present cool projects, often the first Friday of the month at 9am PST</li>
<li><strong>[[EteRNA University]]</strong>&nbsp;- Live classes hosted by community members. Everybody has a skill or talent - share yours by teaching a class!</li>
<li>[[EteRNA University]]&nbsp;- Review lessons from past classes, and teach or attend new ones. Everybody has a skill or talent - share yours by teaching a class!</li>
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<h2>Contributing</h2>
<h2>Contribute</h2>
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<li><strong>[https://getsatisfaction.com/eternagame Forum&nbsp;Questions] -</strong>&nbsp;In the Get Satisfaction forums you can find answers to your questions, and start new threads for collaboration on issues and ideas.</li>
<li>[https://getsatisfaction.com/eternagame Forums]<strong> -</strong>&nbsp;Find answers to your questions, post bug descriptions, and discuss ideas.</li>
<li><strong>[[Player-Created Guides]]&nbsp;</strong>- Players have discovered and created hints and tips for many types of puzzle strategies. If you get stuck, try browsing these guides for inspiration. If you found a great strategy, feel free to make a guide!</li>
<li>[[Player-Created Guides|Guides]]&nbsp;- Guides for almost every part of EteRNA such as lab design and puzzle-solving.&nbsp; If you know of a helpful guide not listed here, feel free to add it to this list</li>
<li><strong>[[Issues]]</strong>&nbsp;- Did you find a bug? Is there a usability issue that you would love to see resolved? Do you have a great idea to share? Find out how to proceed!</li>
<li>[[Issues]]&nbsp;- Helpful links for tracking &amp; resolving issues</li>
<li><strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-23aab5ab-9e9c-3a67-a51a-b16220b8f23e">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3hotzntLN9DIGTl4-cM5BN-32nKiDvhz70LonCmWyA/edit#&nbsp;</span>Wiki Edits<span id="docs-internal-guid-23aab5ab-9e9c-3a67-a51a-b16220b8f23e">]</span></strong>&nbsp;- Players are invited to please help expand our [[What is EteRNA|overview of the game]] and related topics. If you want to contribute and are unsure of pages to create, look for [[Special:WantedPages|red links]] or review the [[Special:RecentChanges|latest activity]]. And we're creating a [[Manual of Style]] for consistent formatting!</li>
<li>[[Wiki Edits]] - Helpful intro on how to edit this wiki</li>
<li>[[Help Wanted]] - Post things here that you want help with, or would like to see filled out in the wiki!</li>
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Revision as of 16:58, 14 June 2016

 

Welcome to the EteRNA Wiki

EteRNA is a game where players become citizen scientists,
working together to better understand and predict the behavior of RNA.

 

Community

EteRNA has a great community and encourages your participation

  • Code of Conduct - Our community guidelines
  • Join Groups - Find groups where common interests & goals are shared
  • Eternacon - IRL gathering of players, scientists, and developers at Stanford University

 

Meetings

  • Dev Chat - Share ideas to help EteRNA become better, every Friday at 12pm PST. Weeks alternate being led by Devs and Community members. 
  • Stanford Lab - See Das Lab scientists present cool projects, often the first Friday of the month at 9am PST
  • EteRNA University - Review lessons from past classes, and teach or attend new ones. Everybody has a skill or talent - share yours by teaching a class!

 

Contribute

  • Forums - Find answers to your questions, post bug descriptions, and discuss ideas.
  • Guides - Guides for almost every part of EteRNA such as lab design and puzzle-solving.  If you know of a helpful guide not listed here, feel free to add it to this list
  • Issues - Helpful links for tracking & resolving issues
  • Wiki Edits - Helpful intro on how to edit this wiki