How to get started adding to the GMH Wiki

Step 1: Request a username

Email the webmaster from the email you wish to use for your account. They will send you login information. For security, please change your password immediately!

Step 2: Determine what information should be added

First, determine what information, if any, has been added previously for your strain of interest. Examine the list of GMH strains and the list of all pages in the wiki to determine if your genus, species, and/or strain have already been added. If pages for your genus and/or species are missing, go to Step 3A below. If both genus and species entries are present, go to Step 3B below.

Step 3A: Clone the genus and species pages for your organism

Search Wikipedia to confirm the presence of the genus and species pages, then export those pages to your computer. Note: if you enter a page that doesn't exist (or you misspell something) the exporter will not warn you, you will just not have that page. Import the downloaded pages into the GMH Wiki, using the value "enwiki" without quotes for the Interwiki PrefBix field. Confirm the pages imported successfully by visiting them.

Step 3B: Adding information to a strain page

Navigate to the list of GMH strains; if your strain of interest's page has yet to be created, the link to it should be red. Click on that red link to enter the editor. In a separate window, navigate to the Strain template page, click Edit, copy the entire template, and paste it into your new strain's editor window. When finished, begin adding your data under the appropriate header. See Sharpea azabuensis KH1P5 as nearly complete entry.

Step 4: Linking your strain to a species page

Navigate to the species entry for your strain. Right before the References, add the header "Global Methane Hub Strains" without quotes if not already present, then place a bullet list under that header with the genus, species, and strain designation of your strain of interest (spelling is crucial here!). Highlight that text, then click the Link button (looks like two links of a chain at the top of the editor). The text should be displayed in red at the bottom of that box if that link doesn't exit or blue if it already does. See the entry for Sharpea azabuensis for an example of formatting.