[Cz-biology] Auto-created articles about genes

[Dr. S N Sarbadhikari]

Dear All,
I agree with Chris.
Regards
Supten

> At 4:58 PM -0400 9/17/07, Larry Sanger wrote:
>>* Is the information actually *useful* to biologists and biology
>> students?
>>Would they ever visit these CZ pages (after adequate development)--or
>> would
>>they always look elsewhere for such data?
>
> The're as useful as anything else out there, possibly more useful.
> And that is now, before they become more developed.  In my mind the
> fact that scientists might come to CZ to update their gene family
> etc. is also a solid reason for going ahead with this project.  What
> better way to recruit experts?
>
>>* Are the external links provided appropriate?  Do they unfairly benefit
>> one
>>resource over another?
>
> Looks like a very even spread of links to various databases. There is
> no apparent bias.
>
>
>>* Does the "value added" by Andrew's organization actually justify our
>>releasing these articles under a free license that permits commercial
>> reuse,
>>perhaps contrary to a decision we'll make about our larger body of
>> articles
>>in a few months?
>
> This is a huge value.  All health articles that cite a gene will have
> this basic article to refer to.  Right there it will mean links that
> would otherwise be red are more meaningful.  Since this appears to be
> more human related it remains to be seen if similar links will be
> made from the more basic biology articles. Nevertheless, by having
> this huge resource available who knows how it will grow from this
> point?  I would anticipate we will see spin off projects and uses for
> this collection of articles that are not readily apparent right now.
>
> Chris