Difference between revisions of "Nugget"

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A piece of information that is meant to be maintained in the original form and has distinguished authors. This is unlike other pages like variables, assessments, or encyclopedia articles, which evolve in time and can be improved by anyone. In addition, like encyclopedia articles, strict attribute structure and strict scientific method is NOT applied to nuggets.

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A nugget can be a part of another page, or it can be a separate page. If a nugget is clearly linked to another page (such as an original email discussion about a particular variable), it should be located on the respective page (e.g., the talk page of the variable). However, if the nugget is more like an indipendent contribution, it should have a page of its own. This makes it possible to protect it from edits by others. The person who creates a nugget page may click the protect button at the top of the page.

Different contents should be written to different kinds of pages. Go through this flow chart to see where your contribution should be located.

• Does an article with the same topic as your contribution already exist in Wikipedia or Opasnet?
  • Yes: Add new information from your contribution to the existing article.
  • No: Continue.
• Is the contribution an encyclopedia-type article of general interest (such as Methylmercury)?
  • Yes: Put it to Wikipedia as a new article.
  • No: Continue.
• Is the contribution an encyclopedia-type article of only specific interest or too large for a general encylopedia (such as Effects of methylmercury in children)?
  • Yes: Put it to Opasnet as an encyclopedia article. Use the {{Encyclopedia}} template.
  • No: Continue.
• Is the contribution a structured answer to a research question (Methylmercury concentration in Finnish children, or Chemical analysis method for measuring methylmercury from blood).
  • Yes: Make a variable or a method page. Use {{variable}} and {{method}} templates, respectively.
  • No: Continue.
• Is the contribution a description of a research study or a particular piece of data (Methylmercury concentrations in mothers in Finland (Lucas study))?
  • Yes: Make a nugget to Opasnet. Use the {{nugget}} template.
  • No: Continue.
• Is the contribution directly linked to an existing page, such as a discussion?
  • Yes: Copy it to the Talk page of the relevant page. Then, if necessary and possible, restructure it into the form of a formal discussion.
  • No: Continue. Use the {{nugget}} template.
• Does the contribution really contain some important information that should be available to other people?
  • Yes: Make a nugget to Opasnet.
  • No: Move on and forget your contribution.

If you want to have the authorship for your contribution, you can do one of the following (in the order of preference):

1. Use your real name as your username, or put your real name onto your user page. This way, readers can find your contributions from the history of a page and see who was the contributor.
2. Copy a permanent link of the page where you made your contribution and paste it to the current version of that page under the title See also with a short explanation such as: "The original discussion about methylmercury by N.N. can be found from here."
3. Make a new page for your contribution. Describe the metadata according to the {{Nugget}} template.