Help:Frequently Asked Questions
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* Where do all the pathways come from? | * Where do all the pathways come from? | ||
::At the start of WikiPathways, the pathway content mirrored that of [http://www.genmapp.org GenMAPP.org], which was originally contributed by the GenMAPP user community. | ::At the start of WikiPathways, the pathway content mirrored that of [http://www.genmapp.org GenMAPP.org], which was originally contributed by the GenMAPP user community. | ||
| + | * How is WikiPathways different from KEGG, BioCarta, Pathway Commons and pther online pathway resources? | ||
| + | ::Since WikiPathways is based on a wiki platform the pathway content is fully editable directly on the website. | ||
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* I created a pathway and made a mistake in it, how can I correct it? | * I created a pathway and made a mistake in it, how can I correct it? | ||
::You can revert the changes to your pathways under the ''History'' section of the ''Pathway page''. | ::You can revert the changes to your pathways under the ''History'' section of the ''Pathway page''. | ||
Revision as of 22:21, 7 May 2007
Frequently Asked Questions
General
- Who, What and Why is WikiPathways?
- Do you check the content of contributed pathways to ensure that they are correct?
- No, WikiPathways does not review pathway content, except to look for vandalism and obvious problems.
- Where do all the pathways come from?
- At the start of WikiPathways, the pathway content mirrored that of GenMAPP.org, which was originally contributed by the GenMAPP user community.
- How is WikiPathways different from KEGG, BioCarta, Pathway Commons and pther online pathway resources?
- Since WikiPathways is based on a wiki platform the pathway content is fully editable directly on the website.
Using WikiPathways
- I created a pathway and made a mistake in it, how can I correct it?
- You can revert the changes to your pathways under the History section of the Pathway page.
- I want to delete a pathway, but there is no option for deleting.
- Deleting a pathway is only possible with an Administrator account, contact the Help Desk for help.
- I want to use one of the pathways in GenMAPP, but there's no .mapp download option. How can I get a pathway in GenMAPP format?
- On the Pathway Page, click the Edit pathway link. When the pathway opens in PathVisio, go to File>Export to save the pathway in .mapp format.
