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FAQ
From 2013hs.igem.org
Registration Questions
- What are the requirements to register a team?
- Teams must complete the following registration requirements and be accepted by iGEM Headquarters to be an official iGEM 2013 High School team:
- Primary contact must register the team here
- Complete resource description on the team information page
- Complete shipping information on the team information page
- Complete and submit consent forms:
- Participant consent forms for every team member
- Principal consent form
- Department Head consent form (if applicable)
- Registration fee must be submitted
- Why is there a limit on the number of teams this year?
- To best support our high school teams in the 2013 season, there will be a cap on the number of high school teams that iGEM Headquarters can accept. Registration will be limited to the first 50 teams which complete ALL registration requirements and are accepted by iGEM Headquarters. In the event you are not accepted to participate in iGEM2013, we encourage you to express your interest in the high school division by sending an email to hq (at) igem.org so that we can contact you about other opportunities to participate in iGEM.
General Questions
- What is expected of an iGEM High School team?
- Teams are expected to work on a synthetic biology project during the competition season, and then present it at the High School Jamboree in June. Most importantly, teams are expected to work hard and have fun! More information about expectations during the season is available here. To get started, teams must fulfill the registration requirements.
- I'm having trouble brainstorming a project. Where can I get ideas?
Wiki Editing
- How do I add a wiki page, change a wiki page, delete a wiki page, etc.?
- All iGEM wiki sites are powered by Mediawiki. See the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents Mediawiki Help page] for details on how to edit wiki pages and more.
- Using/editing the wiki is a trial-and-error process. Editing the wiki is a simple, fun thing to do and you definitely get better the more you play around with it. The key is to take a look at other wiki pages and see what you like. Then all you have to do is go to the source (either view source if you're not logged in, or edit if you are logged in), copy it, and modify it to fit your needs. It doesn't have to be perfect before you can take a look at what it looks like. Try things out and see what results they yield.
- How do I keep our team pages in our namespace?
- You must keep your team's pages in your team namespace. For an example, take a look at https://2011.igem.org/Team:Example.
- Specifically, when you create a new page, you just have to name it Team (or Lab or Course):[OFFICIAL team name] / [page you want to make]. For example, if you were on Team Example and wanted to create a Biosensor project page you would name it Team:Example/Biosensor_project.
- How do I make my user page?
- When it comes to user pages, you want to keep them in your user namespace. To do this:
- Log in
- Click on your name in the grey navigation bar
- Edit your page
- Why do I get an error when I try to upload a file?
- We have fixed a bug that caused users to get this error message when uploading some files: "The file is corrupt or has an incorrect extension. Please check the file and upload again." We allow files up to 15 MBytes in length and with any of these extensions: 'png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'pdf', 'ppt', 'txt', 'zip', 'mp3', 'mov', 'swf', 'xls', 'm','ogg', 'gb', 'xls', 'tif', 'tiff', 'fcs'. Please note that some of these extensions may not be rendered very well by MediaWiki. Please let us know if you eed to upload larger of different files.
- How can I use CSS to style my wiki pages?
- It is possible to use CSS to style your wiki pages. See Mac Cowell's tips on how to do so here.
- Why don't I see the edit link at the top of the page?
- If you hover over the header, the link menu will appear, including the edit link.
