From fe824f547bb1bc5ee032c30a6f1f649ad3f4e983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Istvan Albert Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:10:22 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] updated FAQ to address #767 --- docs/forum/faq.md | 31 ++++++++++--------------------- docs/forum/mods.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/forum/faq.md b/docs/forum/faq.md index 297f2424f..7b6084012 100644 --- a/docs/forum/faq.md +++ b/docs/forum/faq.md @@ -1,33 +1,22 @@ -## Frequently Asked Questions +# Frequently Asked Questions ### Contact Contact email: [admin@biostars.org](mailto:admin@biostars.org) -### Moderation guidelines +### Interesting questions -Users posting content that does not belong to the site will be notified and -required to edit their content. Users may post commercially motivated posts to -the Forum section as long as the topic aligns with the main focus of this -site. Users posting obvious spam will be immediately suspended. +* [What Are The Most Common Stupid Mistakes In Bioinformatics?](https://www.biostars.org/p/7126/) +* [Bioinformatics cartoon](https://www.biostars.org/p/16049/) -### User reputation +### Common questions -The number next to a user's name is the sum of upvotes and accepted answers -that user has collected. - -### Becoming a moderator - -Active users above a certain reputation threshold are periodically promoted to -moderators. You may also explicitly ask for moderation rights or suggest good -candidates on the newsgroup. Inactive users that do not visit the site for -extended periods of time may lose their moderation rights. ### Support for Biostar -Biostar has been developed as an open source software and has been released -with the **MIT licence** thanks to the support from the following -institutions: +Biostar has been developed as an open source software with the **MIT licence** thanks to awards from the following +organizations: - * [The Pennsylvania State University](http://www.psu.edu/) - * [National Institutes of Health (NIH)](http://www.nih.gov/), specifially grant [NIH 5R25HG006243-02, Analyzing Next Generation Sequencing Data](http://ged.msu.edu/downloads/2010-ngs-course-nih-r25.pdf) principal investigator: [Titus Brown (Michigan State University)](http://ged.msu.edu/), +* [US Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative Agreement](https://www.fws.gov/grants/atc.html): award `F16AC01007` +* [National Institutes of Health (NIH)](http://www.nih.gov/), grant `NIH 5R25HG006243-02` +* [The Pennsylvania State University](http://www.psu.edu/) diff --git a/docs/forum/mods.md b/docs/forum/mods.md index 18846c655..f2930f48f 100644 --- a/docs/forum/mods.md +++ b/docs/forum/mods.md @@ -1,10 +1,29 @@ # Moderator guidelines -- how to join slack ... other relevant info +- TODO: how to join slack ... other relevant info + +### Moderation guidelines + +Users posting content that does not belong to the site will be notified and +required to edit their content. Users may post commercially motivated posts to +the Forum section as long as the topic aligns with the main focus of this +site. Users posting obvious spam will be immediately suspended. + +### User reputation + +The number next to a user's name is the sum of upvotes and accepted answers +that user has collected. + +### Becoming a moderator + +Active users above a certain reputation threshold are periodically promoted to +moderators. You may also explicitly ask for moderation rights or suggest good +candidates on the newsgroup. Inactive users that do not visit the site for +extended periods of time may lose their moderation rights. ### How to modify this page 1. Fork the repository at: https://github.com/ialbert/biostar-central 2. Navigate to `docs/forum/mods.md` in your fork. 3. Edit the page via GitHub or on your system then commit to your fork. -4. Generate a pull request to the upstream. \ No newline at end of file +4. Generate a pull request to the upstream.