Also might it be useful to have the original proposer of an email discussion to write a short synopsis of the case/problem, references and opinions to post of the relevant disease sub-site?

• Not to post pdf at all - In many situations article PDFs are downloadable free of charge and just giving the URL to the pdf will be suffecient. Infact with google we can just give the title and leave the rest to the search engine itself.
• To email pdfs to the required person - the problem remains that the pdfs of concern will not remain in use for other people.
• To use a file sharing site like ifile.it - relatively anonymous and simple to use - however too much use will definately bring about heat. My recommendation would be to use this solution with an encrypted archival system - basically a zipped pdf with password. The biggest advantage is files size and number are not a limitation anymore.
• To use a social bibliographic software like mendeley (see the button below) , zotero etc. The former i was testing out and has the interesting feature that it allows sharing PDFs. But the granularity of the content sharing is not there.
• To keep using the yahoo group to store the pdf with access restricted to members
• This one is a idea i thought out recently. Open a gmail account in name of isocentre and use it to store the pdfs. All registered and verified members can subsequently be emailed a discreet id and password for use at this id. The large storage will mean that 1000s of pdfs can be stored with little problem and till date i have seen gmail storage size keeps increasing. To further streamline the process we can use a system of labels and filters to automatically email the pdfs received to all members in the site without lifting a finger or pressing a button.

Please do tell what you all think is a good solution for the site.

That will help keep the homepage organized. Otherwise if you put all the information on the homepage it becomes long page that is diffiuclt to use.

2) keep individual pages short - i.e. tackle small topics in each page - anatomy, pathology. staging , radiation, chemo and surgery of gallbladder should be in different pages, with links to each from the homepage. In fact some of these topics can have multiple pages - i.e. radiation can be discussed in the following pages - role of adjuvant RT, primary RT. Rt techniques, GB motion and its impact on RT planning etc etc.

3) You don't have to give comprehensive information on each and every aspect of a particular disease. We are not writing a textbook here. We intend to write about interesting things. So you can write a page on GB motion before you write anything else on the GB. That's what people will read because it's not very easily available. Don't repeat things easily available in textbooks - what's the point? The topics will gradually grow and cover most important things.

4) Write informally - again - this site is not a formal textbook - use informal language, keep your article short and assume basic knowldge. The readers will find it easier.

That's enough for now - thank you and keep up the interest and the effort. I am available for any help.

Indranil

Thank you for being so active in the Lung sitegroup.

About the issues you raised:
Need some one else as well as a second co-ordinator or few members to help and keep up with the work.
…Developing the sitegroup will be a gradual process. I am sure there will be more people volunteering once the website is public.

Its quite labour intensive and difficult to edit these pages
… Considering the fact that you get your work online instantly there is no easier way actually. There is a bit of syntax learning reqd and you have to upload image files before you can link to them. That's the way it works unfortunately. Do consider the benfits of being able to eit a webpage in real time anywhere in the world without having to go through any other person.

Wonder how do you get colour to the fonts (no option).
… there is no button for fonts because wikis work primarily on text entry and there is less emphasis on fancy things. You can add colour to fonts using certain syntax statements. My advice is don;t worry about color immediately - that is secondary. I will be posting some basic syntax soon. For now go here:

Wikidot syntax

The other problem is to keep it as original and authentic as possible, coz otherwise, ppl will just say its been copy pasted from the book / website etc.
— this is extremely imprtant. Please do not copy paste. If any material is available online just link to it - don't waste time copying or modifying it and putting it in isocentre - that's a waste of time. If its not freely available online and also copyrighted, you cannot cut-paste or upload that. I will put online some rles regarding this. You can then present your own summary on that topic with references.

The sitegroups section is not meant to be a definitive reference on all aspects of lung cancer. It is meant to be a growing collection of small articles on specific issues. The collection will grow gradually (and slowly). Don't go mad trying to put on everything about lung cancer - it's a waste of time. If you asked me what I would want to see on the lung sitegroup pages this is list of what I would tell you:
a) New staging for lung cancer
b) Does PET change outcomes for NSCLC
c) Should I recommend PCI in NSCLS - what is the evidence?
d) Have protons or SRT achieved first-line status in operable NSCLC? - The evidence so far
e) Elective nodal RT - dead and gone?
f) Targeted therapy in metastsic NSCLC
etc etc. each article should be short and concise 300-1000 words with a short list of references everyone should read.
Your homepage should be a collection of links to these articles arranged in an attractive and organized manner.
Of course this is not a rigid rule and you have the liberty to do things your way - you are the coordinator.
If you need any help in reorganizing pages I'll be glad to help.

For the others:
There will be some redesigning - especially of the main homepage - everything is dynamic here.
I will be uploading some help videos within a few days.
PLEASE PUT ALLL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON THE FORUM - DO NOT EMAIL NIKHILESH OR ME PERSONALLY - much easier to deal with - and everyone can see. Do not hesitate to be critical - noone will mind.

i will suggest more changes after complete review of the site