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WikiLetters.org is a dynamic-database highlighting and integrating what seems to genuinely support science (directly/indirectly). WikiLetters also supports the advancement of the following services for #BuildingBetterScience:

• Wiki-Letters (Letters of caveats about papers)
• WikiComments (Peer-reviewed Comments about papers
• WikiCitingRetracted (Papers that cited retractions)
• WikiRetracted (Papers retracted from the scientific system)
• WikiErratum (Minor corrections about papers in the level of Erratum/Corrigendum/Improper-Citation)
• WL-Systematic Review SR (a dynamic-method suggested for SR)
• WikiJournal of Science (A scientific journal free and transparent in all levels)
• Scholia (A bridge between Wikidata and Science)
• WikiData (Connecting data to humans and machines)
• WikiCite (Processing Citations that strengthen Wikipedia articles)
• Wikiversity (A bridge between Universities and the Wiki-ecosystem)

Additional very important systems supporting better science

• RetractionWatch (news about retractions)
• PubPeer (notes)

WikiRetracted (About)

WikiRetracted (WR) is an independent platform supported by WikiLetters. WikiRetracted is complementary to a number of other platforms supporting science. It allows platforms monitoring retractions to append any information about retracted papers in addition to researchers who wish to contribute to this wiki-ecosystem. This wiki-ecosystem ought to benefit other researchers aiming to read and maybe even use contents from a retracted article also known as retraction.

Following the wiki-ecosystem, here you are not required to provide your personal details, and here your submitted information becomes available online instantaneously so others can have access to all.

Furthermore, WikiRetracted gives you the opportunity to provide a brief discussion about the the key-reasons for a retraction(e.g. a brief summary). Although WL strongly invites you to check RetractionWatch to see if such discussion is not yet available in order to avoid unnecessary repetitions. The freedom you have here is very much in the core of a wiki-ecosystem.

WikiRetracted (Content contribution)

Figure 1: Suggested template to provide your contribution.

To contribute to WikiRetracted is fairly simple, and quite similar to creating a Wikipedia article.

A similar written explanation for consideration:

• Wikipedia explanation

, and a few tutorials for consideration:

• Youtube-tutorial
• Youtube-tutorial
• Youtube-tutorial

You need to initially search for the full title of an article " (e.g. TITLE-A) inside WikiRetracted to confirm it's non-existence. The confirmation of non-existence would provide you a result displaying the sentence:

Create the page "TITLE-A" on this wiki!

From this point, you are welcome to click over the title in red to create this new information.

WikiRetracted (Structure)

It is suggested a very simple structure that contains the information about the retracted article (or retraction). See examples below regarding a WikiErratum

• WikiErratum (01)

Note: Please consider the very basic headings displayed in Figure-1. However, if you are welcome to include additional headings and sub-headings whenever needed.