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Refactoring notes

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A rather messy situation, given that these articles are not mainly edited by Wikipedia power-users. I've done a lot of refactoring on these articles, so here are my notes. In short, with the help of {{excerpt}}:

  • Where a variant is notable enough to have a substantial Wikipedia article, it will not be transcluded.
  • Where a variant is not notable enough to have a Wikipedia article substantially different from the section in Variants of SARS-CoV-2, it will be transcluded.
  • Every variant will link to Variants of SARS-CoV-2 via {{main}}.
  • No new articles on specific SARS-CoV-2 variants will be made, given the lack of notability, unless someone wants to create SARS-CoV-2 variants by year to condense all the inevitable new variants that will arise, which, as of 10 September 2024, is currently in Variants of SARS-CoV-2#Sublineages by year.

This just leaves Omicron, which is rather unusual in that it is still, as of 10 September 2024, the current "Variant of Concern". Since most people seem to be focusing on updating Variants of SARS-CoV-2 with new VOIs or VUMs, rather than SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, I've decided to transclude Variants of SARS-CoV-2's content into SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

Then there's the section on vaccines. Currently, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant has more info on vaccines, so it has been transcluded to Variants of SARS-CoV-2. However, COVID-19 vaccine should be where that info goes. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be well updated, and has had sections transcluded from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, which appears to be better updated with vaccine info.

So that's the situation right now. I don't know if the casual editors realize how much of this is a mess, but I hope this can serve as a guide as to where you need to edit:

Nucleocapsid mutations, spike protein mutations

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Wikipedia articles now talk only about mutation of spike protein.

What about major mutations in nucleocapsid? If sars2 spike mutations have now reached evoluationary dead end, it doesn't mean nucleocapsid mutations have.

Brief history of spike protein mutations, correct me if I'm wrong:

2021. Omicron has >50 mutations compared to Wuhan-2019 variant. Early subvariants BA.1 . . . BA.5.

2023. JN.1 has >30 mutations compared to first omicron cases.

2024. KP.3 is a subvariant of KP.2. KP.2 is a subvariant of JN.1

So only 2 major changes in spike protein, in 2021 and in 2023.

91.159.190.165 (talk) 15:03, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for posting--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 23:43, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]