User:I5k initiative

The i5k initiative plans to sequence the genomes of 5,000 insect and related arthropod species over the next 5 years. This project will be transformative because it aims to sequence the genomes of all insect species known to be important to worldwide agriculture, food safety, medicine, and energy production; all those used as models in biology; the most abundant in world ecosystems; and representatives in every branch of insect phylogeny so as to achieve a deep understanding of arthropod evolution and phylogeny.

We hope to engage with the arthropod research community and contribute more coverage of arthropod-related articles (both at the species level but also higher taxonomic levels) as well as improving existing articles.

We'll add more details of wikipedians helping with these tasks and our medium term goals soon. If any wikipedians are interested in getting involved then please contact me or visit the WikiProject_Arthropods page.

Note that I have an alternate account, Affe (talk · contribs) that I use for (mainly) non-arthropod related purposes.