Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemistry

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to provide information related to chemistry. The main efforts focus on providing clearly written articles that give an overview of the topic, all supported by reliable sources. The Chemistry portal is maintained at Portal:Chemistry and the project banner is {{WikiProject Chemistry}}. We also have a structure drawing workgroup and a Gold Book workgroup. Chemistry articles considered of vital importance to Wikipedia are listed on the expanded vital articles list.

WikiProject: Chemistry
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More information Daily status report, Chemistry articles by quality and importance ...
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Chemistry articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 1 4 4 5 14
FL 1 1 1 1 4
A 1 1
GA 3 11 18 28 60
B 31 112 208 238 589
C 39 232 768 1,674 7 2,720
Start 6 189 1,277 4,435 1 7 5,915
Stub 1 131 2,768 1 5 2,906
List 3 7 51 266 10 1 338
Category 2,297 2,297
Disambig 62 62
File 79 79
Portal 85 85
Project 40 40
Redirect 9 92 240 1,539 1,880
Template 667 667
NA 11 11
Other 3 109 112
Assessed 84 566 2,550 9,659 4,901 20 17,780
Unassessed 1 3 4
Total 84 566 2,550 9,660 4,901 23 17,784
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 59,785 Ω = 4.90
Featured articles: 16
Featured lists: 6
Good articles: 62
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Anyone can participate in the WikiProject. The collection of articles in this project aspires to be authoritative and comprehensive, but gaps exist with respect to clarity, scope, and supporting references.

Technical experts are always needed, but nonexperts can contribute by improving readability.

Guidelines for editing are listed in WP:NOT. Some highlights that are particularly relevant to this project:

  • WP:SECONDARY and WP:TERTIARY. The most desirable references are to reviews and books (including ebooks). Many such sources are behind paywalls, unfortunately.
  • WP:RS. Claims require reliable sources. The definition of RS can be ambiguous in the case of patents and dissertations. Some concern exists about citing predatory journals.
  • WP:MEDRS. Claims related to human health require especially strong supporting references, read: secondary and tertiary.
  • WP:NOTTEXTBOOK. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia presents facts. It is not a textbook replete with explanations. The difference between an encyclopedia and a textbook can be subtle however.
  • WP:COI. Editors avoid topics where they have a conflict of interest, or at least they disclose their conflict. "Ref spamming" by authors of journal articles is a persistent problem.
  • WP:UNDUE. The space allocated to subtopics within an article should reflect their relative significance. Of course, defining "relative significance" can be non-obvious.

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These sites list many of the more active editors in this project and the related Chemicals project:

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A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

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