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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to provide information related to chemistry. The main efforts focus on providing articles 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.

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Daily status report
Chemistry articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 1 3 4 5 13
FL 1 1 1 1 4
A 1 1
GA 3 12 18 27 60
B 27 110 202 197 9 545
C 42 227 718 1,405 41 2,433
Start 6 198 1,121 3,878 1 120 5,324
Stub 1 329 2,777 1 56 3,164
List 3 6 49 236 12 51 357
Category 2,279 2,279
Disambig 1 60 61
File 62 62
Portal 85 85
Project 1 38 39
Redirect 9 82 207 1,501 1,799
Template 671 671
NA 1 1
Other 90 90
Assessed 83 567 2,524 8,736 4,801 277 16,988
Unassessed 2 4 175 181
Total 83 567 2,526 8,740 4,801 452 17,169
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 57,098 Ω = 4.95
Featured articles: 15
Featured lists: 6
Good articles: 62

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.

Who's editing?

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

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Articles for deletion

  • 07 Nov 2024 – Robert E. Ireland (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pitille02 (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
  • 28 Sep 2024 – Lectka enantioselective beta-lactam synthesis (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mdewman6 (t · c) was closed as redirect by OwenX (t · c) on 13 Oct 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
  • 06 Aug 2024 – Homogeneity and heterogeneity (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Fgnievinski (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 13 Aug 2024; see discussion (6 participants)

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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.

Recent changes in
WP:Chemistry and WP:Chemicals
List overview · Updated: 2017-05-20 (infobox articles) · This box:


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