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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.
Overview
Things you can do
Here are some things you can do:
- Add references: Fractional crystallization (chemistry) - Hydrolysis - Molluscicide - Perfluorocycloalkene (needs general refs) - Hair conditioner - Water softening - Tarnish - Free-radical reaction
- Copyedit: Paint thinner - Lacquer - Algaecide - Hydroxyl radical
- Update: Nematicide - Biopesticide - Glucoside
- Style: Explosive - Shampoo - Corrosion - Biodiesel - Preservative - Recrystallization (chemistry)
- Articles needing an expert: Ethyl nitrate - Ionization energy - Zwitterion - Photoredox catalysis - faujasite - Manganese-mediated coupling reactions
- Expand: Organouranium chemistry - Organolanthanide chemistry - Oxygen Scavengers - Ionization energy
- Merge: Petrochemical industry & Petrochemical - Imine Diels–Alder reaction & Aza-Diels–Alder reaction - Benzylic activation and stereocontrol in tricarbonyl(arene)chromium complexes & (Benzene)chromium tricarbonyl - Oxidation with dioxiranes & Epoxidation with dioxiranes - Carbohydrate & Carbohydrate chemistry - Macrocyclic stereocontrol & Macrocycle - Nucleophilic acyl substitution & Acylation
- Collaborate: Sodium hydroxide - Ruthenium compounds - Rhenium compounds
- Article requests: 3,6-Dichloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid, Organothallium chemistry - Selenium-77 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy - Fluoride ion affinity - functional group compatibility - Diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY)
- Accuracy disputes: Diazonium compound: "Phenyldiazonium chloride is dangerously explosive, but benzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate is easily handled on the bench."
- Peer review: Monatomic ion
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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.
Who's editing?
These sites list many of the more active editors in this project and the related Chemicals project:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject_Directory/Description/WikiProject_Chemistry
- Wikipedia:WikiProject_Directory/Description/WikiProject_Chemicals
Articlebot alerts
Did you know
- 28 Apr 2024 – Phases of ice (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by InformationToKnowledge (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 05 Apr 2024 – Man Singh (professor) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by User4edits (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 12 Apr 2024; see discussion (6 participants)
- 04 Apr 2024 – Chirotechnology (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 11 Apr 2024; see discussion (7 participants)
- 28 Mar 2024 – Alpha factor (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 06 Apr 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 03 Mar 2024 – Elizabeth Moran (scientist) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by HyperAccelerated (t · c) was closed as delete by Arbitrarily0 (t · c) on 11 Mar 2024; see discussion (9 participants)
- 26 Feb 2024 – Sandrine Matiasek (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Justlettersandnumbers (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 04 Mar 2024; see discussion (8 participants)
- 28 Jan 2024 – Dihydroxyamine (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Graeme Bartlett (t · c) was closed as delete by Malcolmxl5 (t · c) on 04 Feb 2024; see discussion (8 participants)
Proposed deletions
Categories for discussion
- 02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving in-flight depressurization (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2024 – Category:Chemical Biology (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by ScienceChemBio (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 24 Feb 2024 – Category:16th-century German chemists (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 24 Feb 2024 – Category:17th-century Dutch chemists (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 Feb 2024 – Category:Firelighting using friction (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 11 Mar 2024 – Template:Reactionbox Name (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 02 May 2024 – -ic (talk · edit · hist) →IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry was RfDed by MikutoH (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Apr 2024 – Man's red flower (talk · edit · hist) →Fire was RfDed by Okmrman (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Apr 2024 – Man's red fire (talk · edit · hist) →Fire was RfDed by Okmrman (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Apr 2024 – Liquid nails (talk · edit · hist) →Adhesive was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
Miscellany for deletion
- 07 Mar 2024 – Draft:The prospective of Omniscient Alpha & Omega Thermodynamic Sigma ZG Matrix Technology and Traditional Thermodynamic (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by OverlordQ (t · c) was closed (deleted) by Liz (t · c) on 07 Mar 2024; see discussion
Featured article candidates
Good article nominees
- 26 Apr 2024 – Ice (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by InformationToKnowledge (t · c); start discussion
- 11 Apr 2024 – Fiveling (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ldm1954 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Jan 2024 – Rhenium compounds (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Praseodymium-141 (t · c); see discussion
Good article reassessments
- 31 Jan 2024 – Continuous distillation (talk · edit · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Requested moves
- 04 Apr 2024 – Ash (talk · edit · hist) move request to Ash (fire) by Crouch, Swale (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
- 17 Mar 2024 – Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry (talk · edit · hist) move request to List of honorary fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry by BarrelProof (t · c) was moved to List of honorary fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry (talk · edit · hist) by Killarnee (t · c) on 24 Mar 2024; see discussion
- 21 Feb 2024 – Atomic theory (talk · edit · hist) move request to History of atomic theory by ReyHahn (t · c) was closed to History of atomic theory (talk · edit · hist); see discussion
- 19 Feb 2024 – Hydrogen economy (talk · edit · hist) move request to Uses of hydrogen by Chidgk1 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
- 13 Jan 2024 – Polymorphism (materials science) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Polymorphism (crystallography) by Mikenorton (t · c) was moved to Crystal polymorphism (talk · edit · hist) by Vanderwaalforces (t · c) on 12 Feb 2024; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 02 May 2024 – Pentadienyl (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pentadiene by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Apr 2024 – Imine Diels–Alder reaction (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Aza-Diels–Alder reaction by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Hydrogen economy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Low-carbon economy by Chidgk1 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2024 – Bioprocess engineering (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Biochemical engineering by Hanif Al Husaini (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Feb 2024 – Epoxidation with dioxiranes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Oxidation with dioxiranes by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Feb 2024 – Nucleophilic acyl substitution (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Acylation by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Jan 2024 – Carbohydrate chemistry (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Carbohydrate by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Jan 2024 – Phase-boundary catalysis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Phase transfer catalysis by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Dec 2023 – Metal salen complex (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Salen ligand by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Dec 2023 – Glenn T. Seaborg bibliography (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Glenn T. Seaborg by Lemonaka (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be split
- 08 Mar 2024 – Cytochrome P450 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Aug 2023 – Double bond rule (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by DMacks (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 02 May 2024 – Draft:Shuang-Ling Chong (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Chembuff (t · c)
- 29 Apr 2024 – Draft:Baltic Chemistry Olympiad (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bestagon (t · c)
- 26 Apr 2024 – Draft:Melville Sahyun (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nuyhas (t · c)
- 25 Apr 2024 – Draft:Fausto Calderazzo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Diegoriccio98 (t · c)
- 23 Apr 2024 – Draft:VPM's B. N. Bandodkar College of Science (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by WoahCinnamo (t · c)
- 12 Apr 2024 – Draft:PMCC polymer (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Cysun999 (t · c)
- 11 Apr 2024 – Draft:Parallelism (laboratory test) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ICON2022 (t · c)
- 02 Apr 2024 – Draft:Solution-friction model (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wikimembrane (t · c)
- 28 Mar 2024 – Draft:American Peptide Society (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jaidit (t · c)
- 25 Mar 2024 – Draft:Clemens Burda (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sigma Spurion (t · c)
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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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