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This WikiProject exists to improve the quality of existing articles related to physics, to create articles to cover a broader range of physics topics, and to categorize and link them in appropriate ways. The result of this work should be articles that are accessible to the lay reader and yet are also useful to the professional working in the field. Some articles are of interest to grade-school students, others only to advanced graduate students and post-docs: all such communities should be served.

All are welcome to help, from those 'merely' interested in physics to practicing professionals and academics. All are needed. Professional physicists oversee the accuracy of the content in their sub-fields. Together with knowledgeable amateurs they write and edit the articles. But even those with the least amount of knowledge are needed. For example, we always need more amateurs to tell us whenever articles have become too obtuse. In all cases, whether aficionado or professional, when you talk here, you talk with peers.

If you plan to be active in editing articles relating to physics, please add your name and your interests to the members list. Concrete proposals, suggestions and activities are discussed on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Physics page, and any and all interested parties are encouraged to join up and participate. We also have an IRC channel on Freenode: #wikiphys. The Article alerts page automatically reflects workflows for pages marked as part of this project.

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Goals

The scope of WikiProject Physics is anything on Wikipedia that is related to physics. As of April, 2022, about 24,000 articles have been identified as being physics-related. Our particular interests are core physics concepts and issues related to physics articles. In particular:

Bringing every physics article as close to Featured Article or Featured List status as possible.
Maximizing MoS compliance, particularly MoS Numbers and MoS Math.
Cleaning up tagged articles.
Organization of categories at every level of Category:Physics.
Making sure all articles are properly referenced.
Watching out for pseudoscience in physics articles and categories (see the list of these topics).
Keeping the Physics Portal in good shape.
Keeping the WikiProject Physics community active, growing, and well-supported.
Discussing the content of physics articles on Wikipedia and what direction WikiProject Physics should take (see talk page).

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Current status of physics articles

This table is automatically updated by WP 1.0 bot. See the log for the latest changes.

Physics articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	11	19	21	8			59
FL	2		4	1			7
GA	21	35	54	68			178
B	102	263	435	322			1,122
C	105	543	1,201	1,743		16	3,608
Start	1	460	2,861	6,635		87	10,044
Stub		1	740	5,560		33	6,334
List	6	26	80	164			276
Category					1,671		1,671
Disambig					125		125
File					133		133
Portal					14		14
Project					82		82
Redirect					1,630		1,630
Template					354		354
Other					152		152
Assessed	248	1,347	5,396	14,501	4,161	136	25,789
Unassessed						219	219
Total	248	1,347	5,396	14,501	4,161	355	26,008
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 106,390			Ω = 4.98

Progress
Assessment	Assessed/Total	Percentage	Updated
Quality	21,926/21,926	100%	21:14, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Importance	21,926/21,926	100%	21:14, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

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Articles for deletion

25 Jul 2023 – Static interpretation of time (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Opalzukor (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
21 Jul 2023 – Universality and quantum systems (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by ReyHahn (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 28 Jul 2023; see discussion (10 participants)
11 Jul 2023 – Lennard-Jones fluid (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by TimeStep89 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Liz (t · c) on 19 Jul 2023; see discussion (6 participants)
10 Jul 2023 – Physics Essays (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ca (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 17 Jul 2023; see discussion (23 participants)
06 Jul 2023 – WAsP (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by UtherSRG (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 14 Jul 2023; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
04 Jul 2023 – Trevor Bamidele Davies (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Chamaemelum (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 11 Jul 2023; see discussion (6 participants)
29 Jun 2023 – Contact electrification (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Aaron Liu (t · c) was closed as redirect by Alpha3031 (t · c) on 07 Jul 2023; see discussion (5 participants)
21 Jun 2023 – Physical system (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Carchasm (t · c) was closed as keep by Carchasm (t · c) on 22 Jun 2023; see discussion (5 participants)
02 Jun 2023 – Jonathan Hare (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Hadal1337 (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 09 Jun 2023; see discussion (3 participants)

Proposed deletions

06 Jul 2023 – Introduction to eigenstates (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Johnjbarton (t · c) was redirected to Quantum state (talk · edit · hist)
09 Jun 2023 – Negative energy (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 220.253.241.149 (t · c) was deproded by Carpimaps (t · c) on 10 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 – Ingvild Julie Thue Jensen (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by TheTechnician27 (t · c) was deleted
26 May 2023 – Atomic de Broglie microscope (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Johnjbarton (t · c) was redirected to scanning helium microscopy (talk · edit · hist)

Categories for discussion

21 Jun 2023 – Category:Physical systems (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Carchasm (t · c); see discussion

Templates for discussion

27 Jul 2023 – Template:Periodic table (Chinese names)/doc (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Jonesey95 (t · c); see discussion
25 Jul 2023 – Template:Infobox element/2023 taskforce isobox reuse (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Jonesey95 (t · c); see discussion
11 Jul 2023 – Template:Specific gravity (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jonesey95 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
05 Jun 2023 – Template:Transformer (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jonesey95 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
31 May 2023 – Template:Isaac Newton sidebar (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Artem.G (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

30 Jul 2023 – Earth orbit (talk · edit · hist) →Geocentric orbit was RfDed by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

03 Mar 2023 – Electron backscatter diffraction (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by FuzzyMagma (t · c); start discussion
21 Jun 2023 – Charm quark (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by TheLonelyPather (t · c) was promoted by Artem.G (t · c), see discussion
16 Jun 2023 – Ernest Rutherford (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Doughbo (t · c) was not promoted by SilkTork (t · c), see discussion
26 May 2023 – Wind turbine (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Knowledgegatherer23 (t · c) was promoted by Chiswick Chap (t · c), see discussion

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EHT Saggitarius A black hole
EdwardTeller1958 fewer smudges
Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer - restoration
Fluorescence in calcite
Four pulleys
Fourier2 - restoration1
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Hubble Extreme Deep Field (full resolution)
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Internal reflection, Anna
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Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31
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Nobel Pierre et Marie Curie 1
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PIA24039-MarsCuriosityRover-DustDevil-20200809
ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg
Passiflora caerulea STEREO (R-L) 2019-06-27
Paul Nadar - Henri Becquerel
Physicist Stephen Hawking in Zero Gravity NASA
Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529, restoration)
S-IC engines and Von Braun
Sally Ride (1984)
Sir Ernest Rutherford LCCN2014716719 - restoration1
Solvay conference 1927
Staring Down Hurricane Florence
Sun poster
Sunspot TRACE
Supercell
The Sun by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory - 20100819
Thin section scan crossed polarizers Siilinjärvi R636-105.90
Top of Atmosphere
Translational motion
Views of the LHC tunnel sector 3-4, tirage 2
Water drop 001
מכתש רמון - גלישת עננים (cropped)

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Advanced Test Reactor
Aurora Australis
Black hole - Messier 87 crop max res
CMB Timeline300 no WMAP
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1963 - Restoration
Clayton Anderson zero g
Comparison satellite navigation orbits
Crepuscular rays at Sunset near Waterberg Plateau edit
Diamond (side view)
Dichroitisches Prisma -- 2020 -- 5123
EHT Saggitarius A black hole
EdwardTeller1958 fewer smudges
Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer - restoration
Fluorescence in calcite
Four pulleys
Fourier2 - restoration1
Helkivad ööpilved Kuresoo kohal
Hubble Extreme Deep Field (full resolution)
Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1
Internal reflection, Anna
James D Watson
Laser Towards Milky Ways Centre
Leonhard Euler - edit1
Lightning over Oradea Romania 3
Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31
Marie Curie c. 1920s
Mary Jackson 1979 Portrait (LRC-1979-B701 P-07085)
Mary Jackson working 2 - Restoration
Miinitraaleri "Virsaitis" vrakk
NASA-HS201427a-HubbleUltraDeepField2014-20140603
Niels Bohr - LOC - ggbain - 35303
Nikola Tesla, with his equipment Wellcome M0014782 - restoration2
Nobel Pierre et Marie Curie 1
Ouster OS1-64 lidar point cloud of intersection of Folsom and Dore St, San Francisco
PIA24039-MarsCuriosityRover-DustDevil-20200809
ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg
Passiflora caerulea STEREO (R-L) 2019-06-27
Paul Nadar - Henri Becquerel
Physicist Stephen Hawking in Zero Gravity NASA
Plasma globe 60th
Port and lighthouse overnight storm with lightning in Port-la-Nouvelle
Porträt des Daniel Bernoulli - edit1
Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529, restoration)
S-IC engines and Von Braun
Sally Ride (1984)
Shockwave pattern around a T-38C observed with Background-Oriented Schlieren photography (1)
Sir Ernest Rutherford LCCN2014716719 - restoration1
Solvay conference 1927
Staring Down Hurricane Florence
Sun poster
Sunspot TRACE
Supercell
The Sun by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory - 20100819
Thin section scan crossed polarizers Siilinjärvi R636-105.90
Top of Atmosphere
Translational motion
Views of the LHC tunnel sector 3-4, tirage 2
Viscosities
Water drop 001
מכתש רמון - גלישת עננים (cropped)