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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
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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 - Enolate (redundant, white space, general vs specialized info)
- Expand: Organouranium chemistry - Organolanthanide chemistry - Oxygen Scavengers - Ionization energy
- Merge: Petrochemical industry & Petrochemical - Benzylic activation and stereocontrol in tricarbonyl(arene)chromium complexes & (Benzene)chromium tricarbonyl - Oxidation with dioxiranes & Epoxidation with dioxiranes - Macrocyclic stereocontrol & Macrocycle - Nucleophilic acyl substitution & Acylation
- Collaborate: Sodium hydroxide - Ruthenium compounds - Rhenium compounds
- Article requests: 3,6-Dichloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid- 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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Featured articles: 16 Featured lists: 6 Good articles: 63 |
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
Good open access sources
- McMurry's "Organic Chemistry. A standard textbook on organic chemistry. Qualifies as a tertiary source (review of reviews). https://openstax.org/details/books/organic-chemistry/
- Organic Syntheses. Classic compendium of procedures with references to alternative routes and historical context. Qualifies as a secondary source (review). http://www.orgsyn.org
- IUPAC Gold Book. Authoritative definitions of many chemical terms. https://goldbook.iupac.org
- Atkins' "Concepts in Physical Chemistry". Major textbook by renown author of textbooks. https://books.rsc.org/books/monograph/2194/Concepts-in-Physical-Chemistry
- Shriver and Atkins' "Inorganic Chemistry". 5th Edition. Standard undergraduate textbook on inorganic chemistry, with many advanced topics. https://archive.org/details/inorganic-chemistry-atkins-shriver-pdf
Articlebot alerts
Did you know
- 20 Aug 2024 – Liebigs Annalen (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Reconrabbit (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 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)
- 01 Aug 2024 – Salt extraction process (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Walsh90210 (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 08 Aug 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
Categories for discussion
- 29 May 2024 – Category:Gonanes (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 27 May 2024 – Category:Films with scents (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by QuietHere (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 18 Jul 2024 – Template:Infobox atom (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Voorts (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 Jun 2024 – Template:List of nuclides (4h~1h) (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 Jun 2024 – Template:List of nuclides (24h~4h) (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 Jun 2024 – Template:List of nuclides (10d~1d) (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 Jun 2024 – Template:List of nuclides (1a~10d) (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 Jun 2024 – Template:List of nuclides (1Ma~1a) (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 Jun 2024 – Template:List of nuclides (primordial) (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 02 Jun 2024 – Template:List of nuclides (stable) (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 23 May 2024 – Template:CODATA2010cite (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Quondum (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 27 May 2024 – Nonmetal (talk · edit · hist) FA nominated by Sandbh (t · c) was not promoted; see discussion
Good article nominees
- 16 Jun 2024 – Yuri Gabel (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by GnocchiFan (t · c); start discussion
- 02 Jul 2024 – Liebigs Annalen (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Reconrabbit (t · c) was promoted by Kusma (t · c), see discussion
Good article reassessments
- 26 Jun 2024 – Nature (talk · edit · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Requests for comments
- 17 Aug 2024 – Toxicology (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Qutlook (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jul 2024 – Nonmetal (talk · edit · hist) RfC by Sandbh (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Requested moves
- 01 Aug 2024 – Syn and anti addition (talk · edit · hist) move request to Syn and anti addition and elimination by Jeaucques Quœure (t · c) was no consensus; see discussion
- 31 Jul 2024 – Oxo-biodegradation (talk · edit · hist) move request to Oxo-degradation by The RedBurn (t · c) was moved to Oxo-degradation (talk · edit · hist) by Polyamorph (t · c) on 08 Aug 2024; see discussion
- 22 Jul 2024 – Debye–Hückel equation (talk · edit · hist) move request to Debye–Hückel theory by Scrooge Mcduc (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 12 Jun 2024 – Nonmetal (talk · edit · hist) move request to Nonmetal (chemistry) by Ldm1954 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 16 Aug 2024 – Hazard symbol (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Safety sign by Gringinu (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – Micromeritics (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Nanoparticle by Ldm1954 (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – Static fatigue (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Fatigue (material) by Metamd (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Aug 2024 – Hydroxy ketone (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Aldol by Jeaucques Quœure (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Aug 2024 – Aldol (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Hydroxy ketone by Jeaucques Quœure (t · c); see discussion
- 29 May 2024 – Fatty acyl-CoA esters (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Acyl-CoA by DeemDeem52 (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
- 27 Jan 2024 – Phase-boundary catalysis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Phase transfer catalysis by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be split
- 05 Aug 2023 – Double bond rule (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by DMacks (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Aug 2024 – Boranes (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles for creation
- 16 Aug 2024 – Draft:Group14 Technologies (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MC2blanche (t · c)
- 07 Aug 2024 – Draft:Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Editorialalex (t · c)
- 05 Aug 2024 – Draft:Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Polyglotte2023 (t · c)
- 31 Jul 2024 – Draft:Stephan Irle (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qflib (t · c)
- 30 Jul 2024 – Draft:John J. Irwin (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ianscottknight (t · c)
- 04 Jul 2024 – Draft:Harry Destecroix (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 87.224.75.37 (t · c)
- 19 Jun 2024 – Draft:Dev Dass Manandhar (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sodhancha (t · c)
- 17 Jun 2024 – Draft:Stefan Pastine (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Seamus Costello (t · c)
- 05 Jun 2024 – Draft:Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KL4nger07 (t · c)
- 26 Apr 2024 – Draft:Melville Sahyun (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nuyhas (t · c)
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