Wikipedia talk:WikiProject History of Science

History of the metre

I would appreciate your input on Talk:History_of_the_metre#Consensus_to_reduce_extraneous_content. Johnjbarton (talk) 16:53, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Help preparing VP-Expert applications draft for mainspace

Hi all — I have been working on Draft:List of applications built with VP-Expert and would like to get it ready for publication in mainspace.

I’d really appreciate input on:

• Whether the topic meets notability for inclusion (as a list within computing/AI history).
• Suggestions for strengthening sourcing with independent, secondary references.
• Any neutrality or structure concerns that might prevent AfC approval or mainspace move.

Goal: make sure the draft is solid enough to be accepted and helpful to readers interested in the history of expert systems on PCs.

Thanks for any guidance or edits! Bns1743 (talk) 14:44, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

How is this relevant to the history of science? –jacobolus (t) 15:07, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Discovery of the neutron

The Discovery of the neutron looks pretty good but once I started to read carefully I found more and more problems. However editor @Bdushaw disagrees with some of my changes. It would be helpful if other editors would take a look. Johnjbarton (talk) 16:39, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

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Re: Invitation to help with proposed new text for Anthropomorphism in the "IN SCIENCE" section

Ciao fellow Wikiepdia editors- Just a quick note to humbly invite one and all to participate in a discussion regarding the inclusion of new text into the article Anthropomorphism which requires the enlightened insights of experts in the Wikiproject history of Science. The proposed text includes references to the research conducted by the philosopher Colin Murray Turbayne who traces the historical manner in which dead conceptual metaphors have taken up residence in the form of anthropomorphic language within Isaac Newton's publications on classical mechanics, where they have remained largely unrecognized since their initial publication in the 1700s. Multiple reference citations document Turbayne's extensive research into identifying the evolution of such dead metaphors from ancient times and the manner in which they continue to contribute to obfuscation in the modern discourse on the area of ontology are included below. All are welcome to share your enlightened philosophical wisdom on the proposed text and to offer suggestions for potential improvements. Thanks in advance to all and HAPPY EDITING! With best wishes...~2026-26207-26 (talk) 22:17, 30 April 2026 (UTC)NHPL

I believe this is a call to action. I responded by agreeing that no such addition should be made. Johnjbarton (talk) 23:18, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Scientific terminology

Hi! I am currently working on a rewrite of Scientific terminology, and think that this page should include discussion on the history of scientific terminology. This would be in a similar vein to Medical terminology.

I think this article falls under the scope of history of science (in both its current version and the rewrite suggested by me). Would it be possible to tag this article for the history of science project? BennBluee (talk) 16:21, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Support sure` Johnjbarton (talk) 16:39, 13 June 2026 (UTC)