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{{short description|Wikimedia subject-area collaboration}}
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:''For a directory of science-oriented WikiProjects, see: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Science|WikiProject Council: Directory&nbsp;–  Science]]''
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==[[Image:Searchtool.svg|26px|Scope]] Scope and goals==
This [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] aims primarily to coordinate the efforts of Wikipedians interested in '''[[science]]''' in an effort to '''improve popular science-related articles'''. It is motivated by the belief that a good scientific article should be both understandable by the "general public" and interesting to the scientifically inclined. This is important because many popular articles are about science, so contributing to them brings us the satisfaction that it will be appreciated by many.

The goals of this WikiProject are:
# To attract [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]] to this project and focus the effort for maximum efficiency
# To serve as a nexus and discussion area to build consensus on how to write good scientific articles.

===Plan of approach===
The approach is to start with the most popular scientific articles, then focus on the more specific ones. The most popular scientific articles are the ones that are most referenced by other articles (as [[Google]] does).

===Other science projects===
Additional science projects are listed at this directory page: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Science|WikiProject Council: Directory&nbsp;–  Science]]. See the current [[Portal:Science|Science portal]] for examples of how science articles can be arranged topically and linked to and from related WikiProjects and [[Portal:Contents/Portals|Portals]]. [[Outline of scientific method|Outline of the scientific method]] is also a useful article.

==[[File:Nuvola apps kword.png|28px]] How you can help==
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{{WikiProject cleanup listing}} <!-- Bot generated rules based cleanup - updates on Tuesday --> 
[[WP:BOLD|Improve]] Wikipedia's coverage of science-related topics:

# Identify articles related to science and tag talk pages with the project's banner: {{Tl|WikiProject Science}}
# Improve and discuss the proposed structures of articles
# Improve science articles
# Sign the  [[/Guest book|guestbook]] or place {{Tl|User WikiProject Science}} on your user page. 
# Add this page to your watchlist to see what's occurring here

===Improve the bird's eye view===
The '''[[Outline of science]]''' and its branch outline articles are intended to summarize all of the sciences. These are in turn part of [[Portal:Contents/Outlines|Wikipedia's outline system]] which is one of [[Portal:Contents|Wikipedia's main contents systems]]. Please look it and its branches over and fill-in missing topics. If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.

While analyzing the outlines, please consider (and fix as needed):
# What's missing?
# Is the structure of the outline (sections and indents) representative of the subject?
# Does the outline help convey the relationships between the topics presented in the best way possible?

The overall purpose of the outlines is to help readers comprehend science. The science outline provides a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject. It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan and develop science-related material. Outlines are a hub from which to organize scientific topics.

The concept of "[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/689/1/ reverse outlines]" is a very relevant example. Reverse outlines provide a [[tree structure|structural model]] overview, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal gaps in coverage and other weaknesses for revision purposes. Please help improve the Outline of science article, which is this project's bird's eye view.

===Other===
* Answer '''[[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Maths, science, and technology|requests for comments]]'''
{{Science year nav|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
* Integrate relatively new scientific knowledge and findings (major studies reported on by RS) into relevant articles
** You can also go through [[User:Prototyperspective/Year in science/List of nonincluded items for {{LASTYEAR}}|this list of items that were nearly/not included in the last ''Year in science'' article]] to find studies to integrate elsewhere (many of these contain notable info, you can filter them by field and many rows have a likely relevant article already wikilinked in the last column)
** Complete requests of other editors on the talk pages of science-related articles ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=Prototyperspective&namespace=1&tagfilter=discussiontools-newtopic&start=&end=&limit=500 examples])
* Expand '''[[{{CURRENTYEAR}} in science]]''' and/or other articles for science-related topics of the year (in the box on the right)
** Create new articles for items of this article, mostly articles relating to new scientific fields/topics/findings (the page does not use redlinks anymore but you will quickly identify possible new articles when reading it; [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_in_science&oldid=969334877 here] you can find a version with over 60 redlinked examples)
** Some of the lists' items have not yet been integrated into their wikilinked articles; if you add a study there it should also be relevant to at least one other article
** [[Talk:2020 in science#Suggestion for a WikiProject / some kind of task-force|Maybe this could be done as part of an organized effort]]
* Find{{how|date=September 2020}} studies published under a compatible open license (like CC BY 4.0) and '''[[Commons:Special:UploadWizard|upload the studies' images]]''' with descriptions from the study and add these images to articles if they are relevant and useful there
** When a study with a useful image is published under an incompatible or unclear license (or the image is published not in a study but elsewhere), you could contact its authors (Twitter/Mail) and [[Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission|ask them to give you the permission to upload]] them under CC BY 4.0 (or whether they could upload the image/s under a compatible license)
** You can also think about whether images would be useful as you read a science-related article and then search for such images:
*** if they already exist add them (if already on WMCommons) or upload them (if the license is ok) or ask their authors for permissions
*** if they don't, you could create (or request) them

==Article alerts==
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==Statistics==
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Science articles by quality statistics}}

== Categories ==
[[Image:C Puzzle.png|47px|right|Category puzzle]]

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==[[Image:Nuvola apps kdmconfig.png|25px]] Members==
To add your name to the list of members, please visit the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Science/Guest book|Guest book]].

==[[Image:Community.png|25px]] Parentage and related WikiProjects==
WikiProject Science is parent of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] below:
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals|WikiProject Academic Journals]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthropology|WikiProject Anthropology]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Archaeology|WikiProject Archaeology]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy|WikiProject Astronomy]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biology|WikiProject Biology]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemistry|WikiProject Chemistry]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cognitive science|WikiProject Cognitive science]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science|WikiProject Computer science]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cosmology|WikiProject Cosmology]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering|WikiProject Engineering]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Forestry|WikiProject Forestry]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Futures studies|WikiProject Futures studies]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology|WikiProject Geology]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Glass|WikiProject Glass]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science|WikiProject History of Science]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Linguistics|WikiProject Linguistics]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics|WikiProject Mathematics]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine|WikiProject Medicine]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Meteorology|WikiProject Meteorology]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics|WikiProject Physics]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy/Science|WikiProject Philosophy/Science]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pseudoscience|WikiProject Pseudoscience]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Psychology|WikiProject Psychology]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Royal Society|WikiProject Royal Society]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Skepticism|WikiProject Skepticism]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Soil|WikiProject Soil]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight|WikiProject Spaceflight]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Statistics|WikiProject Statistics]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Systems|WikiProject Systems]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Time|WikiProject Time]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather|WikiProject Weather]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists|WikiProject Women scientists]]
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==Related pages==
===Portal===
* {{Portal-inline|Science}}

===WikiProjects===
*[[:Category:Environment WikiProjects|Environment WikiProjects]]
*[[:Category:Geographical WikiProjects|Geographical WikiProjects]]
*[[:Category:Technology WikiProjects|Technology WikiProjects]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Invention|WikiProject Invention]]

===Subpages===
* List of {{subpages}}

==Older project pages==
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Science/Strategy|WikiProject Science&nbsp;–  strategies]]: Includes project history

{{Wikipedia:Scientific peer review/recent reviews}}

==Collaboration of the Month (inactive)==
{{CurrentSCOTW}}
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==Tools==
* [https://tools.wmflabs.org/refill/ reFill] – Edits bare url references: adds title, dates, publisher, etc.

==Sister projects ==
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