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Welcome to the '''Science task force''' in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies|WikiProject Bibliographies]], a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's [[lists]] of publications in [[science]] (formerly known as WikiProject Science pearls). For more information on WikiProjects in general, please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject]] and the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide|Guide to WikiProjects]].

==Goals and scope ==
This task force concentrates on scientific bibliographies. All bibliographies in [[:Category:Lists of publications in science]] fall within the scope of this project. In addition, a list of articles is provided in [[lists of important publications in science]].

== Criteria for lists == 

=== List as a whole ===
Lists of publications are frequently targeted for deletion on the grounds that they either fail to provide a [[WP:POV|Neutral point of view]] (because editors decide which publications are important) or they are the result of [[WP:OR|original research]]. Editors must be careful to avoid violating these policies. This is best done by satisfying the main [[WP:LISTN|Notability criterion for stand-alone lists]]: There should be at least one reference that discusses the list topic itself as a subject (as opposed to the individual items on the list). However, not every member of the list needs to be mentioned in that reference.

=== Inclusion in list ===
The [[WP:STAND|Manual of Style for Stand-alone lists]] states that a list should have selection criteria that are unambiguous, objective, and supported by reliable sources. Each entry in the list should state why it meets the selection criteria and provide citations supporting that statement. Any entry not providing citations can be challenged and removed.

The current set of inclusion criteria can be found in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies/Science task force#Lead section|this template for the lead section]].

=== Organization of list ===
Many publications are important only to one part of the subject. The preferred organization for most such lists is to group them by sub-discipline.

== Assessment ==
The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies/Science task force/Assessment|'''assessment department''']] gives details of our Quality and Importance statistics.
{{Articles by Quality|topic=Science pearls|project=Bibliographies/Science task force}}
{{Articles by Importance|topic=Science pearls|project=Bibliographies/Science task force}}

==Templates==
:''See: [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Lists]] and [[:Category:Hatnote templates for lists]]''

=== Project ===
Place the {{tl|WikiProject Bibliographies}} banner on '''all''' talk pages of list articles using the following code:

<pre>{{WikiProject Bibliographies|class=|importance=|science=yes |science-importance=}}</pre>

which produces output like this: 

{{WikiProject Bibliographies|class=FL|importance=Top|science=yes|science-importance=top|category=no}}

and includes the article in the project.

===Requests for article improvement ===
Below are a couple examples of template code to paste at the top of a list section or list article. Paste the code with the curly brackets. The code is followed by what it displays.
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Delsort|Delsort]] |Bibliographies<nowiki>}}</nowiki> &ndash; to add an AfD to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Bibliographies]]: <br/>
:*<small class="delsort-notice"> '''Note''':  This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Bibliographies|list of Bibliographies-related deletion discussions]]. <!--Template:Delsort--></small>
* {{Tl|Dynamic list}}   <noinclude> {{Dynamic list}}</noinclude>
* {{Tl|Expand list}}   <noinclude> {{Expand list|category = no}}	</noinclude>
* {{Tl|List missing criteria}} <noinclude> {{List missing criteria}}</noinclude>

=== Userbox ===
{{Userboxtop|User Science task force}}
{{User Science task force}}
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A list of participants can be found at [[:Category:Science task force participants]].

To add yourself to the project add the following to your userpage.

<code><nowiki>[[Category:Science task force participants|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]</nowiki></code>

''Or'', if you wish to use the userbox, add {{tl|User Science task force}} to your user page instead as it includes the above wikicode.

== Want to help? ==

===Joining the list of participants===
If you would like to join the task force, you can add the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies/Science task force#Userbox|Userbox template]] to your user page. You can also go to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies/Science task force/Participants|Participants]] and add yourself to the list of users.

=== Open tasks ===

====Top priorities====
#To satisfy the requirements for [[WP:LISTN|notability of stand-alone lists]] and stop the frequent attempts to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Science pearls|delete]] these articles, each list should be provided with a few reliable sources that justify its existence as a standalone list. The [http://www.sciencemag.org/content/115/2986/local/ed-board.pdf Source books in Science] is one series that will be useful to more than one list.
#Clarify the criteria for inclusion in each list and revise the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies/Science task force#Lead section|Lead section]] to reflect the criteria.
#Work on  [[List of important publications in computer science]]. The decision on its AfD was '''no consensus''', so it is still vulnerable.

===Recent ... ===
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Lists_of_publications_in_science|changes in Category:Lists of publications in science]]
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:WikiProject Bibliographies/Science task force|discussions in WikiProject Bibliographies/Science task force articles]]

===Article alerts and cleanup===
{{/Article alerts}}
{{WikiProject cleanup list}}

==Tools==	
:''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''	
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]] - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references	
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks]] - Edit and repair external links	
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer]] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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