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WikiProject: Chemistry
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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.

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• Add references: Fractional crystallization (chemistry) - Hydrolysis - Molluscicide - Perfluorocycloalkene (needs general refs) - Hair conditioner - Water softening - Tarnish - Free-radical reaction
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• 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
• Expand: Organouranium chemistry - Organolanthanide chemistry - Oxygen Scavengers - Ionization energy
• Merge: Petrochemical industry & Petrochemical - Imine Diels–Alder reaction & Aza-Diels–Alder reaction - Benzylic activation and stereocontrol in tricarbonyl(arene)chromium complexes & (Benzene)chromium tricarbonyl - Oxidation with dioxiranes & Epoxidation with dioxiranes - Carbohydrate & Carbohydrate chemistry - Macrocyclic stereocontrol & Macrocycle - Nucleophilic acyl substitution & Acylation
• Collaborate: Sodium hydroxide - Ruthenium compounds - Rhenium compounds
• Article requests: 3,6-Dichloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid, Organothallium chemistry - 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

Daily status report
Chemistry articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 1 3 5 5 14 FL 1 1 1 1 4 A 1 1 GA 4 10 19 26 59 B 26 109 197 192 4 528 C 43 225 712 1,342 34 2,356 Start 5 191 1,068 3,741 103 5,108 Stub 1 7 391 2,783 44 3,226 List 3 6 49 227 12 16 313 Category 1 1 2,199 2,201 Disambig 1 60 61 File 60 60 Portal 85 85 Project 1 38 39 Redirect 9 73 185 1,489 1,756 Template 1 661 662 NA 3 3 Other 3 105 108 Assessed 84 562 2,516 8,509 4,712 201 16,584 Unassessed 4 116 120 Total 84 562 2,516 8,513 4,712 317 16,704 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 56,024 Ω = 4.96
Featured articles: 16 Featured lists: 6 Good articles: 61

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Today's featured articles

• 01 May 2024 – La Salute è in voi (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Articles for deletion

• 05 Apr 2024 – Man Singh (professor) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by User4edits (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 12 Apr 2024; see discussion (6 participants)
• 04 Apr 2024 – Chirotechnology (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 11 Apr 2024; see discussion (7 participants)
• 28 Mar 2024 – Alpha factor (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 06 Apr 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 03 Mar 2024 – Elizabeth Moran (scientist) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by HyperAccelerated (t · c) was closed as delete by Arbitrarily0 (t · c) on 11 Mar 2024; see discussion (9 participants)
• 26 Feb 2024 – Sandrine Matiasek (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Justlettersandnumbers (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 04 Mar 2024; see discussion (8 participants)
• 28 Jan 2024 – Dihydroxyamine (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Graeme Bartlett (t · c) was closed as delete by Malcolmxl5 (t · c) on 04 Feb 2024; see discussion (8 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 04 Apr 2024 – Platinaire (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Reconrabbit (t · c) was deleted
• 13 Jan 2024 – Mușenița gas field (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by James.folsom (t · c) was redirected to List of natural gas fields in Romania (talk · edit · hist)

Categories for discussion

• 01 Mar 2024 – Category:Chemical Biology (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by ScienceChemBio (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Feb 2024 – Category:16th-century German chemists (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 24 Feb 2024 – Category:17th-century Dutch chemists (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 02 Feb 2024 – Category:Firelighting using friction (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 24 Jan 2024 – Category:18th-century biochemists (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 17 Jan 2024 – Category:Chemical reactions of ethers (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Michael7604 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 13 Jan 2024 – Category:Microscopic discoveries by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Templates for discussion

• 11 Mar 2024 – Template:Reactionbox Name (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 18 Apr 2024 – Man’s red flower (talk · edit · hist) →Fire was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Man’s red fire (talk · edit · hist) →Fire was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Liquid nails (talk · edit · hist) →Adhesive was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion

Miscellany for deletion

• 07 Mar 2024 – Draft:The prospective of Omniscient Alpha & Omega Thermodynamic Sigma ZG Matrix Technology and Traditional Thermodynamic (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by OverlordQ (t · c) was closed (deleted) by Liz (t · c) on 07 Mar 2024; see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 13 Apr 2024 – Nonmetal (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Sandbh (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 11 Apr 2024 – Fiveling (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ldm1954 (t · c); start discussion
• 02 Jan 2024 – Rhenium compounds (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Praseodymium-141 (t · c); see discussion

Good article reassessments

• 31 Jan 2024 – Continuous distillation (talk · edit · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Requested moves

• 04 Apr 2024 – Ash (talk · edit · hist) move request to Ash (fire) by Crouch, Swale (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
• 17 Mar 2024 – Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry (talk · edit · hist) move request to List of honorary fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry by BarrelProof (t · c) was moved to List of honorary fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry (talk · edit · hist) by Killarnee (t · c) on 24 Mar 2024; see discussion
• 21 Feb 2024 – Atomic theory (talk · edit · hist) move request to History of atomic theory by ReyHahn (t · c) was closed to History of atomic theory (talk · edit · hist); see discussion
• 19 Feb 2024 – Hydrogen economy (talk · edit · hist) move request to Uses of hydrogen by Chidgk1 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
• 13 Jan 2024 – Polymorphism (materials science) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Polymorphism (crystallography) by Mikenorton (t · c) was moved to Crystal polymorphism (talk · edit · hist) by Vanderwaalforces (t · c) on 12 Feb 2024; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 23 Mar 2024 – Hydrogen economy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Low-carbon economy by Chidgk1 (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
• 31 Jan 2024 – Carbohydrate chemistry (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Carbohydrate 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
• 28 Dec 2023 – Metal salen complex (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Salen ligand by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Dec 2023 – Glyphosate-based herbicides (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Glyphosate by Gtoffoletto (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Dec 2023 – Glenn T. Seaborg bibliography (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Glenn T. Seaborg by Lemonaka (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Apr 2024 – Hydrogen purity (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Hydrogen purification by Smokefoot (t · c) was closed; see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 08 Mar 2024 – Cytochrome P450 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Aug 2023 – Double bond rule (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by DMacks (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Jun 2021 – Lithium metal battery (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Thomaszwilling (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 13 Apr 2024 – Draft:Ryutaro Tsuchida (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Scfslyzkf (t · c)
• 12 Apr 2024 – Draft:PMCC polymer (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Cysun999 (t · c)
• 11 Apr 2024 – Draft:Parallelism (laboratory test) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ICON2022 (t · c)
• 08 Apr 2024 – Draft:Tetrel bond (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wikipjct (t · c)
• 02 Apr 2024 – Draft:Solution-friction model (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wikimembrane (t · c)
• 28 Mar 2024 – Draft:American Peptide Society (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jaidit (t · c)
• 25 Mar 2024 – Draft:Clemens Burda (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sigma Spurion (t · c)
• 22 Mar 2024 – Draft:David H. Russell (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by YX7299 (t · c)
• 21 Mar 2024 – Draft:Gary J. Pielak (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Larssahl (t · c)
• 19 Mar 2024 – Draft:Suresh Bhargava (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Liseth CZ123 (t · c)

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