Wikipedia:WikiProject Algae

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This project is meant to provide a central location for participants interested in dealing with the mess called Algae on Wikipedia. In particular, the goal is to establish a higher level taxonomic framework from reliable and accepted taxonomies that can be used to sort photosynthetic organisms that are not embryophytes (land plants).

In particular the goal is to start with a good quality or better article for every division and class or higher taxon of marine, freshwater, soil, and symbiotic "algae." It is the intention, then, to add correct taxoboxes for all such organisms existing on Wikipedia.

Please feel free to add your user name, real name, or IP to this list if you would like to join the project.

• viruses
• Euglenoid
  flagellates)
• EncycloPetey (talk) (mostly browns, charophytes, and fossils)
• Guettarda (talk) (not an expert, but I'm willing to educate myself)
• talk
  ) microscopy, algae s.l., single-celled splitter phyla
• microalgae
  )
• Vajking (talk) (working with and interested in algae)
• Dhanasri (talk) (PhD student in Botany, working and studying microalgae, specially diatoms :) )
• talk
  ) (working mainly on Trebouxiaceae phylogenetics, but also have an interest in the seaweed flora of New Zealand)
• Jambobwana5 (talk) (PhD student in Oceanography, studying coccolithophores)
• Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): (Working on matters related to underwater diving and the marine environment of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. Listing seaweeds of South Africa)
• Mishae (talk) 19:29, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Pseudofusulina (talk) 20:38, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Chiefmartinez (talk) 03:43, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• bwvogler (talk) (PhD student in Colorado focusing on oil production in Nannochloropsis gaditana and Synechococcus elongatus)
• aGastya  ✉ Dicere Aliquid :) (studying Bio)
• FindMeLost (talk) FindMeLost (talk) 07:24, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Pete Tillman, learning & photographing seaweeds on the Central Coast of Calif. --Pete Tillman (talk) 16:14, 28 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• talk) 18:06, 22 February 2018 (UTC) - mainly interested in macroalgae[reply
  ]
• Thereppy (talk) 20:59, 30 May 2019 (UTC) - Primary focus on Cryptists and their evolutionary relationships both internal and external[reply]
• Diatomdude (talk) 21:28, 27 September 2019 (UTC) - (Grad student in botany, working on coralline physiology. Previously worked on diatom physiology and reproduction.)[reply]
• BloxyColaSweet - A wikipedian that specializes in Plants, Fungi and Algae articles. Mostly stubs.
• Arenologist
• Algaeaba
• 6 - Currently working on Bangiales
  & related pages
• Animalculum PostDoc working on evolution of metabolism and symbiosis in anaerobic protists, algae, and bacteria

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• Quality operations - A bot-generated daily log which lists articles Reassessed, Assessed and Removed.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Algae/Taxon notes — status and notes on each WikiProject Algae higher level taxon.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Algae/Citations — citations for copy/paste of sources.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Algae/Drafts — Hosts draft new articles or article rewrites that are not yet ready for the main article space.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Algae/Request — For requested articles and images, and for images where a taxon requires identification.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Algae/Assessment — Scales for article assessment and importance.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Algae/Popular pages - Most frequently viewed pages tagged for this project in previous month.
• {{
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Good article nominees

• 07 Mar 2024 – Chrompodellid (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Snoteleks (t · c); start discussion

This section may be used to announce progress such as new articles or article rewrites.

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Algae articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FM					2		2
GA		1	3	3			7
B	10	7	6	11			34
C	8	30	57	125			220
Start	7	39	102	459			607
Stub		16	126	1,857		1	2,000
List			4	26			30
Category					343		343
Disambig					13		13
File					9		9
Portal					1		1
Project					14		14
Redirect		1	6	36	168		211
Template					80		80
Other					2		2
Assessed	25	94	304	2,517	632	1	3,573
Unassessed						2	2
Total	25	94	304	2,517	632	3	3,575
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 16,031			Ω = 5.59

Relevant templates include

• {{User WikiProject Algae}}

• {{Alga-stub}}

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  {{Chlorophyceae-stub}}, {{Ulvophyceae-stub}}

• {{AlgaeBase taxon}}, {{AlgaeBase genus}}, {{AlgaeBase species}},

Reference templates

Template	Display
{{Marine Algae of California}}	ISBN 9780804708678 .
{{Asian Pacific Phycology}}	Ang, Put O. Jr., ed. (2004). Asian Pacific Phycology in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges (Developments in Hydrobiology) (1st ed.). ISBN 978-1402017247 .
{{Algae Anatomy Biochemistry Biotechnology}}	Barsanti, Laura; Paolo Gualtieri (2005). Algae: Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology (1st ed.). ISBN 978-0849314674 .
{{Ultrastructure of Microalgae}}	Berner, Tamar (1993). Ultrastructure of Microalgae (1st ed.). ISBN 9780849363238 .
{{Unravelling the Algae}}	Brodie, Juliet; Lewis, Jane, eds. (2007). Unravelling the Algae: The Past, Present, and Future of Algae Systematics (1st ed.). ISBN 9780849379895 .
{{Biology of Desmids}}	Brook, Alan J. (1981). The Biology of Desmids. Botanical Monograph Series. Vol. 16. ISBN 0520042816 .
{{Biology of the Red Algae}}	Cole, Kathleen M.; Sheath, Robert G., eds. (1990). Biology of the Red Algae (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521343015 .
{{Structure and Reproduction of the Algae}}	Fritsch, F. E. (1959). The Structure and Reproduction of the Algae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
{{Algae Graham Higgins Wilcox}}	Graham, James E.; Jack Higgins; Lee W. Wilcox (2009). Algae (2nd ed.). ISBN 9780321559654 .
{{Algae an Introduction}}	Hoek, Christiaan van den; D. G. Mann; H. Martin Jahns (1996). Algae: An Introduction to Phycology (1st ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521316873 .
{{Marine Plants of Australia}}	Huisman, John (2000). Marine Plants of Australia (1st ed.). ISBN 9781876268336 .
{{Phycology RELee}}	ISBN 9780521682770 .
{{Algae and Human Affairs}}	Lembi, Carole A.; J. Robert Waaland (1989). Algae and Human Affairs (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521321150 .
{{Biology of Seaweeds}}	Lobban, Christopher S.; Wynne, Michael James, eds. (1981). The Biology of Seaweeds. Botanical Monograph Series. Vol. 17. ISBN 9780520045859 .
{{Seaweed Ecology and Physiology}}	Lobban, Christopher S.; Paul J. Harrison (1996). Seaweed Ecology and Physiology (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521408974 .
{{Paleoalgology Toomey}}	Toomey, D. F.; Nitecki, M. H., eds. (1985). Paleoalgology: Contemporary Research and Applications. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-15312-8 .
{{Freshwater Algae of North America}}	Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G., eds. (2002). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification. Aquatic Ecology (1st ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0127415505 .

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