Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular Biology
WikiProject Molecular Biology
Meet the participants
Discussions
[ view module ]
Have a question?
Article alerts
Redirects for discussion
- 25 May 2023 – Biomaker (talk · edit · hist) →Biomarker was RfDed by Mdewman6 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 May 2023 – Template:MCB (talk · edit · hist) →Template:WikiProject Molecular Biology was RfDed by Estopedist1 (t · c)
Good article nominees
- 11 Apr 2023 – Eukaryote (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
- 11 Apr 2023 – History of penicillin (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Hawkeye7 (t · c); start discussion
Requests for comments
- 27 May 2023 – Scientific racism (talk · edit · hist) RfC by JBradleyChen (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Requested moves
- 03 May 2023 – Cytochrome P450 reductase (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to NADPH--cytochrome P450 reductase by Dh92 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 25 May 2023 – Biomarker (cell) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Biomarker (medicine) by Mdewman6 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Sep 2022 – Chimera (molecular biology) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Chimeric gene by Curran919 (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jun 2022 – Gene map (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Gene mapping by H2NCH2COOH (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Mar 2022 – Transgenerational stress inheritance (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Epigenetics of anxiety and stress–related disorders by Beland (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 05 May 2023 – T cell (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rod57 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Feb 2023 – Formylation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Nov 2022 – Platelet (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Darkskysunflowers (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Aug 2022 – Epidermal growth factor (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kupirijo (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Jun 2022 – Hypervariable region (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by KingisNitro (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Dec 2020 – Pilin (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2020 – Holocarboxylase synthetase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Sep 2020 – V-ATPase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Sep 2019 – Protein kinase B (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BrownHairedGirl (t · c); see discussion
- 16 May 2019 – Peptidomimetic (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 24 May 2023 – Draft:Nir Ben-Tal (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Legally Texan (t · c)
- 24 Mar 2023 – Draft:Shrawan Kumar (geneticist) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by LK1965 (t · c)
- 24 Mar 2023 – Draft:Baris Tursun (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 134.100.35.1 (t · c)
About
[ view module • edit ]
Projects and Partnerships
[ view module • edit ]
Wikimedia
WikiData Molecular Biology - ensuring accuracy of molecular biology items in WikiData
Gene Wiki - create and improve articles on all human genes in Wikipedia
Societies
- ISCB article competition - an annual Wikipedia article competition in association with the International Society for Computational Biology: entries for the 9th edition of the competition are open from 26 Aug 2019 - 15 May 2020.
- ISMB-ECCB Editathons - annual Wikipedia writing workshops at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and European Conference on Computational Biology conference.
Institutions
Journals
PLOS Computational Biology and PLOS Genetics - publishing v:PLOS Topic Pages, where articles in those journals are written in a Wikipedia style and copied over after publication in the journal.
Gene - publishing Gene Wiki Reviews, where review articles on gene families in Gene have an accompanying Wikipedia article written by the same authors.
WikiJournal of Science - putting new and existing Wikipedia articles through academic peer review and publication.
Metrics
[ view module • edit ]
MCB
| MCB articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 | |||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | |||
 GA
|
15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 59 | ||
| B | 49 | 198 | 265 | 264 | 1 | 777 | |
| C | 70 | 231 | 568 | 1,047 | 2 | 38 | 1,956 |
| Start | 24 | 310 | 930 | 5,609 | 1 | 45 | 6,919 |
| Stub | 1 | 33 | 309 | 19,003 | 1 | 26 | 19,373 |
| List | 4 | 8 | 38 | 54 | 253 | 357 | |
| Category | 877 | 877 | |||||
| Disambig | 53 | 53 | |||||
| File | 32 | 32 | |||||
| Project | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Template | 307 | 307 | |||||
| NA | 4 | 16 | 70 | 859 | 949 | ||
| Draft | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Assessed | 173 | 807 | 2,149 | 26,079 | 2,395 | 111 | 31,714 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 5 | 18 | 138 | 162 | ||
| Total | 173 | 808 | 2,154 | 26,097 | 2,395 | 249 | 31,876 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 161,174 | Ω = 5.53 | |||||
Genetics
| Genetics articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||
| GA
|
8 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 50 | ||
| B | 24 | 61 | 92 | 115 | 2 | 294 | |
| C | 25 | 109 | 312 | 555 | 1 | 80 | 1,082 |
| Start | 3 | 68 | 362 | 1,292 | 2 | 242 | 1,969 |
| Stub | 1 | 1 | 75 | 1,601 | 2 | 166 | 1,846 |
| List | 5 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 8 | 69 | |
| Category | 418 | 418 | |||||
| Disambig | 3 | 3 | |||||
| File | 39 | 39 | |||||
| Project | 20 | 20 | |||||
| Template | 67 | 67 | |||||
| NA | 5 | 118 | 123 | ||||
| Other | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Assessed | 71 | 256 | 867 | 3,628 | 686 | 490 | 5,998 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 2 | 63 | 66 | |||
| Total | 71 | 257 | 867 | 3,630 | 686 | 553 | 6,064 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 26,231 | Ω = 5.00 | |||||
Computational Biology
| Computational Biology articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| GA
|
1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||
| B | 8 | 29 | 33 | 48 | 118 | ||
| C | 10 | 40 | 63 | 125 | 238 | ||
| Start | 1 | 41 | 146 | 503 | 1 | 692 | |
| Stub | 29 | 407 | 436 | ||||
| List | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 47 | ||
| Category | 1 | 30 | 31 | ||||
| Project | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Template | 6 | 6 | |||||
| NA | 2 | 1 | 18 | 21 | |||
| Other | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Assessed | 24 | 119 | 296 | 1,109 | 59 | 1 | 1,608 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 24 | 119 | 296 | 1,110 | 59 | 1 | 1,609 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 7,414 | Ω = 4.95 | |||||
Gene Wiki
| Gene Wiki articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | ||
| 1 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| B | 36 | 36 | |||||
| C | 8 | 35 | 43 | ||||
| Start | 2 | 67 | 2 | 71 | |||
| Stub | 1 | 1,643 | 1 | 1,645 | |||
| List | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Category | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Project | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Redirect | 10 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| Template | 1 | 1 | |||||
| NA | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Assessed | 4 | 12 | 1,803 | 20 | 3 | 1,842 | |
| Unassessed | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 4 | 12 | 1,803 | 20 | 7 | 1,846 | |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 10,524 | Ω = 5.82 | |||||
How the rating scale works
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
Article classificationThe standard system on wikipedia is for each article to be assigned two grades: one for completeness and another for significance. These grades can be easily assigned to articles by installing the Rater tool. Ratings can also edited manually by adding and/or updating the
|
Resources
[ view module • edit ]
Referencing and notability
- referencing advice
- referencing advice for natural sciences
- referencing advice for medicine
- notability advice for molecular biology topics
Style guides
- Style guide for gene and protein articles
- Style guide for diagrams
- PyMol Tutorial
Others
- A training guide for scientists
- Advice for research scientists
- Article alerts
- Navigation
Open tasks
Tools
Related WikiProjects
[ view module ]
WikiProject Molecular Biology is one of the main groups within WikiProject Biology and covers sub-cellular biology. However, it inevitably has plenty of overlap with wither Biology projects as well as several other Science projects.
-
WikiProject Biology (view related)
85 articles in common -
WikiProject Medicine (view related)
474 articles in common -
WikiProject Medicine/Medical genetics task force (view related)
170 articles in common -
WikiProject Biography/Science and academia (view related)
257 articles in common -
WikiProject Microbiology (view related)
85 articles in common -
WikiProject Evolutionary biology (view related)
132 articles in common -
WikiProject Human Genetic History (view related)
123 articles in common -
WikiProject Articles for creation (view related)
108 articles in common
 | This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
|
