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WikiProject Molecular Biology
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[edit]Articles for deletion
- 23 Jan 2025 – Miran Rada (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Badbluebus (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 22 Jan 2025 – YGL motif (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Velayinosu (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 16 Jan 2025 – FluChip (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Velayinosu (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 23 Jan 2025; see discussion (2 participants)
Categories for discussion
- 12 Jan 2025 – Category:Vital statistics (government records) (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 12 Jan 2025 – Vitamin C2 (talk · edit · hist) →Choline was RfDed by DM5Pedia (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 23 Dec 2024 – CYP4F2 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Maxim Masiutin (t · c); start discussion
- 20 Dec 2024 – Prokaryote (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Dec 2024 – Cephalization (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
Requests for comments
- 21 Jan 2025 – Alan Turing (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Absolutiva (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jan 2025 – Coefficient of relationship (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by MrOllie (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Dec 2024 – COVID-19 lab leak theory (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Slatersteven (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 15 Jan 2025 – Zoonotic origins of COVID-19 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Origin of SARS-CoV-2 by Tiggerjay (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Jan 2025 – Group II pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylases (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Group I pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylases by Lfstevens (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Nov 2024 – Macromolecular assembly (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Macromolecular cages by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jul 2024 – S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine phosphorylase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to MTAP by LR.127 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jul 2024 – Transmission electron cryomicroscopy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Cryogenic_electron_microscopy by Niashervin (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 17 Jan 2025 – Cultured meat (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kaasterly (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Dec 2024 – Dihedral angle (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Sep 2024 – KIF1A (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2620:1D5:A00:4:C86A:1126:2736:27AF (t · c); see discussion
- 06 May 2024 – Tether (cell biology) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Bluescreening (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2024 – Linoleoyl-CoA desaturase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
- 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
- 26 Dec 2020 – Pilin (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for creation
- undated – Draft:Optical Pooled Screening (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
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Projects and Partnerships
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Wikimedia
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WikiData Molecular Biology - ensuring accuracy of molecular biology items in WikiData
Gene Wiki - create and improve articles on all human genes in Wikipedia
Societies
[edit]- 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
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RCSB Protein DataBank - In 2014, WikiProject Biophysics persuaded David Goodsell and the Protein DataBank release all Molecule of the Month images under CC BY open licenses.
Journals
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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
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MCB
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| MCB articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA
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9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | ||
| FL
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1 | 1 | |||||
 GA
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16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 60 | ||
| B | 53 | 212 | 273 | 317 | 2 | 857 | |
| C | 66 | 253 | 612 | 1,165 | 51 | 2,147 | |
| Start | 20 | 290 | 908 | 5,783 | 66 | 7,067 | |
| Stub | 4 | 223 | 17,815 | 34 | 18,076 | ||
| List | 4 | 7 | 35 | 62 | 242 | 20 | 370 |
| Category | 894 | 894 | |||||
| Disambig | 41 | 41 | |||||
| File | 37 | 37 | |||||
| Project | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Redirect | 2 | 18 | 82 | 976 | 899 | 1,977 | |
| Template | 307 | 307 | |||||
| NA | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Other | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Assessed | 170 | 805 | 2,151 | 26,136 | 2,436 | 173 | 31,871 |
| Unassessed | 7 | 22 | 3 | 182 | 214 | ||
| Total | 170 | 805 | 2,158 | 26,158 | 2,439 | 355 | 32,085 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 155,076 | Ω = 5.49 | |||||
Genetics
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| Genetics articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| FA
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5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| FL
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1 | 1 | |||||
| FM
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15 | 15 | |||||
| GA
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8 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 53 | ||
| B | 24 | 65 | 99 | 132 | 6 | 326 | |
| C | 25 | 108 | 320 | 588 | 96 | 1,137 | |
| Start | 3 | 66 | 351 | 1,291 | 265 | 1,976 | |
| Stub | 1 | 2 | 62 | 1,517 | 159 | 1,741 | |
| List | 5 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 63 | |
| Category | 459 | 459 | |||||
| Disambig | 4 | 4 | |||||
| File | 27 | 27 | |||||
| Project | 38 | 38 | |||||
| Redirect | 2 | 2 | 16 | 75 | 134 | 229 | |
| Template | 66 | 66 | |||||
| NA | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Assessed | 73 | 260 | 872 | 3,664 | 751 | 526 | 6,146 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 6 | 105 | 112 | |||
| Total | 73 | 260 | 873 | 3,670 | 751 | 631 | 6,258 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 25,958 | Ω = 4.95 | |||||
Computational Biology
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| Computational Biology articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| GA
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1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||
| B | 9 | 30 | 31 | 51 | 2 | 123 | |
| C | 9 | 42 | 63 | 128 | 7 | 249 | |
| Start | 1 | 39 | 143 | 495 | 11 | 689 | |
| Stub | 1 | 29 | 383 | 9 | 422 | ||
| List | 10 | 17 | 19 | 46 | |||
| Category | 32 | 32 | |||||
| Project | 59 | 59 | |||||
| Redirect | 1 | 9 | 27 | 18 | 55 | ||
| Template | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Other | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Assessed | 20 | 125 | 296 | 1,108 | 118 | 29 | 1,696 |
| Unassessed | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 127 | 296 | 1,108 | 118 | 32 | 1,701 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 7,372 | Ω = 4.93 | |||||
Gene Wiki
[edit]| Gene Wiki articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | ||
| B | 1 | 50 | 1 | 52 | |||
| C | 9 | 43 | 4 | 56 | |||
| Start | 2 | 77 | 4 | 83 | |||
| Stub | 1,568 | 1 | 1,569 | ||||
| List | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Category | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Project | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Redirect | 79 | 9 | 88 | ||||
| NA | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Other | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Assessed | 4 | 12 | 1,817 | 28 | 10 | 1,871 | |
| Total | 4 | 12 | 1,817 | 28 | 10 | 1,871 | |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 10,209 | Ω = 5.80 | |||||
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Referencing and notability
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