Wikipedia:WikiProject Algae



Some Wikipedia contributors would like to have a project to better organize information in articles related to the photosynthetic organisms commonly called Algae.

This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedia contributors. If you would like to help, please take on an open task, or add tasks where work is needed on Algae articles. Open tasks may be found on the taxon notes page.

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Goals
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.

Participants

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


 * Curt99 (talk) (Mostly edit pages on microalgae and cyanobacteria, and their viruses
 * Deuterostome (talk) (Mostly edit ciliate pages, but also interested in Euglenoid flagellates)
 * EncycloPetey (talk) (mostly browns, charophytes, and fossils)
 * Guettarda (talk) (not an expert, but I'm willing to educate myself)
 * Kleopatra (talk) microscopy, algae s.l., single-celled splitter phyla
 * DrMorris (talk) (now working with and started to develop an interest in microalgae)
 * Vajking (talk) (working with and interested in algae)
 * Dhanasri (talk) (PhD student in Botany, working and studying microalgae, specially diatoms :) )
 * BC Myles (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)
 * Pseudofusulina (talk) 20:38, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Chiefmartinez (talk) 03:43, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * bwvogler (talk) (PhD student in Colorado focusing on oil production in Nannochloropsis gaditana and Synechococcus elongatus)
 * aGastya   &#9993; Dicere Aliquid :) (studying Bio)
 * FindMeLost (talk) FindMeLost (talk) 07:24, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Pete Tillman, learning &  photographing seaweeds on the Central Coast of Calif.  --Pete Tillman (talk) 16:14, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Nessie (talk) 18:06, 22 February 2018 (UTC) - mainly interested in macroalgae
 * Thereppy (talk) 20:59, 30 May 2019 (UTC) - Primary focus on Cryptists and their evolutionary relationships both internal and external
 * Diatomdude (talk) 21:28, 27 September 2019 (UTC) - (Grad student in botany, working on coralline physiology. Previously worked on diatom physiology and reproduction.)
 * BloxyColaSweet - A wikipedian that specializes in Plants, Fungi and Algae articles. Mostly stubs.
 * Arenologist
 * Algaeaba
 * 2003  LN  6  - Currently working on Bangiales & related pages
 * Animalculum PostDoc working on evolution of metabolism and symbiosis in anaerobic protists, algae, and bacteria

You may place User WikiProject Algae on your user page to display the following userbox:

Organization

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

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

Assessments
To add an article to the project, put on the talk page.

Resources
Relevant templates include


 * User WikiProject Algae
 * Alga-stub
 * chromalveolate-stub
 * Chlorophyceae-stub, Ulvophyceae-stub


 * AlgaeBase taxon, AlgaeBase genus, AlgaeBase species,

Related WikiProjects
The following WikiProjects may deal with information useful or relating to this WikiProject.


 * WikiProject Tree of Life
 * WikiProject Plants
 * WikiProject Marine Life
 * WikiProject Gastropods
 * WikiProject Microbiology

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.