Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Quantum mechanics


 * The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The proposed WikiProject was not created

Description
a project dedicated to making articles on this topic more accessible to the lay audience. Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 03:42, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group
 * atomic physics (number of pages in the category: 148 )
 * mathematical quantization (number of pages in the category: 25 )
 * quantum chemistry (number of pages in the category: 145 )
 * quantum chromodynamics (number of pages in the category: 88 )
 * quantum electronics (number of pages in the category: 45 )
 * quantum field theory (number of pages in the category: 364 )
 * quantum gravity (number of pages in the category: 71 )
 * quantum information science (number of pages in the category: 160 )
 * quantum measurement (number of pages in the category: 74 )
 * quantum mechanics (number of pages in the category: 485 )
 * quantum models (number of pages in the category: 33 )
 * quantum optics (number of pages in the category: 57 )
 * quantum phases (number of pages in the category: 33 )
 * quantum physicists (number of pages in the category: 171 )
 * quantum physics stubs (number of pages in the category: 159 )
 * string theory (number of pages in the category: 134 )
 * supersymmetry (number of pages in the category: 83 )
 * theorems in quantum physics (number of pages in the category: 24 )
 * thought experiments in quantum mechanics (number of pages in the category: 13 )
 * atomic physics (number of pages in the category: 148 )
 * mathematical quantization (number of pages in the category: 25 )
 * quantum chemistry (number of pages in the category: 145 )
 * quantum chromodynamics (number of pages in the category: 88 )
 * quantum electronics (number of pages in the category: 45 )
 * quantum field theory (number of pages in the category: 364 )
 * quantum gravity (number of pages in the category: 71 )
 * quantum information science (number of pages in the category: 160 )
 * quantum measurement (number of pages in the category: 74 )
 * quantum mechanics (number of pages in the category: 485 )
 * quantum models (number of pages in the category: 33 )
 * quantum optics (number of pages in the category: 57 )
 * quantum phases (number of pages in the category: 33 )
 * quantum physicists (number of pages in the category: 171 )
 * quantum physics stubs (number of pages in the category: 159 )
 * string theory (number of pages in the category: 134 )
 * supersymmetry (number of pages in the category: 83 )
 * theorems in quantum physics (number of pages in the category: 24 )
 * thought experiments in quantum mechanics (number of pages in the category: 13 )
 * theorems in quantum physics (number of pages in the category: 24 )
 * thought experiments in quantum mechanics (number of pages in the category: 13 )

List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles The goal of this project is to make its associated articles more comprehensible and better constructed to serve readers with different levels of knowledge.
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?

I believe that this field is particularly challenging for the lay reader. Its newness and the "exotic" nature of many of its experiments and concepts defy easy attempts to understand. Unfortunately, many of the current articles fail to provide enough context and background before presenting the more technical aspects of the subject. These include Observable, Wave function collapse, Superposition, and Uncertainty principle.

This topic deserves a dedicated project. Of the 239 articles of, only about 36 of them concern QM and only about 22 are QM specific. A topic such as EPR paradox is only of mid-importance but would be at least high if not top importance to a QM project.

Support
Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.
 * 1) Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 03:42, 12 September 2017 (UTC) will join.
 * 2) Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 17:50, 13 September 2017 (UTC) Will join
 * 3) SeraphWiki (talk) 13:43, 24 April 2018 (UTC) will read along, but not joining

Discussion

 * As I've said on my talk page (you should really link to this discussion when asking people to comment on the proposal), I don't support this proposal as is. WP:PHYS is a more-than-suitable home for discussions about the improvement of quantum mechanics-related articles. I would, if the interest is there, support adding a quantum mechanics taskforce to WP:PHYS. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 22:15, 12 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Is that done via the talk page? I think I agree.  Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 00:01, 13 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment: I wonder, can this be in the scope of the new taskforce? Boris Tsirelson (talk) 16:58, 13 September 2017 (UTC)


 * More appropriate as a WP:PHYS taskforce/workgroup. We don't need more and more micro-topical wikiprojects. It's a maintenance problem, and most of them become moribund after a short period of constructive activity.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  21:57, 13 October 2017 (UTC)


 * This would be a great taskforce for WikiProject Physics.&thinsp;&mdash; Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)&thinsp; 23:53, 12 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment: I also wonder, can Quantum Mechanics Beyond Textbooks and Making sense of quantum mechanics be useful here? Boris Tsirelson (talk) 18:05, 14 December 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.