Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Thermodynamics


 * 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
Widespread correction of articles related to thermodynamics, and merging of articles very similar to each other.


 * List of a few important pages and categories for this proposed group
 * thermodynamics (number of pages in the category: 311)
 * thermodynamic properties (number of pages in the category: 16)
 * thermodynamics (number of pages in the category: 311)
 * thermodynamic properties (number of pages in the category: 16)
 * thermodynamic properties (number of pages in the category: 16)


 * List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles
 * Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.




 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * There are many articles specifically written with thermodynamics in mind. Many of them have poor references, need rewritten, and pages with similar information need to be merged. A specific group of people who know a thing or two about thermodynamics need to communicate with each other and improve every thermodynamics article. Many of the wiki projects active with these articles are a bit of a reach for the knowledge base that would help the most with the articles. Currently the WikiProject Physics is a bit to broad with many divisions within it, a more narrow team should dedicate in improving thermodynamics articles.Cky2250 (talk) 03:00, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Support
Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.
 * 1) Cky2250 (talk) 03:00, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Discussion
It appears that this project would cover about 300 pages, which would make it a more appropriate size for a task force (see WikiProject Council/Guide). However, that is just a guideline. On the plus side, a lot of these articles are of interest to people in multiple disciplines, so making it a WikiProject might avoid the thorny question of which project the task force should be in. RockMagnetist (talk) 14:58, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

A different estimate of the potential size comes from the number of links from articles to Thermodynamics: over 1100. RockMagnetist (talk) 16:30, 7 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks for the reply. It is a bit late for me to get involved. I am a bit inactive nowadays. So for others maybe it should be made still just not by me.—CKY2250 &tau;&alpha;&iota;&kappa; 23:30, 7 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Wow, never replied to this when it was proposed.
 * For reasons given above, I agree with a wikiproject on thermodynamics rather than a taskforce since editors from chemistry, engineering, biology, etc. can participate in concentrated editing on thermodynamics. At first it may be inactive since so many people are used to WikiProject physics, but maybe it will grow quickly. M&and;Ŝc2ħεИτlk 16:49, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Given the response on this page, it seems unlikely that there are enough people willing to help. Even Cky2250, a mere month after proposing this WikiProject, announced "I am a bit inactive nowadays"! If the project existed, I might help a bit, but I don't want to commit much time to it. RockMagnetist (talk) 18:01, 31 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I doubt much contribution from myself to be fair, just saying I would support a separate wikiproject rather than a physics taskforce. There may be only three editors in this proposal, but with time more editors may join and collaborate... or may not. The thermodynamics project can be started anytime without rush or fuss, it's not in the way of anything. M&and;Ŝc2ħεИτlk 01:04, 1 January 2014 (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.