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===Description===
Although the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Science]] already exists, [[Forensic science]] is a special subset of the sciences, both pure and applied, that intersects with legal matters and that intersection imparts great differences upon its disciplines and practitioners that academic sciences rarely encounter. This WikiProject aims to coordinate the scientific and non-scientific articles that touch upon forensics across the vast array of subject matter such that it warrants its on WikiProject.

Article on forensic disciplines, laboratories, organizations, practitioners, important cases, and case law are all topics for consideration.
[[User:TimothyPilgrim|TimothyPilgrim]] ([[User talk:TimothyPilgrim|talk]]) 16:44, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

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'''List of important pages and categories for this proposed group'''
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* {{la|Forensic science}}
* {{la|American Society of Questioned Document Examiners}}
* {{la|Outline of forensic science}}
* {{la|American Academy of Forensic Sciences}}
* {{la|FBI Laboratory}}
* {{la|Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences}}
* {{la|International Association for Identification}}
* {{la|Scientific Working Group}}
* {{la|Locard's exchange principle}}
* {{la|Forensic biology}}
* {{la|Forensic chemistry}}
* {{la|Forensic identification}}
* {{la|Automated fingerprint identification}}
* {{la|Footprint}}
* {{la|Gunshot residue}}
* {{la|Trace evidence}}
* {{la|DNA profiling}}
* {{la|Expert witness}}
* {{la|Alphonse Bertillon}}
* {{la|Polymerase chain reaction}}
* {{la|Quality assurance}}
* {{la|Forensic firearm examination}}
* {{lc|Category:Forensics}} (number of pages in the category: 19 C 358 P)  
* {{lc|Category:Fingerprints}} (33 P)
* {{lc|Category:Laboratory techniques}} (17 C 252 P)
* {{lc|Category:Forensic techniques}} (48 P)

* {{lc|Category:Forensics organizations}} (number of pages in the category:  ) <!-- Replace "Category name" with the exact name of any category.  For example, to link "Category:WikiProjects", just type "WikiProjects" in place of "Category name" -->

;List of WikiProjects currently on the [[WP:TALK|talk pages]] of those articles
:<small>Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal.  See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory]] to find similar WikiProjects.</small>
* {{lw|WikiProject Biology}} 
* {{lw|WikiProject Law Enforcement}}
* {{lw|WikiProject Technology}}
* {{lw|WikiProject Crime}} <!-- Replace "WikiProject Example" with the name of the WikiProject.  For example, type "WikiProject Council" -->

;Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
:[[Forensic science]] has many subdisciplines that have their own special niches, but work together within a common framework of [[law]] and [[quality assurance]] systems, so they bear more resemblance to each other than to traditional academic sciences. Therefore, their topics require a special attention that would be absent in other articles that fall under the massive [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Science]] portfolio. For instance, somebody interested in editing an article on the [[Innocence Project]] might not have any inking to edit a common biological or chemistry article. Likewise an editor familiar with [[quantum physics]] may not typically work on an article about [[Admissibility of Evidence]], but a forensic scientist crosses that void. It's like the [[Stranger Things (season 1)|Upside Down]], a separate dimension that connects science and law together as one.

===Support===
<small>Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.</small>
#[[User:TimothyPilgrim|TimothyPilgrim]] ([[User talk:TimothyPilgrim|talk]]) 16:44, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
#[[User:QDE-can|Brent Ostrum]] ([[User talk:QDE-can|talk]]) - I would join/support this project.  23 September 2020.
#[[User:Sahaib3005|Sahaib3005]] ([[User talk:Sahaib3005|talk]])- I would join. 26 September 2020.
#[[User:Jerm|Jerm]] ([[User talk:Jerm|talk]]) I support its creation, but I wouldn't join. I'm not an expert on the subject, but there is a significant amount of articles to start a WikiProject. The only thing I can do is make a barnstar for the project. 03:46, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

===Discussion===