Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering
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Shortcut | WP:ENGR, WP:ENGN, WP:ENGG, WP:ENGIN WP:ENGINE, WP:ENGINEERING |
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Category | Engineering |
Portal | Engineering |
Wikimedia Commons | Engineering |
Parent project(s) | Technology |
Project banner template | {{Engineering}} |
Has goals? | Yes |
Welcome to WikiProject Engineering, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Engineering. For more information on WikiProjects in general, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects.
Interested users are encouraged to add their name below and help improve this project.
WikiProject Engineering | ||
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General information | ||
Main project page | (WP:ENGINEERING) | talk |
Engineering Portal | talk | |
Project navigation bar | talk | |
Project templates | talk | |
Project participants | ||
Project banner (doc) | {{WikiProject Engineering}} | talk |
Project category | talk | |
Invitation message | talk | |
Welcome message | talk | |
Project maintenance | ||
Assessments | talk | |
To do list | talk | |
edit · changes |
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
Goals
- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Engineering by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
- To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles within the scope of Engineering.
- To serve as a point of discussion for issues related to Engineering in general in Wikipedia.
- To help coordinate the work of related WikiProjects.
News
- September 9, 2007: Temporary page for WikiProject Engineering created.
- September 11, 2007: Moved to official Wikipedia space.
- November 10, 2007: Main project page expansion begins.
Scope
The project generally considers any article related to Engineering to be within its scope.
See the following to find articles within our scope:
WikiProject tagged articles can be found in Category:WikiProject Engineering articles.
See this page for recent changes related to pages withinin this project's scope.
Open tasks and guidelines
To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering:
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Participants
Userbox for WP Engineering
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Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. Members should also feel free to add {{User WP Engineering}} to their user pages to identify themselves as members of this project. The appearance of the userbox is shown to the right. Placing the above userbox on your user page will automatically add you to Category:WikiProject Engineering participants.
Inactive participants
This is a list of participants who haven't edited Wikipedia for a year. If you find your name on this list, feel free to move it back to the list of active participants when you return to editing.
Article alerts
Articles for deletion
- 25 Nov 2024 – Minera Valparaíso (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mika1h (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 25 Nov 2024 – Solid surface (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 24 Nov 2024 – Antony King (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by I dream of horses (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 14 Nov 2024 – Davide Lombardi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by I dream of horses (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 19 Nov 2024 – Working load limit (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Darcyisverycute (t · c) was closed as merge by Vanderwaalforces (t · c) on 26 Nov 2024; see discussion (6 participants)
- 17 Nov 2024 – Andrzej Gajec (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Drmies (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 24 Nov 2024; see discussion (6 participants)
- 14 Nov 2024 – Akshata Krishnamurthy (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Tammy0507 (t · c) was closed as keep by Asilvering (t · c) on 28 Nov 2024; see discussion (17 participants; relisted)
- 12 Nov 2024 – Consulting Engineering Center - Sajdi and partners (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Gaismagorm (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 24 Nov 2024; see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
- 09 Nov 2024 – Kayraktepe Dam (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Chidgk1 (t · c) was closed as draftify (deleted) by Just Step Sideways (t · c) on 23 Nov 2024; see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
- 09 Nov 2024 – Aksu Dam (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Chidgk1 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Asilvering (t · c) on 23 Nov 2024; see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
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Proposed deletions
- 27 Nov 2024 – Cut-off factor (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Di (they-them) (t · c): Non-notable mathematical formula, page has barely been edited since 2008
Categories for discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Category:Ministers for Transport Infrastructure (Victoria) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 23 Nov 2024 – Attitude (engineering) (talk · edit · hist) →Axes conventions was RfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 26 Aug 2024 – 1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JJonahJackalope (t · c); start discussion
- 23 Nov 2024 – Oil refinery (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by ChemicalBear (t · c) was not promoted
Requested moves
- 22 Nov 2024 – Laptop (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Laptop computer by JJPMaster (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 19 Nov 2024 – Bowie Municipal Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bowie, Texas by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Oct 2024 – Recording head (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Tape head by Kvng (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Sep 2024 – Ferris Red Oak Muni Heliport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ferris, Texas by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 29 May 2023 – Supply chain management (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Felix QW (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Mar 2023 – ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 199.246.255.164 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2021 – Intellectual property (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Dec 2020 – Human power (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Nov 2020 – Composite material (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by DoubleGrazing (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Jun 2019 – Pipeline (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Sociable Song (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 28 Nov 2024 – Draft:Adekola Sulaiman Adeniyi (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by JCFuniverse (t · c)
- 28 Nov 2024 – Draft:Robin Queen (biomechanist) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Aliceinthealice (t · c)
- 26 Nov 2024 – Draft:Shapr3D (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wikideas1 (t · c)
- 21 Nov 2024 – Draft:Elestor (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lstr1 (t · c)
- 21 Nov 2024 – Draft:State analysis of internal natural convection (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Riziuzi (t · c)
- 17 Nov 2024 – Draft:Subaru Rioma (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ViscousFlow (t · c)
- 15 Nov 2024 – Draft:John Shook (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Fab Papa (t · c)
- 14 Nov 2024 – Draft:Salas O'Brien (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Brightsky931 (t · c)
- 13 Nov 2024 – Draft:Carl Weggel (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nfm98604 (t · c)
- 13 Nov 2024 – Draft:BrainScaleS (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bunnyboomy (t · c)
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Departments
Assessment
Engineering articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
A | 2 | 2 | |||||
GA | 5 | 9 | 19 | 33 | |||
B | 18 | 30 | 68 | 138 | 49 | 303 | |
C | 19 | 115 | 214 | 784 | 394 | 1,526 | |
Start | 15 | 104 | 305 | 1,886 | 1,185 | 3,495 | |
Stub | 4 | 66 | 1,051 | 668 | 1,789 | ||
List | 6 | 7 | 6 | 112 | 34 | 165 | |
Category | 1 | 4,097 | 4,098 | ||||
Disambig | 30 | 30 | |||||
File | 36 | 36 | |||||
Portal | 81 | 81 | |||||
Project | 39 | 39 | |||||
Template | 181 | 181 | |||||
NA | 2 | 8 | 79 | 416 | 505 | ||
Other | 229 | 229 | |||||
Assessed | 59 | 271 | 680 | 4,075 | 5,109 | 2,330 | 12,524 |
Unassessed | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1,787 | 1,806 | ||
Total | 59 | 271 | 681 | 4,092 | 5,110 | 4,117 | 14,330 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 35,290 | Ω = 4.93 |
The WikiProject Engineering assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Engineering articles.
Assessments are performed via parameters in the {{Engineering}} project banner which is posted to an article's talk page.
An assessment parameter (FA, GA, B, Start, or Stub) causes the article to be rated and grouped
Collaboration
The Engineering Collaboration of the week seeks to identify particular articles that would benefit from a significant collaborative effort. Every week, a single article is selected as the focus, and the project attempts to improve it, potentially to featured article standards.
Any articles dealing with some aspect of Engineering (except for current featured articles and featured article candidates) are eligible, and everyone is invited to nominate articles.
The current Engineering Collaboration of the Week is: Engineering
Peer review
The peer review department of WikiProject Engineering conducts peer review of articles on request. The primary objective is to encourage better articles by having contributors who may not have worked on articles to examine them and provide ideas for further improvement.
The peer review process is highly flexible and can deal with articles of any quality; however, requesting reviews on very short articles may not be productive, as there is little for readers to comment on.
All reviews are conducted by fellow editors—usually members of WikiProject Engineering. While there is a general intent to expand this process to allow for review by subject experts, the preparations for this are not yet complete.
Requested images
The Requested images department aims to provide a collection of high-quality photographs, maps and images for use in Engineering articles. The department gathers existing public domain and free-license maps as well as creating new ones from other materials where no suitable maps can be found. All project members are welcome to request additional maps that may be needed for particular articles from the department.
Wikimedia Commons has images of the engineering field. Many of these photos would make useful additions to many of our articles here which may be lacking adequate illustrations. Please see the Commons categories at right, or try searching on Commons since many images available there are not properly categorized yet.
Outreach
The Outreach department acts as the project's central point of coordination for recruiting new members and maintaining the interest of current participants.
Templates and project size
WikiProject Engineering Navigation | |
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Main page | Discussions | Project templates | Assessment | Portal | |
The following templates are used in WikiProject Engineering.
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{{WikiProject Engineering}}
Use this template to show an article, image, category, or template is part of this WikiProject. This should be placed at the top of talk pages, not articles. |
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{{Engineering-stub}}
Use this to identify an Engineering-related article as a stub. |
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{{User WP Engineering}}
Use this on your user page to identify yourself as a member of this WikiProject. |
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{{User Engineer}}
Use this on your user page to show that you work in the engineering field. |
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{{User is PE}}
Use this on your user page to identify yourself as a licensed Professional Engineer. |
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{{User:Jagra/Userboxes/User Professional Engineer}} Use this on your user page to show that you are a professional engineer. Clicking on the logo connects to Portal:Engineering. |
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Main articles
List of basic engineering topics
Aerospace | Agricultural | Architectural | Biomedical | Chemical | Civil | Computer | Computer-aided engineering | Electrical | Electronic | Environmental | Industrial & Manufacturing | Mechanical | Petroleum | Software | Systems | More
New articles
- Civionic engineering (civionics) - Article created 2008-09-11 stating it is a new engineering discipline. It appears to be a neologism. Poor referencing has led me to nominate it for deletion.
- Cognate linkages - Kinematics
Please feel free to list your new Engineering-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please).
Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,000 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.
If you would like to request the creation of a particular article, please post in the requests section.
Categorization
The root category for this WikiProject is Category:Engineering. Both the root categorty and its associated subcategories should be tagged with {{Engineering category}}.
Please note that the major category, Category:Engineering, should be reserved for articles about disciplines of engineering, respectively, while specific individual engineering companies, engineers, concepts, etc. should be listed in the appropriate subcategories.
Next, please ensure that it has the correct engineering type categories (one or more, in some cases). Here are some major categories for engineering:
- The main engineering categories
- Category:Engineers
- Category:Engineering awards
- Category:Engineering companies
- Category:Engineering concepts
- Category:Engineering disciplines
- Category:Engineering education
- Category:Engineering equipment
- Category:Engineering failures
- Category:History of engineering
- Category:Engineering literature
- Category:Engineering projects
- Category:Engineering research institutes
- Category:Engineering societies
- Category:Computer-aided design software
- Category:Computer-aided manufacturing software
We also have a category for the project itself, Category:WikiProject Engineering.
Category tree
Issues of ongoing concern
Please report vandalism, copyright violations, addition of unsourced material and edit-warring to engineering articles here:
(One remark)
- The article Direct metal deposition has been AfD nominated as is non sourced.(but here is a source I have just found on a PDF [1] ) This is a registered trade mark, so really ought, I think, be redirected to Selective laser sintering. The technique it depends on however is call Direct laser powder deposition and I don't seem to be able to find that. So maybe that needs a mention. I am out of date on this technology. In my day, we had to make do with spaying metal or carbides through a plasma arc.--Aspro (talk) 17:24, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Please consider adding these articles to your watchlist, to help in reverting the ongoing vandalism which is certain to resume once semi-protection expires. Even during the period of semi-protection, some articles continue to be vandalized by recently registered accounts. Consider reporting users who chronically vandalize articles to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism.
If you find any other articles within the scope of this project which are being heavily vandalized (as a rough standard, over 10 vandals per day, or continual vandalism for several days such that the last 50+ edits are all vandalism and reverts, or 10+ vandalism / revert edits in 30 minutes), please report them at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection and add them to the list above.
More articles or pages in need of attention could be found here at Category:Unreferenced Engineering articles and Category:Engineering articles needing attention.
Requests
Please direct assessment requests to Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering/Assessment#Requesting an assessment.
Please add any other requests related to the project and material within its scope below:
- Does Honda DN-01#Human Friendly Transmission require clarification for the general reader? And/or do Swashplate_engine, Axial piston pump, Variable displacement pump need revision? Thanks!--Dbratland (talk) 16:56, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
- There do not appear to be any articles on notch strength, notch testing, notch strength to tensile strength ratios, etc. Wakablogger2 (talk) 00:53, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
There doesn't appear to be an article on rated power. According to LEO, the German equivalent is "Nennleistung", and this has a long article in the German Wikipedia: de:Nennleistung. Joriki (talk) 13:18, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
- What about Power rating? Would Rated power deserve a redirect?-- Nczempin (talk) 10:44, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
- Done. added interwiki and redirect. -- Nczempin (talk) 10:55, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
- The Cam_follower article is very difficult for a general reader. It also has no pictures. I've read it a few times and I still don't know what a Cam follower is all about.
- Vertical hollowshaft motor is too technical for the general reader. Additionally, it may be non-notable or merit merging to another article, but I lack the expertise to form much of an opinion on either question. Thanks. Lagrange613 (talk) 06:10, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
- I just came across the term 'Unfired Steam Generators' but could find nothing on wikipedia to explain what this is. Derek Andrews (talk) 11:30, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
- Just to be clear, this is a device to produce clean steam, ie [2]. Derek Andrews (talk) 13:17, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Resources
Some periodicals relevant to the general subject of engineering can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering/Periodicals.
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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.