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WikiProject Molecular Biology
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- 07 Jul 2026 – Silk biomaterial (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 04 Jul 2026 – Polinton (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Artoria2e5 (t · c) was closed by BhikhariInformer (t · c) on 26 Jul 2026; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
Good article nominees
- 27 Oct 2025 – COVID-19 lab leak theory (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 06 Jul 2026 – Genetic studies of Jews (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by AndreJustAndre (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 20 Jul 2026 – KIT (gene) (talk · edit · hist) move request to KIT gene by Steel1943 (t · c) was moved to KIT gene (talk · edit · hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t · c) on 29 Jul 2026; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 28 Jul 2025 – Fatty acid metabolism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Feb 2025 – Cloning (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Sep 2024 – KIF1A (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2620:1D5:A00:4:C86A:1126:2736:27AF (t · c); see discussion
- 06 May 2024 – Tether (cell biology) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Bluescreening (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Feb 2023 – Formylation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Aug 2022 – Epidermal growth factor (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kupirijo (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Dec 2020 – Pilin (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2020 – Holocarboxylase synthetase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 30 Jul 2026 – Draft:Tsvi Tlusty (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 28 Jul 2026 – Draft:StarBeast (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Alexei.drummond (t · c)
- 20 Jul 2026 – Draft:Snake venom metalloproteinase (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by EthK34 (t · c)
- 16 Jun 2026 – Draft:Mao Mao (scientist) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sidhchamp1 (t · c)
- 10 Jun 2026 – Draft:Gene Solutions (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Chu Thi Ngoc Anh (t · c)
- 07 May 2026 – Draft:DHX30 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Purpleptaters (t · c)
- 08 Apr 2026 – Draft:Mirko Bischofberger (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Quaenuncabibis (t · c)
- 08 Apr 2026 – Draft:Compact Sequencing (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Charonac (t · c)
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About
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WikiProject Molecular Biology Taskforces
Projects and Partnerships
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Wikimedia
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WikiData Molecular Biology – ensuring accuracy of molecular biology items in WikiData.
Gene Wiki – create and improve all Wikipedia articles on human genes.
Societies
[edit ]- ISCB article competition – an annual Wikipedia article competition in association with the International Society for Computational Biology: entries for the 9th edition of the competition are open from 26 Aug 2019 - 15 May 2020.
- ISMB-ECCB Editathons - annual Wikipedia writing workshops at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and European Conference on Computational Biology conference.
Institutions
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RCSB Protein DataBank - In 2014, WikiProject Biophysics persuaded David Goodsell and the Protein DataBank release all Molecule of the Month images under CC BY open licenses.
Journals
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PLOS Computational Biology and PLOS Genetics - publishing v:PLOS Topic Pages , where articles in those journals are written in a Wikipedia style and copied over after publication in the journal.
Gene - publishing Gene Wiki Reviews , where review articles on gene families in Gene have an accompanying Wikipedia article written by the same authors.
WikiJournal of Science - putting new and existing Wikipedia articles through academic peer review and publication.
Metrics
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MCB
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| MCB articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| FA | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | ||
| FL | 1 | 1 | |||||
| GA | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 62 | ||
| B | 53 | 218 | 285 | 371 | 1 | 8 | 936 |
| C | 67 | 257 | 642 | 1,264 | 62 | 2,292 | |
| Start | 21 | 273 | 891 | 6,107 | 78 | 7,370 | |
| Stub | 2 | 199 | 17,302 | 1 | 102 | 17,606 | |
| List | 9 | 7 | 37 | 66 | 239 | 20 | 378 |
| Category | 887 | 887 | |||||
| Disambig | 47 | 47 | |||||
| File | 37 | 37 | |||||
| Project | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Redirect | 2 | 23 | 85 | 1,041 | 908 | 2,059 | |
| Template | 308 | 308 | |||||
| Draft | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Assessed | 177 | 801 | 2,157 | 26,169 | 2,437 | 270 | 32,011 |
| Unassessed | 3 | 2 | 97 | 102 | |||
| Total | 177 | 801 | 2,157 | 26,172 | 2,439 | 367 | 32,113 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 154,589 | Ω = 5.47 | |||||
Genetics
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| Genetics articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| FA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| FL | 1 | 1 | |||||
| FM | 15 | 15 | |||||
| GA | 8 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 52 | ||
| B | 26 | 68 | 105 | 134 | 13 | 346 | |
| C | 23 | 111 | 324 | 624 | 1 | 116 | 1,199 |
| Start | 4 | 59 | 348 | 1,305 | 283 | 1,999 | |
| Stub | 1 | 2 | 57 | 1,491 | 161 | 1,712 | |
| List | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 68 |
| Category | 1,183 | 1,183 | |||||
| Disambig | 4 | 4 | |||||
| File | 27 | 27 | |||||
| Project | 38 | 38 | |||||
| Redirect | 2 | 3 | 17 | 82 | 144 | 248 | |
| Template | 75 | 75 | |||||
| NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Assessed | 78 | 259 | 874 | 3,697 | 1,494 | 574 | 6,976 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 1 | 73 | 75 | |||
| Total | 78 | 260 | 874 | 3,698 | 1,494 | 647 | 7,051 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 26,205 | Ω = 4.93 | |||||
Computational Biology
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| Computational Biology articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| GA | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||
| B | 10 | 34 | 32 | 52 | 3 | 131 | |
| C | 9 | 40 | 66 | 142 | 10 | 267 | |
| Start | 1 | 38 | 158 | 502 | 10 | 709 | |
| Stub | 25 | 358 | 9 | 392 | |||
| List | 15 | 17 | 21 | 53 | |||
| Category | 34 | 34 | |||||
| Project | 59 | 59 | |||||
| Redirect | 1 | 8 | 32 | 19 | 60 | ||
| Template | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Assessed | 21 | 130 | 311 | 1,112 | 119 | 32 | 1,725 |
| Total | 21 | 130 | 311 | 1,112 | 119 | 32 | 1,725 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 7,388 | Ω = 4.89 | |||||
Gene Wiki
[edit ]| Gene Wiki articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | ||
| B | 1 | 54 | 1 | 56 | |||
| C | 9 | 48 | 4 | 61 | |||
| Start | 2 | 84 | 4 | 90 | |||
| Stub | 1,534 | 1 | 1,535 | ||||
| List | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Category | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Project | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Redirect | 99 | 9 | 108 | ||||
| NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Assessed | 9 | 12 | 1,819 | 26 | 10 | 1,876 | |
| Total | 9 | 12 | 1,819 | 26 | 10 | 1,876 | |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 10,072 | Ω = 5.78 | |||||
How the rating scale works
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Article classificationThe standard system on wikipedia is for each article to be assigned two grades: one for completeness and another for significance. These grades can be easily assigned to articles by installing the Rater tool. Ratings can also edited manually by adding and/or updating the Quality scale[edit ]Class is determined by how well written an article is based on completeness, clarity and referencing. Articles typically are slowly improved up the levels until they reach A-Class, at which point they go through a more thorough review process with strict criteria to become Good Articles (GA) and Featured Articles (FA). The quality level is set using the
Importance scale[edit ]Article significance is based loosely on how aware the general population is of the topic, and therefore how likely they are to consult Wikipedia. Importance is set using the
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Referencing and notability
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