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Science, technology, and engineering

Science

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Science	no		yes	yes	Science	collaboration inactive since May 2008
Archaeology	yes				Archaeology
Cognitive science	yes	yes
Color	yes	yes
Forestry	yes
Futures studies	yes
Gemology and Jewelry	yes	yes
History of Science	(main listing here)
Measurement	yes
Nature	no					see Tree of Life instead
Pseudoscience	(main listing here)
Pollution	yes
Systems	yes	yes			Systems science
Systems Engineering Initiative	(main listing here)
Time	(main listing here)
Women scientists	(main listing here)

History of science

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
History of science	yes	yes		yes	History of science	Portal:Science; Portal:History; Portal:Technology; Portal:Philosophy of science; Portal:Mind and Brain
History of biology	no
History of Nuclear Enterprise	no
Years in science	no
Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies/Science task force	(main listing here)

Biology

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Biology	yes	yes			Biology
Biophysics	yes				Biology
Ecology	yes	yes			Agronomy	Portal:Ecology
Ecoregions	yes
Environment	yes	yes			Environment	Portal:Sustainable development
→	Environmental Record task force				Environment
Evolutionary biology	(main listing here)
Extinction	yes				Extinction
Neuroscience	yes	yes			Neuroscience
Game theory	(main listing here)
Horticulture and Gardening	(main listing here)
Computational Biology	yes					Revived in June 2011, supported by the International Society for Computational Biology
NLP concepts and methods	no					Neuro-linguistic programming
Superfund	yes	yes
Tree of Life	(main listing here)
Zoo	yes	yes		yes	Zoos and aquariums

Evolution/Origin of Life

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Evolutionary biology	yes	yes
Human Genetic History	yes

Horticulture and Gardening

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Horticulture and Gardening	yes			yes	Gardening

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Molecular and Cellular Biology	yes	yes	yes	yes	Molecular and Cellular Biology	Also Portal:Gene Wiki
→	Metabolic Pathways				Metabolism
Cell Signaling	yes
Chemical and Bio Engineering	(main listing here)
Genetics	yes
→	Medical genetics				Medicine
Microbiology	yes	yes			Biology
→	Neurology				Medicine
RNA	yes

Sexology and Sexuality

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Sexology and sexuality	yes	yes			Sexuality
→	Sex work				Sexuality
Gender Studies	yes	yes		yes
LGBT studies	yes	yes	yes	yes	LGBT

Tree of Life

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Tree of Life	yes	yes
Animals	(main listing here)
Australian biota	yes	yes
Biota of Great Britain and Ireland	yes	yes
Fungi	yes	yes		yes	Fungi	34 Featured Articles
Marine life	(main listing here)
Plants	(main listing here)
Algae	yes
Prokaryotes and protists	no
Viruses	yes					Revived on 24/02/2011

Animals

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Animals	yes	yes	yes	yes	Animals
Animals in media	(main listing here)
Amphibians and Reptiles	yes	yes			Amphibians and Reptiles
Aquatic Invertebrates	no
Arthropods	(main listing here)
Birds	yes	yes	yes	yes	Birds	89 featured articles, four featured topics
→	Domestic pigeon task force
Bivalves	yes					Started in January 2012
Cryptozoology	yes	yes
Dinosaurs	yes	yes		yes	Dinosaurs	30 Featured Articles, most active 2006-08.
Fishes	(main listing here)
Gastropods	yes				Gastropods
Mammals	(main listing here)
Pterosaurs	no
Sea Monsters	no			yes

Arthropods

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Arthropods	yes	yes			Arthropods
Insects	yes	yes			Insects
Lepidoptera	yes	yes			Insects
Mantodea	no				Mantodea
Phasmatodea	no	yes			Biology
Spiders	yes	yes			Biology
Beekeeping	(main listing here)

Fishes

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Fishes	yes	yes	yes		Fish
Aquarium Fishes	yes				Aquarium Fish
Sharks	yes	yes		yes	Sharks

Mammals

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Mammals	yes	yes		yes	Mammals
→	Mustelids (Weasels)
→	Pocket pets (Lagomorphs)
Cats	yes	yes	yes	yes	Cats
Cetaceans	yes	yes		yes	Cetaceans
Dogs	yes	yes			Dogs
→	Dog breeds
→	Dog photos
→	Greyhound racing
Equine	yes	yes			Horses
→	Horse breeds
→	Horse training
Monotremes and Marsupials	no
Primates	yes	yes	yes		Primates
Rodents	yes

Marine life

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Marine life	yes			yes	Marine life
Aquatic Invertebrates	no
Bivalves	yes
Cephalopods	yes
Cetaceans	(main listing here)
Gastropods	yes				Gastropods

Plants

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Plants	yes	yes	yes	yes	Plants
Banksia	yes	yes				7 Featured Articles, 1 A-class article, 1 Good Article
Cannabis	yes	yes		yes	Cannabis
Carnivorous plants	yes	yes

Chemistry

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Chemistry	yes	yes	yes	yes	Chemistry
→	Structure drawing
→	Glass task force
→	Gold Book
Chemical and Bio Engineering	yes
Chemicals	yes	yes
Elements	yes	yes
Explosives	yes
Formation Evaluation	(main listing here)
Mass spectrometry	no	yes	yes	yes
Physical Chemistry	no	yes
Polymers	yes				Chemistry
Spectroscopy	yes	yes
Water and sanitation	no				Water

Economics

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Business	yes	yes			Business and economics
Economics	yes
Investment	yes

Geosciences

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Geology	yes	yes	yes		Earth sciences
→	Geology - Cambrian Explosion task force				Earth sciences
→	Geology - Periods task force				Earth sciences
Earthquakes	yes	yes			Earthquakes
Formation Evaluation	no				Earth sciences	Portal:Engineering
Geologic timescale	no				Earth sciences	Being merged with Wikipedia:WikiProject Geology
Mining	yes	yes			Mining
Rocks and minerals	yes				Earth sciences
Seamounts	yes	yes			Seamounts	New project
Soil	yes	yes			Earth sciences	Portal:Science; Portal:Agropedia; Portal:Geography
Volcanoes	yes	yes		yes	Volcanoes

Health and fitness

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Health and fitness	yes				Health and fitness
Abortion	no	yes
Aids	no
Hospitals	yes	yes
Medicine	(main listing here)
National Health Service	no			yes
Sports	(main listing here)
Water and sanitation	no				Water

Medicine

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Medicine	yes	yes	yes	yes	Medicine
→	Cardiology task force
→	Dermatology task force
→	Emergency medicine and EMS task force
→	Gastroenterology task force
→	Hematology-oncology task force
→	Medical genetics task force
→	Nephrology task force
→	Neurology task force
→	Ophthalmology task force
→	Pathology task force
→	Psychiatry task force
→	Pulmonology task force
→	Radiology task force
→	Reproductive medicine task force
→	Toxicology task force
→	Translation task force
Alternative medicine	yes
Anatomy	yes
Dentistry	no	yes		yes
Dyslexia	yes	yes
First aid	no	yes
Homeopathy	no
Hospitals	(main listing here)
NIH	no
Nursing	yes	yes		yes	Nursing
Pharmacology	(main listing here)
Psychology	yes	yes			Psychology	Portal:Mind and Brain
Veterinary medicine	yes	yes

Pharmacology

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Pharmacology	yes	yes			Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Psychedelics, Dissociatives and Deliriants	yes	yes

Information science

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Librarians	yes				Library and information science
Method engineering	no
Computer science	(main listing here)
Cryptography	(main listing here)
Databases	(main listing here)

Mathematics

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Mathematics	yes	yes		yes	Mathematics	A-class review, more portals
→	Mathematical graphics
→	PlanetMath Exchange
Cryptography	yes				Cryptography
Game theory	(main listing here)
Golden ratio	no
Mathematics Competitions	yes	yes
Numbers	yes
Polyhedra	yes
Probability	no
Statistics	yes	yes			Statistics
Uniform Polytopes	yes				Statistics

Meteorology

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Meteorology	yes	yes		yes	Weather
→	Tropical meteorology task force				Tropical cyclones	Collaboration with WikiProject Tropical cyclones
Severe weather	yes	yes			Weather
Climate	no				Weather	Portal:Tropical cyclones
Tropical cyclones	yes	yes	yes	yes	Tropical cyclones
→	Tropical meteorology task force				Tropical cyclones	Collaboration with WikiProject Meteorology
→	Season articles task force				Tropical cyclones
→	Storm articles task force				Tropical cyclones
Winter Storms	yes				Weather

Physics

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Physics	yes	yes			Physics	Portal:Electromagnetism
→	Acoustics task force
→	BPH task force
→	Fluid dynamics task force
→	Glass task force
→	Relativity task force
Optics	no
Biophysics	(main listing here)
Spectroscopy	(main listing here)

Space

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Astronomy	(main listing here)
Spaceflight	(main listing here)

Astronomy

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Astronomy	yes	yes			Astronomy
→	Constellations task force
Astronomical objects	yes	yes		yes	Astronomy	Portal:Star, Portal:X-ray astronomy
Solar System	yes	yes			Solar System	Portal:Uranus
→	Jupiter task force				Jupiter
Mars	no	yes			Mars
Moon	no	yes			Moon
Eclipses	yes	yes
Astrology	(main listing here)

Spaceflight

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Spaceflight	yes	yes			Spaceflight
→	Space Stations working group
→	Timeline of Spaceflight working group
Rocketry	no	yes

Technology

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Technology	yes				Technology
Alternative fuels	no
Automobile construction	(main listing here)
Bell System	yes	yes
Blu-ray	no
Cutlery	yes
Electronics	yes	yes
Engineering	(main listing here)
Energy	yes	yes			Energy	Portal:Renewable energy
→	Energy - Oil Megaprojects task force
Geographic Information System	yes			yes		New!
Firearms	(main listing here)
Metalworking	yes
Military technology and engineering	(main listing here)
Weaponry	(main listing here)
Polymers	(main listing here)
Robotics	yes	yes	yes	yes	Robotics	New!
Telecommunications	(main listing here)
Transportation	(main listing here)
Woodworking	yes

Aviation

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Aviation	yes	yes	yes	yes	Aviation
→	Aerospace biography task force
→	Air sports task force
→	Aviation accident task force
Aircraft	yes	yes			Aviation
→	Engines task force
→	Rotorcraft task force
Airlines	yes	yes
→	Defunct airlines task force
Airports	yes	yes
Gliding	no	yes
Military aviation	(main listing here)

Computing

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Computing	yes	yes	yes		Computing
→	Computer hardware task force
→	Computer and Information Security task force					Superseded by WikiProject Computer Security
→	Computer networking task force				Computer networking
→	Early computers task force
→	Software task force				Software	This group operates as both a task force and a separate WikiProject group
→	Websites task force					This group operates as both a task force and a separate WikiProject group
Amiga	no
Apple Inc.	yes	yes		yes	Apple Inc.
→	iOS task force
→	Macintosh task force
Blogging	yes	yes
C++	yes
Computer graphics	no	yes			Computer graphics
Computer music	(main listing here)
Computer science	yes	yes			Computer science
Computer Security	yes	yes			Computer Security
Computer Vision	yes
Cryptography	(main listing here)
Databases	yes	yes
Free Software	yes	yes			Free software	Needs leadership
Game theory	(main listing here)
Google	no				Google
Internet	yes	yes			Internet
Internet culture	(main listing here)
IRC	yes	yes			IRC
Java	yes	yes	yes		Java
KDE	no
Linux	yes	yes		yes	Linux
Malware	no					Superseded by WikiProject Computer Security
Mathematical and Computational Biology	(main listing here)
Method engineering	(main listing here)
Microsoft	yes	yes			Microsoft	This Project is new and its project page is under development.
Microsoft Windows	yes	yes
.NET	no	yes
Perl	yes					interested in developing Perl-related articles and Perl scripts
Plan 9	no
Programming languages	no					Merged with WikiProject Computer science
RISC OS	yes
Software	no				Software	Also a task force of Computing
Websites	no					Also a task force of Computing
→	Early web history

Engineering

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Engineering	yes	yes			Engineering
Chemical and Bio Engineering	(main listing here)
Civil engineering	yes
Dams	yes				Engineering
Electrical engineering	yes	yes				Portal:Engineering; Portal:Electronics; Portal:Physics;
Method engineering	(main listing here)
Military technology and engineering	(main listing here)
Signal Processing	yes
Systems Engineering Initiative	yes

Firearms

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Firearms	yes	yes
Airsoft	no
Military history - Weaponry task force	(main listing here)

Rail transport

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Trains	(main listing here)
Trains in Japan	(main listing here)
London Transport	(main listing here)

Telecommunications

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Telecommunications	yes				Telecommunication
Bell System	yes	yes
Audiovisual telecommunications	no
Cellular devices	no
Radio Stations	(main listing here)
Television	(main listing here)

Time

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Time	yes	yes			Time
Calendars	no
Current Local City Time	no
Days of the Year	yes
Holidays	(main listing here)
Leaders by year	(main listing here)
Timelines	no
Time Zones	no
Watches	yes
Years	yes
Years in Science	(main listing here)