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Welcome to WikiProject Engineering |
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 | |
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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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
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 edit
To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering:
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Participants edit
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 edit
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 edit
Articles for deletion
- 16 Apr 2024 – Ralph Bernstein (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by UtherSRG (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 13 Apr 2024 – MontageJS (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by RetroCosmos (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 12 Apr 2024 – Ninoslav Marina (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 10 Apr 2024 – Fenestration testing laboratory (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Boleyn (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 10 Apr 2024 – Applus+ IDIADA (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 10 Apr 2024 – IEEE Lance Stafford Larson Award (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Broc (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 09 Apr 2024 – Barby Storage Reservoir (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JMWt (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 06 Apr 2024 – Mastering engineer (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Slatersteven (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 31 Mar 2024 – Superintending Surveyor (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ARandomName123 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
- 06 Apr 2024 – 2023 Zaragoza F-18 crash (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 13 Apr 2024; see discussion (10 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 14 Apr 2024 – Ralph Bernstein (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Biruitorul (t · c) and endorsed by UtherSRG (t · c) on 16 Apr 2024 was deproded by GB fan (t · c) on 16 Apr 2024
Categories for discussion
- 06 Apr 2024 – Category:Tunnels completed in 1679 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Apr 2024 – Category:Tunnels completed in 1480 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2024 – Category:Infrastructure by location (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2024 – Category:Infrastructure by year of completion (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2024 – Category:Infrastructure by century of completion (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2024 – Category:Infrastructure (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 16 Apr 2024 – Dale Becker (talk · edit · hist) →Wiren Becker was RfDed by Jlwoodwa (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 29 Mar 2024 – All American Grand Touring (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Grand Touring Experimental by A7V2 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2024 – Boeing manufacturing and design issues (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Boeing 737 MAX by ZLEA (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Hydrogen economy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Low-carbon economy by Chidgk1 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2024 – Building services engineering (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Architectural engineering by Ironmatic1 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2024 – Bioprocess engineering (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Biochemical engineering by Hanif Al Husaini (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2024 – Biochemical engineering (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bioprocess engineering by Hanif Al Husaini (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Dec 2023 – Failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Failure mode and effects analysis by Sauer202 (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
- 05 Jul 2022 – Aircraft flight dynamics (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AnomieBOT (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
- 16 Apr 2024 – Draft:Defects in 2D Nanostructured Surfaces (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Pgoel19 (t · c)
- 13 Apr 2024 – Draft:Spax (screw) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Loomchair (t · c)
- 11 Apr 2024 – Draft:Leadec (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ChrisNinetySix (t · c)
- 09 Apr 2024 – Draft:Lawson Screen and Digital (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Weblawson (t · c)
- 08 Apr 2024 – Draft:Quantum Chernoff Distance (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 139.47.36.9 (t · c)
- 08 Apr 2024 – Draft:Farokh Marvasti (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MhdShs (t · c)
- 08 Apr 2024 – Draft:Johan Gaume (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by FluraFlu (t · c)
- 05 Apr 2024 – Draft:Genevos (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by RSEditor (t · c)
- 02 Apr 2024 – Draft:Solution-friction model (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wikimembrane (t · c)
- 30 Mar 2024 – Draft:Engineering in the Nordics (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Science-engineering 471 (t · c)
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Departments edit
Assessment edit
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 | 1 | 1 | |||||
GA | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 | |||
B | 19 | 28 | 61 | 123 | 26 | 257 | |
C | 17 | 113 | 210 | 721 | 324 | 1,385 | |
Start | 17 | 102 | 306 | 1,778 | 1,041 | 3,244 | |
Stub | 4 | 70 | 1,015 | 683 | 1,772 | ||
List | 6 | 7 | 6 | 148 | 31 | 198 | |
Category | 1,867 | 1,867 | |||||
Disambig | 1 | 28 | 29 | ||||
File | 36 | 36 | |||||
Portal | 81 | 81 | |||||
Project | 1 | 34 | 35 | ||||
Template | 2 | 106 | 108 | ||||
NA | 2 | 8 | 70 | 347 | 427 | ||
Other | 284 | 284 | |||||
Assessed | 60 | 264 | 677 | 3,879 | 2,783 | 2,105 | 9,768 |
Unassessed | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1,757 | 1,773 | ||
Total | 60 | 264 | 678 | 3,892 | 2,785 | 3,862 | 11,541 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 33,228 | Ω = 4.96 |
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Issues of ongoing concern edit
Please report vandalism, copyright violations, addition of unsourced material and edit-warring to engineering articles here:
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- 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 edit
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)
- See Izod test and Charpy impact test. Wizard191 (talk) 14:04, 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)
- There does not appear to be an engineering-focused article on the general concept(s) of sources and sinks. I'm a geographer with broad scientific/mathematical experience and NOT an engineer, but I think the public should be able to get an understanding of these important ideas beyond their use in ecology as discussed in Source–sink dynamics. Lee De Cola (talk) 18:51, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
- I take an original or historical view, that source and sink are originally about Flow (fluid) and later were applied metaphorically. This suggest that, instead of a redirect to a hydraulic science article, it should be a broad rather than deep discussion of fluid flow, including source and sink and especially their metaphorical adaptations, as in electricity and ecology.
Resources edit
Some periodicals relevant to the general subject of engineering can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Engineering/Periodicals.
Related WikiProjects edit
Parent projects edit
Descendant projects edit
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- WikiProject Civil engineering
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- Military technology and engineering task force
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Tools edit
- 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.