Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics

This WikiProject exists to improve the quality of existing articles related to physics, to create articles to cover a broader range of physics topics, and to categorize and link them in appropriate ways. The result of this work should be articles that are accessible to the lay reader and yet are also useful to the professional working in the field. Some articles are of interest to grade-school students, others only to advanced graduate students and post-docs: all such communities should be served.

All are welcome to help, from those 'merely' interested in physics to practicing professionals and academics. All are needed. Professional physicists oversee the accuracy of the content in their sub-fields. Together with knowledgeable amateurs they write and edit the articles. But even those with the least amount of knowledge are needed. For example, we always need more amateurs to tell us whenever articles have become too obtuse. In all cases, whether aficionado or professional, when you talk here, you talk with peers.

If you plan to be active in editing articles relating to physics, please add your name and your interests to the members list. Concrete proposals, suggestions and activities are discussed on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Physics page, and any and all interested parties are encouraged to join up and participate. We also have an IRC channel on Freenode: #wikiphys. The Article alerts page automatically reflects workflows for pages marked as part of this project.

The scope of WikiProject Physics is anything on Wikipedia that is related to physics. As of April, 2022, about 24,000 articles have been identified as being physics-related. Our particular interests are core physics concepts and issues related to physics articles. In particular:

• Bringing every physics article as close to Featured Article or Featured List status as possible.
  
• Maximizing MoS compliance, particularly MoS Numbers and MoS Math.
• Cleaning up tagged articles.
• Organization of categories at every level of Category:Physics.
• Making sure all articles are properly referenced.
• Watching out for pseudoscience in physics articles and categories (see the list of these topics).
• Keeping the Physics Portal in good shape.
• Keeping the WikiProject Physics community active, growing, and well-supported.
• Discussing the content of physics articles on Wikipedia and what direction WikiProject Physics should take (see talk page).

This table is automatically updated by WP 1.0 bot. See the log for the latest changes.

Physics articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 11 18 22 8 59 FL 2 4 1 7 GA 20 36 55 68 179 B 108 269 444 343 5 1,169 C 102 537 1,270 1,887 66 3,862 Start 435 2,768 6,680 290 10,173 Stub 676 5,228 83 5,987 List 5 25 79 164 273 Category 1,796 1,796 Disambig 122 122 File 141 141 Portal 14 14 Project 82 82 Redirect 106 352 1,777 2,235 Template 344 344 Other 1 136 137 Assessed 248 1,320 5,424 14,732 4,412 444 26,580 Unassessed 1 2 284 287 Total 248 1,320 5,425 14,734 4,412 728 26,867 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 106,100 Ω = 4.95

• List of the 500 most popular physics pages, updated monthly.
• Recent changes to those pages

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• Main page featured articles are featured articles that have appeared on the main page. Some may have since been demoted.
• Featured articles are feature articles.
• Former featured articles were once featured articles. They have since been demoted.
• Main page featured lists are featured lists that have appeared on the main page. Some may have since been demoted.
• Featured lists are featured lists.
• Former featured lists were once featured lists but have since been demoted.
• Good articles are Wikipedia:Good articles.
• Former good articles were once good articles, but have seen been demoted.
• Good topics are good topics.
• Picture of the day pictures are featured pictures that have appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the picture of the day column. Some may have since been demoted.
• Featured pictures are Wikipedia:Featured pictures
• Former featured pictures are pictures that were once Wikipedia:Featured pictures, but have been been demoted.
• In the News articles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news column.
• Did you know? articles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column.

Main page featured articles

Featured articles

Former featured articles

Main page featured lists

Featured lists

Former featured lists

Good articles

Former good articles

Good topics

Picture of the day pictures

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  Advanced Test Reactor
• Aurora Australis
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  Black hole - Messier 87 crop max res
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  CMB Timeline300 no WMAP
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  Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1963 - Restoration
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  Clayton Anderson zero g
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  Comparison satellite navigation orbits
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  Crepuscular rays at Sunset near Waterberg Plateau edit
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  Diamond (side view)
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  EHT Saggitarius A black hole
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  Edward Alexander Bouchet Yale College class of 1874
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  EdwardTeller1958 fewer smudges
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  Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer - restoration
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  Fluorescence in calcite
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  Four pulleys
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  Fourier2 - restoration1
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  Helkivad ööpilved Kuresoo kohal
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  Hubble Extreme Deep Field (full resolution)
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  Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1
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  IceCube Neutrino Observatory in 2023 02
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  Installing the ATLAS Calorimeter - edit1
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  Internal reflection, Anna
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  James D Watson
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  Laser Towards Milky Ways Centre
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  Leonhard Euler - edit1
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  Lightning over Oradea Romania 3
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  Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31
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  Mary Jackson working 2 - Restoration
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  Miinitraaleri "Virsaitis" vrakk
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  NASA-HS201427a-HubbleUltraDeepField2014-20140603
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  Niels Bohr - LOC - ggbain - 35303
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  Nobel Pierre et Marie Curie 1
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  Ouster OS1-64 lidar point cloud of intersection of Folsom and Dore St, San Francisco
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  PIA24039-MarsCuriosityRover-DustDevil-20200809
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  ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg
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  Passiflora caerulea STEREO (R-L) 2019-06-27
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  Paul Nadar - Henri Becquerel
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  Physicist Stephen Hawking in Zero Gravity NASA
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  Plasma globe 60th
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  Port and lighthouse overnight storm with lightning in Port-la-Nouvelle
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  Porträt des Daniel Bernoulli - edit1
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  Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529, restoration)
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  S-IC engines and Von Braun
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  Sally Ride (1984)
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  Sir Ernest Rutherford LCCN2014716719 - restoration1
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  Solvay conference 1927
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  Staring Down Hurricane Florence
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  Sun poster
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  Sunspot TRACE
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  Supercell
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  The Sun by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory - 20100819
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  Thin section scan crossed polarizers Siilinjärvi R636-105.90
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  Top of Atmosphere
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  Translational motion
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  Views of the LHC tunnel sector 3-4, tirage 2
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  Viscosities
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  Vortex-street-1
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  Water drop 001
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  מכתש רמון - גלישת עננים (cropped)

Featured pictures

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  Advanced Test Reactor
• Aurora Australis
• 
  Black hole - Messier 87 crop max res
• 
  CMB Timeline300 no WMAP
• 
  Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1963 - Restoration
• 
  Clayton Anderson zero g
• 
  Comparison satellite navigation orbits
• 
  Crepuscular rays at Sunset near Waterberg Plateau edit
• 
  Diamond (side view)
• 
  Dichroitisches Prisma -- 2020 -- 5123
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  EHT Saggitarius A black hole
• 
  Edward Alexander Bouchet Yale College class of 1874
• 
  EdwardTeller1958 fewer smudges
• 
  Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer - restoration
• 
  Fluorescence in calcite
• 
  Four pulleys
• 
  Fourier2 - restoration1
• 
  Helkivad ööpilved Kuresoo kohal
• 
  Hubble Extreme Deep Field (full resolution)
• 
  Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1
• 
  IceCube Neutrino Observatory in 2023 02
• 
  Installing the ATLAS Calorimeter - edit1
• 
  Internal reflection, Anna
• 
  James D Watson
• 
  Laser Towards Milky Ways Centre
• 
  Leonhard Euler - edit1
• 
  Lightning over Oradea Romania 3
• 
  Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31
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  Marie Curie c. 1920s
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  Mary Jackson 1979 Portrait (LRC-1979-B701 P-07085)
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  Mary Jackson working 2 - Restoration
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  Miinitraaleri "Virsaitis" vrakk
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  NASA-HS201427a-HubbleUltraDeepField2014-20140603
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  Niels Bohr - LOC - ggbain - 35303
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  Nikola Tesla, with his equipment Wellcome M0014782 - restoration2
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  Nobel Pierre et Marie Curie 1
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  Oppenheimer (cropped)
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  Ouster OS1-64 lidar point cloud of intersection of Folsom and Dore St, San Francisco
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  PIA24039-MarsCuriosityRover-DustDevil-20200809
• 
  ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg
• 
  Passiflora caerulea STEREO (R-L) 2019-06-27
• 
  Paul Nadar - Henri Becquerel
• 
  Physicist Stephen Hawking in Zero Gravity NASA
• 
  Plasma globe 60th
• 
  Port and lighthouse overnight storm with lightning in Port-la-Nouvelle
• 
  Porträt des Daniel Bernoulli - edit1
• 
  Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529, restoration)
• 
  S-IC engines and Von Braun
• 
  Sally Ride (1984)
• 
  Shockwave pattern around a T-38C observed with Background-Oriented Schlieren photography (1)
• 
  Sir Ernest Rutherford LCCN2014716719 - restoration1
• 
  Solvay conference 1927
• 
  Staring Down Hurricane Florence
• 
  Sun poster
• 
  Sunspot TRACE
• 
  Supercell
• 
  The Sun by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory - 20100819
• 
  Thin section scan crossed polarizers Siilinjärvi R636-105.90
• 
  Top of Atmosphere
• 
  Translational motion
• 
  Views of the LHC tunnel sector 3-4, tirage 2
• 
  Viscosities
• 
  Vortex-street-1
• 
  Water drop 001
• 
  William John Macquorn Rankine by Thomas Annan
• 
  מכתש רמון - גלישת עננים (cropped)

In the News articles

Did you know? articles