Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Aeronomy

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The resulting WikiProject was not created

Description

Aeronomy is a large subject covering studies of the upper atmosphere, especially the regions where electric and magnetic fields play important roles because of the presence of ionization created primarily by ultraviolet radiation and charged particles emitted from the sun.

The field currently has rather uneven coverage in Wikipedia, with some excellent articles, some stubs, and many missing areas. A group of professional aeronomers plan to develop a new Wikipedia Project to coordinate the creation and maintenance of a more comprehensive and accessible body of Wikipedia entries providing a high-quality and reliable reference resource accessible to all.

We can't do everything (and don't want to) and welcome suggestions, and offers to help, as we refine the project plan. 80North (talk) 19:06, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support

Please specify whether or not you would join the project.

80North (talk) 19:06, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
jcfnathan
Mary.mccready (talk) 21:36, 10 November 2010 (UTC) willing to help.[reply]
jsemeter
jnoto3
Wilbysuffolk Note: I do not want to join.

Discussion

The pages should be accessible to everyone including inquisitive young people discovering their world, web surfers, and knowledgeable people from other fields; even aeronomical experts should find something of relevance.

To get started, we could:

Create/edit short pages which describe aeronomy in simple, succinct terms including relevance, application, fields of current research, and instrumentation
Create/edit short pages which describe current research more rigorously

These pages will throw up a list of concepts and ideas which need to be covered either with dedicated pages or by referencing material on other sites so to keep this organized:

Create and maintain a hierarchical knowledge tree in the background; all the pages and references will find a home in that tree and it might eventually become a sort of ultimate reference resource at all levels.

What should be included in the first two elements, and how should we organize the underlying tree?

These are excellent goals, and I think you should get right to work on them—without the time-consuming distraction of setting up a separate project page, maintenance categories, and so forth. Just join WP:WikiProject Meteorology, where everything is already in place. I'm sure your enthusiasm and activity will be welcome. ("Join", by the way, means "put project page on your watchlist, and leave a note telling others what you're doing, or inviting them to help you on whichever page you're currently working on.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:23, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with WhatamIdoing; WikiProject Meteorology would be a great place to focus these efforts. I should also point out that all five usernames above listed under "Support", have essentially only edited this page. Mlm42 (talk) 22:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.