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RfCs on autism

There's an RfC on whether the current article is consistent with NPOV and a second RfC on whether to keep the current lead or replace it. Oolong (talk) 14:18, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Geographic categorization of species

There's been a longstanding consensus, applicable for at least a decade now, that since plant and animal species are not constrained by national borders, it would lead to extreme category bloat to microcategorize them for every individual country in which they could be found — so, instead, plant and animal species were only supposed to have one or two categories for the continent level, instead of five or ten or fifty different categories for the individual country level.

Within the past couple of weeks, however, an editor named TheTechnician27 has started subcategorizing beetles and spiders in particular back down to the country level again, often recreating categories that were deleted a decade ago when the consensus was first established and/or leaving pages filed in redlinked categories that don't exist at all in defiance of WP:REDNO.

I know that consensus can change, so I'm bringing this to the project's attention rather than immediately nominating all of their new categories for deletion. Has this project come to a consensus that you want plant and animal species to be subcategorized for individual country again, or is the consensus still that this would be an overcategorization nightmare that needs to be deleted and reversed? Bearcat (talk) 16:09, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Scientific language (linguistic classification)

The new stub article Scientific language (linguistic classification) could use some attention from editors with knowledge or interest in the subject. It could use some English-language references. Biogeographist (talk) 16:09, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Francisco Javier Carrillo Gamboa#Requested move 12 March 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Francisco Javier Carrillo Gamboa#Requested move 12 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —usernamekiran (talk) 21:07, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Help illustrate climate change information on Wikipedia and win a signed copy of The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg

Dear all

I’m very happy to let you know we are running a competition at Wikiproject Climate Change to encourage people to help improve visual information about climate change including the science behind it. The competition is open until the 17th of May for all language versions of Wikipedia. The top three point scorers will each win a signed copy of The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg.

Please let me know if you have any questions

Thanks :)

John Cummings (talk) 17:23, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Unsolved

Template:Unsolved has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Aca (talk) 08:33, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello,
Please note that Internet research, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing!
_{Delivered by — MusikBot ^talk 00:05, 28 April 2025 (UTC) on behalf of the AFI team}[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Bias (statistics)#Requested move 14 May 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Bias (statistics)#Requested move 14 May 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Remsense ‥ 论 12:16, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spacing around ±

There is a vote to adjust the spacing around the ± sign used by {{val}} to provide uncertainty in scientific notation of numbers. Please go to WT:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Spacing around ± to review, provide your opinion, and/or vote. — SkyLined (talk) 07:56, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The World Destubathon

Hello. Project members are invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. There is $500 of prizes going into improving STEM and business-related articles and we want to see a lot of science-related articles destubbed and older stale articles improved. If you are interested in winning some vouchers to help you buy books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for science, sign up if interested.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:42, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]