Physics Forums Wiki: Past & Professors

[Snow-Leopard]

When my friend told about the site I firstly visit the Wikipedia.but Wikipedia don't contain any page about it. Can somebody tell me about this site, not the FAQs (I got it through PM). Its Past and also in Staff section is Mentors are Professors.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

When my friend told about the site I firstly visit the Wikipedia.but Wikipedia don't contain any page about it. Can somebody tell me about this site, not the FAQs (I got it through PM). Its Past and also in Staff section is Mentors are Professors.

I'm a conflict of interest, so I can't make one for PF. However, I'd welcome someone else in creating one. Of course it must be historical and informational, rather than promotional.

 

[micromass]

When my friend told about the site I firstly visit the Wikipedia.but Wikipedia don't contain any page about it. Can somebody tell me about this site, not the FAQs (I got it through PM). Its Past and also in Staff section is Mentors are Professors.

Here is some nice information about PF:
https://www.physicsforums.com/library.php?do=view_item&itemid=83
https://www.physicsforums.com/library.php?do=view_item&itemid=88
https://www.physicsforums.com/library.php?do=view_item&itemid=92

 

[ZapperZ]

I will be the LAST person here who would make a Wikipedia entry. I would be a hypocrite doing that after what I've said about my feelings toward it.

https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php?b=4257

Zz.

 

[Snow-Leopard]

I always visit Wikipedia for General purpose as knowing about the Author,Scientific Societies, Movies etc. Wikipedia just want to expand his list of Titles they have lacks of Editors.

But here PF Library is also Good. Just add some photographs, Videos and at below Further Reading Book Name & Link of that book at PF Science Textbook Discussion.

 

[mfb]

Wikipedia pages about forums are problematic - usually, you don't find other sources discussing this forum, so the article (apart from very general data like url, number of posts and so on) would be original research. See the Wikipedia guidlines for notability. I think there are wikis for websites, where this is not an issue, but who would see an article there?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Anyone with wiki permissions want to add PF to this list?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_forums

 

[Nugatory]

Anyone with wiki permissions want to add PF to this list?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_forums

what are the correct values for posts, members, and launch year? Should the category be "science" or something else?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

4,532,867 posts 183,974 members 2001 launch year and science is good :)

 

[DrGreg]

Anyone with wiki permissions want to add PF to this list?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_forums

All the entries in that list still have to pass Wikipedia's notability test. Every item currently on the list already has its own Wikipedia article.

So has our website "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject"?

Wikipedia also has more specific guidelines for notability of websites.

 

[mfb]

All the entries in that list still have to pass Wikipedia's notability test. Every item currently on the list already has its own Wikipedia article.

Not so sure about that. Some entries link to pages of companies that also happen to run a forum, but the notability comes from somewhere else. That's something we cannot rely on.

So has our website "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject"?

That is the important question.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

All the entries in that list still have to pass Wikipedia's notability test. Every item currently on the list already has its own Wikipedia article.

Looking at some of those articles for the forums I don't see how PF wouldn't also fit in.

 

[Evo]

Greg I had posted a scientific article that cited PF a couple of years ago. can't remember what it was.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

So has our website "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject"?

Well to start PF has been referenced near 100 times in other wiki articles. 15 times on huffingtonpost.com. 4 times on Nasa.gov. 3 times on cnet.com, Once in nbcnews.com, usatoday.com, washingtonpost.com, theguardian.com and 165 times linked on .edu domains like stanford, mit, berkeley, columbia etc...