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WikiProject Systems is a WikiProject which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of theory and practice of Systems and Systems science in Science and Society. As of April 2007, it seems that the articles around Systems and the Systems sciences were not especially well organized on Wikipedia by comparison with most other specialized scientific disciplines.

This project is an initiative to organize, thematize, personalize and actualize these information on Wikipedia. This project wants to offer a place to work together to initiate and coordinate these efforts.

You can help this project evolve with ideas, comments and suggestion. (Please leave a message).

 

24 Sept - Béla H. Bánáthy on Did you know

On 24 Sept 2008, the Did you know? template on the main page was updated with a fact from the new article on Systems art created by Btphelps. It stated:

Did you know ... that systems scientist Béla H. Bánáthy conceived of a conference where all attendees present papers, and the conference itself is an in-depth, extended conversation between all participants?

16 Sept - Mathematical diagram on Did you know

On 16 Sept 2008, the Did you know? template on the main page was updated with a fact from the new article on Systems art created by Marcel Douwe Dekker. It stated:

Did you know ... that despite the long-established use of mathematical diagrams (Voronoi diagram pictured), going back to the Ancient Greeks, the scientific study of them has only recently begun?

15 Sept - Wikipedia 0.7 for Systems

Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of English Wikipedia articles due to be released on DVD, and available for free download, later this year. The Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team has made an automated selection of articles for Version 0.7.

4 Aug - WikiProject Systems/Cleanup listing

Currently, 523 articles are assigned to this project, of which 156, or 29.8%, are flagged for cleanup of some sort. (Data as of 14 July 2008.) Are you interested in finding out more? User:B. Wolterding has offered to generate cleanup to-do lists on a project or work group level. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Systems/Cleanup listing

1 July - Jacques Bertin on Did you know

On I July 2008, the Did you know? template on the main page was updated with a fact from the new article on Jacques Bertin created by Marcel Douwe Dekker. It stated:

Did you know ... that French cartographer Jacques Bertin was the first to provide a theoretical foundation to Information Visualization?

7 April - Systems science on YouTube

On YouTube an initiative has been started by Mdd to collect movies on YouTube about systems, systems science and systems scientists. See here.

15 March - Wikipedia article traffic statistics

A new tool the Wikipedia article traffic statistics seems to give an interesting view on the popularity of the systems articles. With this tool sevreal listings have been made of number of views in systems articles in february 2008, see here.

4 March - Systems Science Portal extended

The Systems Science Portal is further extended. It now introduces 10 of the most excellent picture, 10 images and 10 systems scientists. If you have more suggestions, please let us know on the here

For older news, see: Archive

Last updated by - Jiuguang Wang (talk) 00:08, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

 

1. Create articles about appropriate (and notable) subjects relating to the Systems if they don't already exist.
2. Tag appropriate existing articles with the project template, and assess them.
3. Improve articles by adding appropriately content and references. For some ideas on priorities for improvement see the list of assessed articles by class and importance.
4. Add Systems related articles to your watchlist and keep an eye out for any vandalism.

 

Project banners:

• {{WikiProject Systems}} - add to article talk pages
• {{subst:Invite User SYS}} - add to current editors' talk pages to invite them to join the project

Stub template:

• {{Systemstheory-stub}} - add to stub articles in the field of systems and systems theories

Userboxes:

• {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Systems/Member userbox}} - For members of this WikiProject

The WikiProject Systems Member userbox looks like this:

 

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Systems/Cleanup listing

 

Anyone who can assist in developing the article series, please add your name:

1. Mdd — MA in Systems Engineering
2. Jonathan Bowen — MA in Engineering Science
3. Childhood's End (Law, Austrian Economics)
4. First Harmonic – MS Electrical Engineering
5. William L. Weaver — Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Assistant Professor in Department of Integrated Science, Business and Technology
6. Professor Jake Chapman — Prof Systems Open University 1971-2001, currently teacher of systems thinking
7. Jiuguang Wang — Control theory enthusiast. Student in Robotics.
8. Gnusbiz — MS in Systems Engineering
9. Alex Zorach; M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Pursuing Ph.D. in Statistics
10. Writtenonsand
11. J. Ted Parker — Senior Systems Analyst - M.S. in Computer Science thesis in AI, 30 years experience in designing Intelligent Systems
12. William R. Marmie — Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, EDS
13. Carl M. Anglesea — M.S. in Modeling & Simulation
14. Lars Albinsson — Ph D candidate in Informatics
15. B9 hummingbird hovering
16. CARBONRODNEY — BSBSc
17. User:Dank55 — robotics, AI, science journalism
18. User:TedPavlic — Ph D candidate in control systems

 

See the category page for a full list of articles that have been identified as being within the scope of this project.

Subcategories:

• Articles in need of urgent attention
• Articles in need of infoboxes
• Articles organised by quality
• Articles organised by importance
• Articles with comments
• Templates and categories

See also:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Systems/Lists
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Systems/List of systems

 

WikiProject Systems - Spring 2008

This project started May 2007 with:

• The recreation of the Category:Systems
• Building this WikiProject Systems website
• Cooperation on major articles like systems theory and systems engineering
• Gather essential data in lists
• Improvement of the systems categories

And action has been taken to:

• Writing, editing and or monitoring systems articles
• Getting people involved in this project
• Assessment of systems articles
• Controling changes made to the systems articles
• A WikiProject Systems Engineering Initiative
• A Wikipedia:WikiProject Cybernetics Initiative
• Initiation of the Portal:Systems science

This WikiProject Systems is still working on those items.

For older planning, see: Archive

Last updated by — Mdd (talk) 12:26, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

 

See also:

• Assessment FAQs & explaination