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WikiProject Viruses Restoration Effort!
Welcome to WikiProject Viruses, This wikiproject has become inactive, and we are currently looking for new members to assist in restoring it, why not join us and add you name to our list of participants

News[edit]

  • The 2023 ICTV taxonomy was ratified in April 2024

Aims[edit]

This WikiProject aims to help organise and contribute to the growing collection of articles about biological viruses. This can be achieved by:

  • Using consistent nomenclature and orthography in naming viruses
  • Including taxoboxes on all virus articles
  • Adding information to existing articles
  • Validating information and seeking references
  • Placing articles in correct categories
  • Identifying articles in need of work
  • Organising information as clear and easy to read as possible

Parentage[edit]

  • WikiProject COVID-19
  • Important pages[edit]

    Root articles[edit]

    Root categories[edit]

    Root templates[edit]

    External links[edit]

    Defunct(ish) Pages[edit]

    FAQ[edit]

    1) I'm not a scientist, can I help?

    Absolutely! If you have an artistic flair, you could clean up a messy page or create a new template. You could also help to proof-read edits to give scientists feedback on how easy their writing is to understand from a layman's point of view. You could tag messy articles for the project, identify new stubs or even just spread the word about this WikiProject!

    2) How can I get involved?

    If you feel like participating in this WikiProject, please sign your name over at the members page and check out the Open Tasks to be completed.

    3) At what level is it worth having a separate Wikipedia article for a particular virus?

    Simply put, any level you like. If we write individual articles for all the viruses known to man, it may take a while; However, if you feel like writing an article about some particularly obscure virus that most people have never even heard of, go for it! The more the merrier :-) As a general guideline though, combine several species or subspecies into a single article when there isn't enough text to make more than short, unsatisfying stubs otherwise. If the article grows large enough to deserve splitting, that can always be done later. It's always a good idea to avoid creating articles that are doomed to be stubs.

    4) What about eradicated viruses?

    Like smallpox? Sure, why not! There seems to be no reason to exclude any viruses as long as somebody's willing to write an article for it.

    ------------------------------------------------------EDIT------------------------------------------------------

    WikiProject Viruses


    Project standards
    Portal: Portal:Viruses Viruses Portal
    Shortcuts: WP:VIRUSES
    WP:VIRUS
    Redirects: WP:Virus
    WP:WikiProject Virus
    Project template: {{WikiProject Viruses}}
    Member userbox: {{User WikiProject Viruses}}
    Barnstar: {{The Virus Barnstar}}
    WikiProject Pages

    Main Page - Discussion
    Left panel - Discussion
    Right panel - Discussion
    Newsletter - Discussion
    Statistics - Discussion
    Open Tasks - Discussion
    Guidelines - Discussion
    Assessment - Discussion
    Templates - Discussion
    Popular pages - Discussion
    Recognized Content - Discussion

    Viruses in Sister projects
    Commons Media - Commons
    Wiktionary Definitions - Wiktionary
    Wikibooks Textbooks - Wikibooks
    Wikiquote Quotations - Wikiquote
    Wikisource Source texts - Wikisource
    Wikispecies Taxonomy - Wikispecies
    Wikinews News - Wikinews
    Virus articles Trophy case
    SARS 20 December 2004
    HIV/AIDS 15 June 2006
    Influenza 1 January 2007
    Polio 22 August 2008
    Macfarlane Burnet 6 January 2009
    Virus 5 October 2009
    Dengue fever 5 August 2011
    RNA interference 25 November 2011
    Rotavirus 7 April 2008
    Social history of viruses 18 August 2013
    Introduction to viruses 21 October 2012
    27 March 2020

    To-do List[edit]

    Virus articles by quality log[edit]

    June 28, 2024[edit]

    Reassessed[edit]

    June 27, 2024[edit]

    Reassessed[edit]

    June 26, 2024[edit]

    Renamed[edit]

    Assessed[edit]

    Participants[edit]

    Here is a list of Wikiproject Virus members, together with their comments. To join the group simply add yourself to the list of participants, being sure to maintain alphabetical order.

    User name Talk page Comments Joined
    A.Ou Talk Interested in helping to expand on redlinks in List of viruses 23 January 2007
    Ajpolino talk Broadly interested in microbiology 10 December 2015
    Akifoss talk Broadly interested in virology, virus evolution, and virus taxonomy 06 February 2020
    Anastronomer Talk 21 October 2012
    Arboviral Talk I am an epidemiologist working on a range of arboviruses (viruses transmitted by insects and ticks). 08 May 2014
    Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson Talk 17 October 2012
    Arw36 Talk I am an ecology PhD student interested in adding information for notable wildlife viruses 3 June 2018
    Aviationprojecthelper Talk I like learning about the different types of viruses and diseases. 6 December 2017
    Avilaricardo Talk I am a bioinformatics programmer with an interest in viruses. 9 September 2020
    Amy Talk Also geeky about medical science - future pharmaceutical student, with an interest in treatment of virii. I'm good at collating references, buzz me if you've got a task! 25 February 2010
    bellamorbida Talk Medical coder, undergrad college student majoring in biology, general geek. Interested in viruses/bacteria in general and adding more ICD-9/10 codes to medical entries. 31 October 2007
    bervin61 Talk Graduate student with interest in bioinformatics. Just started a job with interest in compiling data on viruses, so I'm working to fill in some gaps. Hoping to bring additional attention to the project from other academic sources. 17 February 2015
    Bob the Wikipedian Talk I know nothing of viruses, but in an effort to rejuvenate the project, I'll see how well I can learn virus taxonomy and help begin structuring the automatic taxobox database for viruses 25 February 2011
    Braindamaged Talk Molecular biologist, worked on influenza and ready to contribute here. 19 July 2007
    ChyranandChloe Talk Reston ebolavirus is probably my FA; I'm interested in virology and epidemiology. Give me a list of articles to clean up and I'm there. 06 September 2008
    Ciar Talk I'm really an immunologist and molecular biologist, but as my work drifts more and more into the world of viruses, I'm happy to help and learn here! 29 May 2007
    ClockworkSoul Talk Trained as a molecular biologist and research pathologist with research interests in host-pathogen interactions, in particular papillomavirus-induced oncogenesis. 20 January 2009
    Curt99 Talk environmental microbiologist primarily working on viruses in the ocean 15 April 2017
    Daniel Mietchen Talk biophysicist interested in how open knowledge can help address viral epidemics 23 February 2016
    David Ruben Talk General Practitioner - happy to help out with general (human) disease aspects of viruses, copyediting, cite.ref implementation and template coding etc 28 October 2006
    Delyons13 Talk Virology PhD student. I have worked on Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis C virus, yellow fever virus, and human papillomavirus. 5 December 2016
    DiverDave Talk Anesthesiologist with a background in virology, tropical medicine and biological warfare. 01 May 2010
    Dubhslaine Talk Plant Virologist specializing in the characterization of new plant viruses.
    DuncanMoore Talk BA in molecular and cellular biology, researched oncolytic herpesviruses 24 March 2011
    Dutcherh Talk Interested in editing the page, Defective Interfering RNA for a course at the University of Michigan 16 October 2014
    EarthRise33 Talk Biomedical microbiology student here, willing to do what's necessary. 19 June 2007
    ELLIOTL_UAB Talk My research involves viral genomics and evolution. I also participate in establishing viral taxonomy. I am (slowly) trying to update entries that deal with virus classification. 23 July 2008
    Enlil Ninlil Talk Hay why not, give me something to do and I will do my best. 7 June 2006
    Eracathegreat Talk Graduate student in plant pathology interested in plant viruses and epidemiology. 05 December 2011
    Espresso Addict Talk Knowledgeable on HIV & have access to virology texts 17 August 2006
    Euclidjd Talk 08 December 2016
    Francisco Martins Talk I am able to translate information from English to Portuguese and vice-versa. 10 February 2020
    Freddy Rogan Ramirez Talk Experience in DOE analysis and able to translate from English to Spanish and Chinese and vice-versa 15 March 2020
    Frazzydee Talk 19 March 2005
    Gaharrison94 Talk I am a student of biology, and I have some training in microbiology and phytopathology. Hoping to help out where I can. 10 October 2014
    Gorton k Talk 2nd year biochemistry and molecular biology, and cell and developmentlal biology student. Phage! I've done quite a lot to lambda... but it's ongoing. 15 February 2008
    Graham Beards Talk I am a clinical virologist and have professional expertise with many human viruses. 13 October 2007
    grapefruits14 Talk I am a research scientist with a PhD working with high pathogenic viruses and vaccine development. 03 January 2018
    Hannes Röst Talk I am a biology student interested in viruses. I also write in the German Wikipedia. 3 November 2009
    Harsh Baat Kijiye(Talk) Doing my Masters in Biotchnology. We don't have much on viruses, but happy to help! Besides, the whole idea of Reverse Transcriptase is the Uber-Coolest thing. 29 September 2012
    Henipa Talk Canadian-American virologist. Hanta- and henipavirus biochemistry. 21 November 2020
    HiMyNamesHello Talk 22 January 2022
    HueMan1 Talk 6 March 2020
    iTippy Talk I am a user who is involved in Internet Security. I am also in computer criminal law. 1 April 2009
    Jarretinha Talk Ph. D. student working with genetics and dynamics of "simple" life forms, including viruses. 31 July 2007
    Joelmills Talk I've been working for a few weeks on animal viruses. Glad to see this project has been reactivated. 13 June 2006
    Joey Joel Talk I've been working for the Dutch National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO), department virology. 11 September 2014
    juanTamad Talk Former medical journal editor, want to work on history of yellow fever first. 14 June 2015
    Jumping cheese Talk I'm somewhat knowledgeable regarding viruses, but nowhere near an expert level. I'll work on tagging articles with this wikiproject. 10 December 2006
    Keilana Talk Molecular biology/pre-med student with a newfound love of viruses. I like weird viruses. 20 October 2015
    Kingdon Talk Dabble in virus articles here and there (especially plant viruses). 19 July 2009
    Liam Skoda Talk Medical student, primarily interested in viruses that cause human disease, particularly lyssaviruses and filoviruses. 23 September 2007
    LightandDark2000 🌀 User talk:LightandDark2000 Have an interest in viruses. I also have a background in the biological sciences. 1 December 2020
    linkthewindow Talk High school student, general interest in this area and microbiology in general. Will help where I can 27 June 2008
    MadScientistVX Talk Undergrad in Pharmaceutical Chemistry/Pre-Medicine; interested in helping out in any way. Starting by trying to fix red-links in List of viruses. 23 Feb 2007
    Malke 2010 Talk Molecular virologist - special interest in hantaviruses 22 May 2013
    ManVhv Talk Computer scientists with an interest in viruses. Specializing in amateur Herpesviridae systems biology. 3 Jun 2007
    Marcosm13 Talk Interested in the mechanisms that allow viruses to implant their DNA/RNA. Also a member of Molecular & Cellular Biology wikiproject. 23 Apr 2009
    MarcoTolo Talk Contributor to numerous virology-related articles - probably should have joined long ago. 24 Jul 2007
    MatthewHebert Talk I am interested in viruses and want to help. 7 Nov 2010
    Maxj27 Talk Geneticistinterested in contributing and expanding upon an article within the virus wikiproject. 28 Apr 2019
    Maymers7 Talk I am interested in contributing and expanding upon an article within the virus wikiproject. 28 Jan 2016
    Mikhail's Unieo Talk Interested in viruses ever since Coronavirus Pandemic Struck. 27 July 2020
    Million Moments Talk Plant Pathologist 16 Jan 2007
    Mjbailey Talk MD/PhD Student 13 Jan 2015
    Mysteriumen Talk Student of Pharmacy 21 July 2016
    mysteryman90 Talk Taking a biology class. Interested in posting new material being taught. 5 April 2007
    Nandini Datta Talk I'm a Microbiology student having great interest and knowledge in viruses. 25 January 2019
    OcciMoron Talk Undergraduate in both Biology and History, with a strong interest in infectious diseases and global health 15 August 2007
    Orangemarlin Talk Last took a virology class in 1983. Just here to make sure that Homeopathy and urban myths don't show up in articles. 25 May 2007
    orkoloko Talk Research scientist working on molecular evolution and phylogenetics of animals and pathogens. 27 July 2008
    Pecors Talk Got interested in rabies and ended up here creating articles for rare viruses. 09 January 2022
    PhD Dre Talk A panel board reviewer for the CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research), Institute of Infection and Immunity. 15 November 2007
    Philippe Le Mercier Talk Research virologist working on making electronic reviews of all viral proteins, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva, Switzerland. 16 Janvier 2009
    PrimordialTaco Talk 12 February 2019
    PNSMurthy Talk I have an unhealthy addiction to deadly viruses. Am looking forward to expanding this field. 14th of July 2020
    Random Nonsense Talk I'm a History undergrad with an interest in environmental history, and I thought I might be able to help out in that area. I'll be doing a I research project on rinderpest next year, so I look forward to adding to that article. 2 June 2007
    RaptorChief Talk Looking forward to helping the virology WikiProject! 2 February 2018
    Read-write-services Talk Hello, I am a writer and editor with a Diploma in Human Biology. I am interested in Marburg, Ebola and Hantavirus. I would be delighted to help with editing anything. 14 September 2006
    RelentlessRouge Talk Hello, all. I am far from a Ph.D. or an M.D. but I will definitely attempt to help the virology part of Wikipedia. Cheers! 14 June 2006
    Rich Farmbrough Talk I write virus stubs on Wikipedia..... 24 June 2014
    Reza Rezaei Javan Talk Postgraduate student in Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses. 28 July 2014
    Sapientia42 Talk 1 January 2015
    SaritaMackita Talk I like science, but I studied foreign languages... I was originally appalled by the blatant inaccuracy of the Canine Distemper article. I've changed it some, but it still obviously needs a lot of work. Thought I'd also lend a hand with whatever! 18 March 2008
    Schu1321 Talk MD/PhD Student at the University of Minnesota. Beginning 3rd year of program and working for a PhD in Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology. 06 October 2007
    Scray Talk Most interested in virus evolution and viruses causing human disease. 04 April 2010
    Seegene Talk Interested in viruses and their life cycle. BVSc in Veterinary medicine, M.Sc on Lyssavirus and PhD on Human Papillomavirus. 06 March 2014
    Serephine Talk I look forward to cleaning up many of the virus articles ☺ I'm particularly interested in Ebola 13 June 2006
    Several Times Talk I'm a grad student, especially interested in phages. 01 March 2012
    Snellios Talk Biochemical virology, epidemiology, virus/host interaction. Medical student MB, Pathology BA 12 May 08
    Shibbolethink Talk A first year graduate student studying for a PhD at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, completing lab rotations in the Department of Microbiology, specifically interested in the Universal Influenza Vaccine. Particularly interested in the Flu B HA. 10th December 2014
    Spawn Man Talk Not a scientist, but will do his best!!! 2 November 2005
    SpectraValor Talk Interested in RNA viruses, especially retroviruses. Although I have heard of DNA! 12 March 2012
    Sperber Talk Hi there, I'm currently working on my PhD in Virology, and am looking forward to contribute (my special interest is Ebola virus, I work with it since four years) 11 July 2006
    spilki Talk Veterinarian, MSc in Animal Virology, PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology; interested in animal viruses and general virology 19 July 2007
    Stevia_badger Talk Undergraduate in both Cellular & Molecular Biology and Biochemistry departments. Happy to help where able. 13 May 2013
    Sharma Talk I'm currently working on RNA viruses and am looking forward to contribute (my special interest is HCV virus 17 March 2009
    TariStar Talk Wildlife Science/Zoology student, interest in Bearded Dragon, Working on Agamid Adenovirus 1 as of March 2008. 17 March 2008
    Terrycojones Talk Working (computationally) on viruses at the University of Cambridge. Happily helping to clean up Wikipedia entries as I learn. 12 June 2013
    The Martian-2000 Talk I am interested in everything about viruses 24 February 2011
    Thomas888b Talk I am the current coordinator of WikiProject Viruses. I revived the project on 24/02/2011. 24 February 2011
    Tim Vickers Talk Hi. I'm a molecular biologist and interested in virology. 10 January 2007
    TokeTokensen Talk Molecular Biology Ph.D candidate, interested in Virology, made account specifically to join project. 29 May 2011
    User:Tunafish12 (real) User talk:Tunafish12 (real) Viruses are cool. Mainly interested in ones that human pathogens. 6 March 2021
    Tyciol Talk Hi, I'm a biology student and find viri' potential to help gene therapy appealing. 01 June 2008
    Velayinosu Talk 12 May 2020
    ViralQuest Talk I, too, am somewhat knowledgeable regarding viruses (primarily plant viruses), but hesitate to use "expert" in the same sentence. Happy to lend a hand in this Viruses WikiProject. 14 June 2007
    Vokesk Talk MD student. 25 Aug 2015
    walternmoss Talk Post-doc working on Eptstein-Barr virus non-coding RNAs. 16 November 2013
    Watchingeye Talk Just about anything that gets my attention 12 September 2007
    Webclouddat Talk Why am i doing this???? 14 August 2023
    Wedian Talk Hi all. I'm a graduate student in microbiology. Hope to work with you as much as i can. 28 October 2006
    wikiwiki1950 Talk I am a new user looking to join a random Wikiproject. If there are better options, tell me so. 24 November 2006
    Xtothel Talk Scientist working on viruses 28 February 2013
    Yash! Talk Interested in medical related topics. 31 January 2016
    Yirch Talk Love writing species articles, specifying in bacteriophages! 08 July 2022
    Zecrah Talk Biomedical science student aiming for an immunological/virological career 1 May 2015
    খান আল নোমান Talk 06:09, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
    -dero Talk Interested in COVID-19 and Other Virus. 8 July 2020

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    Virus articles:
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