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Wikipedia: update the ECCE article and links from related articles

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Domain
content, documentation

Research direction

The work happens on English Wikipedia, not in this repository: the ECCE, ORCA, MOPAC, molecular graphics, molecule editor and computational chemistry template pages. Start with the Wikipedia conflict-of-interest guidance and the existing Talk pages before proposing any {{Edit COI}} request. Use this repository's GitHub releases for version, date, licence and platform facts. Done means each unchecked item is either proposed on the right Talk page or applied by an uninvolved editor.

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Description

The English Wikipedia article Extensible Computational Chemistry Environment describes ECCE as of version 7.0 (2013). Its website link (ecce.emsl.pnl.gov) is dead, and it lists only NWChem, GAMESS-UK and Gaussian 03/98. Related articles link to ECCE inconsistently.

Because maintainers have a conflict of interest, changes are proposed on the articles' Talk pages with {{Edit COI}} rather than made directly (WP:COI). Uninvolved editors apply them.

Requests (checked 2026-10-09)

  • ECCE article.
    • Infobox:
      • developer PNNL to 2013, FriendsofECCE since 2017;
      • current stable and preview releases;
      • repository link instead of the dead website;
      • macOS and Windows clients in preview.
    • A short "Later development" paragraph.
    • The supported codes.
  • ORCA, "Graphic interfaces": add ECCE.
  • MOPAC, "Functionality": a sentence naming ECCE as an open-source interface.
  • List of molecular graphics systems: a row for ECCE.
  • Molecule editor, 3D standalone programs: a row for ECCE.
  • Template:Computational chemistry software: move ECCE from "Cheminformatics" to "Molecular modelling, visualization".
  • Already fine: NWChem lists ECCE under "Graphical shells".
  • Later: Quantum ESPRESSO and Gaussian (no GUI section yet); GROMACS and CP2K (once ECCE's support is no longer experimental).

Sources

At present only the project's own pages (GitHub releases). That is enough for versions, dates, licence, platforms and supported codes. A fuller description needs an independent source (a published article). A Zenodo DOI (#250) gives a stable citation for versions and dates.

Upkeep

After each stable release, update the infobox version (or ask for it to be updated).

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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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Getting set up

This project ships no dev container, Dockerfile or contributing guide, so setting up is up to you: start from its README, and see our first-contribution guide for the general steps.

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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