Wikipedia:Using Jmol to display molecular models
Work is in progress to use the Jmol applet to display molecular models of chemical and biochemical molecules in Wikipedia articles. Jmol is now frequently used in standard HTML pages to display molecules which can then be manipulated using the mouse. However, the use within Wiki pages still needs some more work. NicoV has put up a MediaWiki article and more detail in a Folding@Home article. The latter uses Jmol to show a medium sized molecule with buttons to control the rotation of the molecule near the bottom of the page. Your browser needs to be Java enabled. This page should be consulted as an example of what is possible.
The new Jmol Wiki using MediaWiki is now online. The reference page for the Jmol extension can be found there. This extension is fully functional, but some further development in planned. Please, post suggestions on the Jmol extension in the discussion page of the Jmol extension.
The use of Jmol in HTML pages involves downloading a data file containing the atomic types and cartesian coordinates. This can be also done in the wiki, either by putting the molecular data in a wiki page or by uploading the molecular data file to the wiki or perhaps on Wikipedia to Commons like the use of images. More simply, the molecular data can be in the page itself between tags.
Use of Jmol in Wiki pages is available for several wikis (see Jmol-Wiki extensions), and contributions have been made by several people. NicoV has made significant progress with adding support for Jmol in MediaWiki. It is proposed to get this fully working on Wikipedia in a way that editors can easily add Jmol molecules to articles on chemistry and biochemistry.
If you are interested in helping please add your name below using ~~~~, keep a watch on this page and on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemistry, and add your suggestions to Wikipedia talk:Using Jmol to display molecular models.