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The sole purpose of this website is to be useful for people learning string theory. It has no commercial ambitions and will never host advertising.

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No moderation of content should be necessary. However, offensive comments will be removed. For example "This review of string theory doesn't mention the important topic of conformal field theory" is preferable to "This review is rubbish".

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Thanks

We thank:

  • George Cox for hosting the wiki and setting up the software during its first six years.
  • Stefan Fredenhagen for incorporating his list of string schools and conferences.
  • Alberto Guijosa Hidalgo, on whose list of reviews this website is based.
  • Donald Marolf for giving permission to include his Resource Letter: The Nature and Status of String Theory (hep-th/0311044).
  • Bill Spence for his support and encouragement.
  • Ulrich Theis for giving permission to include his list of lecture notes.
  • All those who have written reviews.

History

The String Theory Wiki was originally set up in December 2006 by Tom Brown as a mediawiki instance. In August 2026 it was migrated to a GitHub Page, since this is easier to maintain. Stefan Fredenhagen is now the main curator, since Tom Brown left physics in 2011.