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Semi-protected edit request on 16 September 2023
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Could someone please remove some of the templates added in this diff [1], which seem to be questionably relevant to the article. Specifically please could the {{Abiogenesis timeline}} be removed, as this article has little to do with the origin of life, Could the {{Industries}} be removed because I don't see how any of the links in it are relevant, and could the {{Diatomic elements}} template be removed because it duplicates the contents of the article and I don't see why sorting out diatomic elements is relevant here. Thank you. 192.76.8.91 (talk) 12:25, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Newone: as the editor who added these templates, any thoughts? Bestagon ⬡ 03:02, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 12 December 2023
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This sentence is confusing since it implies that atoms can have more than one atomic number. FROM: This is in contrast to chemical compounds and mixtures, which contain atoms with more than one atomic number.
TO: Ben said.This is in contrast to chemical compounds and mixtures, which contain more than one type of atom with different atomic numbers. CrazyCat138 (talk) 02:41, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Done – I've changed it to
... atoms with different atomic numbers
because "more than one type" appears redundant to "different atomic numbers" in the proposed replacement. Tollens (talk) 04:28, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 7 February 2024
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By 1914, eighty-seven elements were known, all naturally occurring.(See Timeline of chemical element discoveries) The remaining naturally occurring elements were discovered or isolated in subsequent decades, and various additional elements have also been produced synthetically, with much of that work pioneered by Glenn T. Seaborg.
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By 1914, eighty-seven elements were known, all naturally occurring. (See Timeline of chemical element discoveries). The remaining naturally occurring elements were discovered or isolated in subsequent decades, and various additional elements have also been produced synthetically, with much of that work pioneered by Glenn T. Seaborg.
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By 1914, eighty-seven elements were known, all naturally occurring (see Timeline of chemical element discoveries). The remaining naturally occurring elements were discovered or isolated in subsequent decades, and various additional elements have also been produced synthetically, with much of that work pioneered by Glenn T. Seaborg.
Jiminy Cricket the Third (talk) 23:17, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
Isotopes
[edit]Isotopes are mentioned in multiple sections but there is nothing about them in the lead. I think that should be rectified. Praemonitus (talk) 05:10, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Boyle section rewrite
[edit]Rewrite needed of the Boyle section; it's like 75% blockquotes. Quotes should be limited in their usage, as discussed at MOS:QUOTATIONS. VQuakr (talk) 18:44, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
AutoTOC
[edit]On “Category:Wikipedia categories named after chemical elements”, i removed “{{CatAutoTOC}}” on the grounds that it is unnecessary; the category has well under 200 subcategories in it, so all members of the category are easily visible at the same time. Okay? Solomonfromfinland (talk) 19:00, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
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