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Mercury (element)

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Result: With thanks to Reconrabbit. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:45, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This 2006 listing contains numerous sentences and paragraphs, failing GA criterion 2b). Recent edits have drawn attention to the quality of the prose (criterion 1a)), and I am additionally of the opinion that the lists in the article do not meet MOS:EMBED (criterion 1b)). As a non-subject expert, I am unable to say whether the article addresses the main aspects of the topic while excluding excessive detail (criteria 3a) and 3b)). ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:17, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Which parts of the article fail 2b? I went through the article once over and noted the following subsections that could have a citation needed argued for:

1b): I'm of the opinion that ~~we don't really need the list under Medicine#Historical and folk, but~~ the long history and wide range of applications kind of necessitate Applications#Historical uses to be some kind of list, if not exactly in the form it is in right now. Toxicity and safety#Releases in the environment looks fine to me right now. Reconrabbit (talk|edits) 21:30, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If the issues with the article are not improved by next year then the article will have to be delisted. Catfurball (talk) 21:55, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've done a run-through of the historical uses, added references and removed extraneous/repeated/OR statements. Anything else that needs work? Reconrabbit (talk|edits) 15:28, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Reconrabbit: The cleanup section under treatment still needs to be expanded. Catfurball (talk) 17:07, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've expanded it following a change to the heading organization. Reconrabbit (talk|edits) 18:22, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reconrabbit I've added around a dozen citation needed tags to unreferenced paragraphs and sentences; if those are adequately cited, I think the article can be kept. Many thanks for your efforts. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Citation tags have all been addressed. There was one instance where I could not find any info and deleted a sentence (the coordination complex of Mercury(II) chloride) both on this page and where it was transcribed on the compound page (where it also had no reference). All others were reworded to reflect the sources found if necessary. Reconrabbit (talk|edits) 17:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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