Talk:Eka

Inconsistencies:

1. The article says, "The prefixes di- and tri- from the Latin prefixes meaning "two" and "three" respectively, have been used for undiscovered elements two or three places in the periodic table below the element providing the base name." But then there is a "See Also" link to Dwi-, which claims "dwi-" is used in this regard. Maybe "di-" and "dwi-" are both used in that way, or maybe just one or the other. There are no citations and I'm not in this field so I have no idea. Furthermore, the article says "It has been speculated that the similarity between the tabular structure commonly used to present the Sanskrit abugida and the periodic table is what led to Mendeleev choosing to use Sanskrit as the basis of these prefixes." So is it the Latin prefixes or the Sanskrit ones? Or both? The article is not clear

2. The article says, "For the airport with this IATA airport code, see Murray Field." This is clearly not an article about an airport or an airport code; maybe that's another 'Eka' (for which there is no article). Anyway, that sentence should be removed.

Jefs 19:54, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

I've just reduced this to a disambig page. (The prefix is discussed adequately in Mendeleev's predicted elements.) However, to respond to your remarks: (1) Yes, the article was saying that both Latin and Sanskrit prefixes have been used for this purpose. (2) The airport code EKA is indeed a topic for another article. That's why that cross-reference belongs here — so that people looking for that EKA, who type "eka" into the search form and end up here, will be able to find what they're looking for. See WP:HATNOTE for more information. Stebulus 03:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)