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August 2024

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First sentence of chemical element article

It has been agreed upon that the first sentence of articles for chemical elements be of the form "X is a chemical element; it has symbol Xy and atomic number Z." I saw that you made an edit to the page for scandium on 3 August, and just wanted to let you know not to change the structure of the first sentence (except perhaps to clarify the origin of an element's name/atomic symbol, such as silver having chemical symbol Ag from the Latin argentum). Grendon84 (talk) 15:28, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

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