Talk:Aluminium

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Do we say aluminium or aluminum? Adipy (talk) 19:26, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

People generally pronounce it the way it is spelt where they live (i.e. "aluminum" in the USA and sometimes in Canada, "aluminium" everywhere else). Black Kite (talk) 19:44, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Aluminum, of course.

(Standard North American pronunciation and spelling.) (See anecdote by Isaac Asimov.)  Drsruli (talk) 20:20, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Change
> aluminum: /əˈlumənəm/

to:
> aluminum: /əˈluːmənəm/

Reason: Help:IPA/English specifically states that /u/ occurs only in unstressed positions. 2A00:1FA0:88F:AC2D:0:49:9156:3001 (talk) 21:17, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Philroc (talk) 08:27, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reactivity of group 16 elements by chemical reaction

I’m student 62.201.251.234 (talk) 12:44, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Abuse of Semicolon

The last few years, excessive use of semicolon is observed in Wikipedia. It appears a whopping 67 times in this article. 193.242.214.5 (talk) 04:25, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And colons appear 261 times, while my computer gave up on counting commas after a thousand. What makes 67 unreasonable? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 12:59, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are some places where it might be better suited to have a period, but the article is >7,500 words long. Some things are better expressed with semicolons. Recon rabbit 17:30, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]