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Hello, just to let you know, next week Lancaster University will be hosting an edit-a-thon focusing on Humphry Davy. See the event page here: WP:DAVY. So don't be alarmed if there is activity on this page from several new users! :-) Mark MacD ( talk) 09:44, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
Regarding this second revert. what does WP:MOS say about the positioning of a reference for a blockquote? Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:10, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Already extensively discussed previously (see Talk:Humphry Davy/Archive 1#Cornish? and Talk:Humphry Davy/Archive 1#Cornish in box and in lede?) When did any consensus to use "Cornish" emerge? Martinevans123 ( talk) 17:17, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
The In popular culture section correctly notes:
> Jules Verne refers to Davy's geological theories in his 1864 novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth
It would be great to speak more of his geological beliefs and studies. Some possible sources
-- Dan Griscom ( talk) 17:49, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
Sir Humphrey Davey is known for many things including aluminum. The spelling and denunciation of this word is incorrect on his known for section. Sir Humphrey Davey patented his Discovery as aluminum originally spelling it alumium; and later deciding on aluminum. The person who discovers an isolates an element is the person who gets to name it; and no one else. A lot of Brits call it aluminum because a bunch of Humphreys colleagues later changed it in an article to aluminium having an extra I in it's spelling because they felt that it went better with the other elements that end in ium. Colleagues in a scientific journal do not get to change or rename your discovery. The reason that Americans still enunciated the right way is an homage to Mr Humphrey for all that his Discovery did for our country. Which is all the more reason I don't understand why Brits argue this because Humphrey Davey was also a Brit and yet British people still argue the Annunciation of this while America is paying homage. If people want to keep calling it aluminium that's fine but they are incorrect, it is aluminum. 2601:985:4301:9C0:C8F2:D487:AC26:E6D3 ( talk) 14:49, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
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On 15 March 2008, Humphry Davy was linked from BBC News, a high-traffic website. ( Traffic) All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history. |
This page has archives. Sections older than 365 days may be automatically archived by Lowercase sigmabot III when more than 5 sections are present. |
Hello, just to let you know, next week Lancaster University will be hosting an edit-a-thon focusing on Humphry Davy. See the event page here: WP:DAVY. So don't be alarmed if there is activity on this page from several new users! :-) Mark MacD ( talk) 09:44, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
Regarding this second revert. what does WP:MOS say about the positioning of a reference for a blockquote? Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:10, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Already extensively discussed previously (see Talk:Humphry Davy/Archive 1#Cornish? and Talk:Humphry Davy/Archive 1#Cornish in box and in lede?) When did any consensus to use "Cornish" emerge? Martinevans123 ( talk) 17:17, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
The In popular culture section correctly notes:
> Jules Verne refers to Davy's geological theories in his 1864 novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth
It would be great to speak more of his geological beliefs and studies. Some possible sources
-- Dan Griscom ( talk) 17:49, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
Sir Humphrey Davey is known for many things including aluminum. The spelling and denunciation of this word is incorrect on his known for section. Sir Humphrey Davey patented his Discovery as aluminum originally spelling it alumium; and later deciding on aluminum. The person who discovers an isolates an element is the person who gets to name it; and no one else. A lot of Brits call it aluminum because a bunch of Humphreys colleagues later changed it in an article to aluminium having an extra I in it's spelling because they felt that it went better with the other elements that end in ium. Colleagues in a scientific journal do not get to change or rename your discovery. The reason that Americans still enunciated the right way is an homage to Mr Humphrey for all that his Discovery did for our country. Which is all the more reason I don't understand why Brits argue this because Humphrey Davey was also a Brit and yet British people still argue the Annunciation of this while America is paying homage. If people want to keep calling it aluminium that's fine but they are incorrect, it is aluminum. 2601:985:4301:9C0:C8F2:D487:AC26:E6D3 ( talk) 14:49, 8 July 2022 (UTC)