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Hello Professor. With regards to your edits at 1977 Zairean parliamentary election ↗ changing the British English spelling of sceptical and scrutinised, please be aware that under the WP:ENGVAR ↗ and WP:RETAIN ↗ guidelines, the variety of English used in articles like this should not be changed. Cheers, <span style="color: orange;">Number</span> <span style="color: green;">5</span><span style="color: blue;">7</span> ↗ 11:08, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
:Isn't there supposed to be a note at the top of the article specifying that it uses British spelling? (The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 22:08, 7 October 2019 (UTC))
:: There are templates for the article's talk page, but not the article itself as afar as I've seen. -Fnlayson (talk) 20:52, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
:::Well, isn't the template meant for the article itself? (The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 21:14, 26 October 2019 (UTC))

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I don't remember doing that. The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 06:20, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

The link existed before my edits. The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 06:21, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Oh, now I see what you mean. The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 06:22, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

That was done because the article is describing the All-Caucasian Central Executive Committee, but the link was to the All-Union Central Executive Committee. The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 06:23, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

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Molybdenum silicide

Hi, Lord Professor! I see that you added "Molybdenum(VIII) silicide" ↗ back in 2019 as an alternate name for molybdenum silicide ↗. Do you recall where you saw that name used? Thanks, Bernanke's Crossbow (talk) 14:23, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

:IUPAC naming standards dictate that the name of an ionic compound is formed by attaching the oxidation state of the cation to its name and placing the name of the anion after that. Since the oxidation state of silicon is -4, and this compound contains 2 silicon atoms and a single molybdenum atom, the oxidation state must be +8, so molybdenum(VIII) silicon is correct. It's like how the compound FeO is named iron(II) oxide, but Fe2O3 is named iron(III) oxide. (The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 07:25, 21 May 2025 (UTC))

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