Talk:Potassium

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Information Sources: Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Potassium. Additional text was taken directly from USGS Periodic Table - Potassium. Other information was obtained from the sources listed on the main page but was reformatted and converted into SI units.

Semi-protected edit request on 14 November 2023

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Change (kalium) to (kalium) to balance like other elements. 2001:EE0:4BC9:11A0:C19F:C86:76EB:92C7 (talk) 04:27, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Polyamorph (talk) 06:52, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think this article should be not protected.

I conclude this as mentioned in title. 2001:EE0:4BC3:440:210F:B0D8:CCFD:2918 (talk) 14:09, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. Experience tells that unprotected an article on a school topic is very risky, especially in the middle of the school year. Materialscientist (talk) 12:12, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you cannot satisfy my fulfillment, would any of you mind changing or modifying the source code for a little words from from Latin kalium to from Latin kalium to ensure its consistency, especially in an encyclopedia? 2405:4802:64A8:D090:71E5:E055:6008:4DEC (talk) 05:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

“Potassium” was semi protected indefinitely on Mother’s Day of 2019 (Sunday, May 12) because of vandalism, according to the edit history. It is also a high-profile article, so it must be semi-protected like all the other articles on well known elements 2603:8080:D03:89D4:F12F:8FF3:F8CF:640E (talk) 21:36, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 January 2024

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In the commercial uses part, under the niche uses section, can you please add a () mentioning the states of each compound ? example: 4 KO2 (s) + 2 CO2 (g) → 2 K2CO3 (s) + 3 O2 (g) feel free to not, if it's too confusing or unnecessary Artin 72 (talk) 22:37, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Geardona (talk to me?) 00:16, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request - re etymology

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Change the source code from [[wikt:kalium#Latin|kalium]] to {{etymology|la|kalium}} to ensure consistency, like the source code of Sodium, where the code represents as {{etymology|la|natrium}}. Hope you fulfill my request. 2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA (talk) 09:40, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. Change the source code for Sodium too, where is written in a common way to {{etymology|la|natrium}} to maintain its seamless synchronization. 2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA (talk) 09:44, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Materialscientist (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) Please come here and help me done my fulfillment. 2405:4802:64C7:BF70:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA (talk) 00:53, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Your request is not clear. The source code does not contain the string you want changed, and what you want it changed to does not make sense either; neither is it found in the Sodium article. I'm also a bit concerned that your primary concern is not improving the article, but doing some sort of "fulfillment". Bazza (talk) 09:25, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Bazza 7, I'm regrettably sorry if you couldn't satisfy and turn my wish to keep the article looking seamless successfully. What all I meant is to change the source code to keep the code balanced like other chemical articles, which most of them use {{etymology|la|[Latin text]}}, rather than [[wikt:[Latin text]#Latin|[Latin text]]]. See gold, silver, tin, antimony for reference. 2405:4802:64C7:BF70:20BF:895B:4915:B58A (talk) 11:05, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The request was in proper format. Furthermore, the edit made was seamless and exactly as stated.
— Urro^{[talk][edits]} 17:54, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See again if that is listed in the article. Regards, 2405:4802:64C7:BF70:20BF:895B:4915:B58A (talk) 11:13, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have just mentioned the Latin spelling and its root for the chemical element, but nothing changed for other content shown except this one as wanted. 2405:4802:64C7:BF70:20BF:895B:4915:B58A (talk) 11:17, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done
— Urro^{[talk][edits]} 17:53, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But I see nothing changed. Note for you: Don't break the original format, I want to let you know that to make it proper, simply clear or remove the couple word (from Latin) first, then add the text as requested. Doing so may avoid duplicating and doubling the word (from Latin), which is not grammatical. Therefore, it might become more and more redundant and not getting better.2405:4802:64C7:CFE0:20BF:895B:4915:B58A (talk) 01:42, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

{{etymology|la|[Latin text]}} should transfer to from Latin [Latin text]. It plays two roles: mentioning the origin, and the root term. You haven't deleted the word (from Latin) first, so it is duplicated. Be sure to check the preview first before performing any task then. 2405:4802:64C7:CFE0:20BF:895B:4915:B58A (talk) 01:47, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly, the origin of the term is from Neo-Latin, so make yourself determined and insert the code as follow: {{etymology|la|{{lang|la-x-new|kalium}}}}. After that, the input code would result in from Latin kalium. That's it. 2405:4802:64C7:CFE0:20BF:895B:4915:B58A (talk) 02:24, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again -- Apologies, but it seems my edit was

Undone by another Wikipedian, which is why you see no change. Thus, this edit may be considered controversial or against Wikipedia's Manual of Style. I recommend consulting other users in a discussion and establishing a consensus before making this request again. Thank you!
— Urro^{[talk][edits]} 13:04, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's okay, @Urropean, we need to get broad consensus before we go ahead! 2001:EE0:4BC5:F2E0:20BF:895B:4915:B58A (talk) 13:06, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would, sincerely, open an existing request page (this one, to be honest) again since no one noticed and revised this ongoing discussion. Thus, there were no comments arriving here about whether the Latin root code needs reformatting. 2001:EE0:4BC4:4240:71D2:A29:A5C4:100E (talk) 09:41, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. M.Bitton (talk) 16:47, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Huge overlap with Potassium in biology

This article has huge overlap with Potassium in biology. Has Biological role (Biochemical function, Homeostasis, Nutrition) each with large overlaps. These Sections here are too large. Could trim each to a couple of sentences and refer to the detail in Potassium in biology ? Rod57 (talk) 14:07, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Renal filtration, reabsorption, and excretion

In the first paragraph in the section titled "Renal filtration, reabsorption, and excretion", I believe the amounts listed as mg in the discussion on the kidneys' handling of sodium and potassium, should in fact be g. There is no way that total daily intake of either sodium or potassium is in the mg range, yet replacement of excreted sodium is said to be no more than 1 to 10mg and that of potassium is said to be 1 to 4mg. At least I try (talk) 16:54, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Koal" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Koal has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 October 30 § Koal until a consensus is reached. cogsan _{(nag me) (stalk me)} 19:51, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]