Talk:Samarium
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Article changed over to new Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements format by schnee. Elementbox converted 11:14, 10 July 2005 by Femto (previous revision was that of 13:24, 9 July 2005).
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Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Samarium. Data for the table was obtained from the sources listed on the subject page and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements but was reformatted and converted into SI units.
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Note: Talk pertaining to the old version of the Samarium entry (prior to conversion to the new standard format) has been archived at Talk:Samarium/Archived.
[edit] Mergers
There will be much to say about the element itself. There can be a separate topic on the chemistry and compounds of Samarium. Don't merge please.
These three articles have been tagged for their lack of notability - I suggest that they get 'merged' into this article. They are already mentioned by their chemical symbols in the compound section - I suggest with the addition of their names the 'merger' will be complete. Madmedea 15:53, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose. These three articles are samarium(III) fluoride, samarium(III) oxide and samarium(II) chloride. These compounds are not the same as samarium metal. They are indeed tagged long with the importance tag, but being tagged for long does not mean they are then ready to be removed/merged, whatever. I think the importance tag is the tag for these articles, they do not state any importance (just as the {{importance}} says, but will await a bit more discussion before reverting. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
- OpposeThey have been tagged simply because the tagger is unaware of the notability of the compounds, not that there isn't any. In fact, the US government tracks the price of Sm2O3 ($75/kg in 1997). These compounds have vastly different properties and uses, and while they should be mentioned on the main samarium page, they deserve separate treatment. Walkerma 18:31, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose This makes about as much sense as merging samarium(III) fluoride, samarium(III) oxide and samarium(II) chloride into the articles on their anions. Does sodium chloride belong in the sodium article? Obviously not. I'm going to remove the merge tags. --Calibas 19:45, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
