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[edit] Unit

About the SI unit I think that:

  • `amount of substance' does not refer to number of particles. The quantity is perfectly valid without the concept of atoms. The law of multiple proportions and law of definite proportions suffice. It is therefore more elegant to define the mole without refering to number of particles, but as a unit ``equivalent proportion.
  • The number of atoms in mole should still of course be mentioned. In fact as something that makes marvelously sense in the light of those laws.

If there are no objections I will change the page and come with more proposals. RitaBijlsma

[edit] Which of these makes more sense??

  1. Move Mole (animal) to Mole and Mole to Mole (disambiguation)
  2. Move Mole (unit) to Mole and Mole to Mole (disambiguation)

66.32.243.1 23:49, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I'm in favor of making the Mole article refer to Mole (animal). Surely there are far more people who take an interest in moles, the animals, than who even know what a Mole is.

I've tried to add a section on the common misconception that Moles are blind, it occured to me when I was reading a play and the mole was used as an adjective for blindness and deludedness, but because I'm inexperienced I just added on the end of the Trivia section. I think it is really important to talk about such features of the animal.(Ozmo)

I recently was very confused about the Value for a mol that you have on the disambiguation page. It says the vale is approximately 6.02252 × 1023 or 602252000000000000000000(2006 CODATA value). Now my problem is that the CODATA group haven't officially released thier values for this four year period, the numbers aren't due until the end of the year, and they made a statement in 2005 I thought confirming that (I could be wrong). Then I noticed in the article you are using the correct 2002 values. My question is where is the source for the 2006 values, and if it is reputable (which I doubt) then why haven't they been used throughout the main article? (boarvolk9@gmail.com)

go for popularity

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mole+animal 3,600,000 result http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=mole+unit 3,690,000 result

Derek, take out the crap about Old People being Moles.

I still think mole (animal) to mole and the other moles to disambiguation page. 211.72.108.18 02:48, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Australian slang

Mole is Australian slang for an ugly female - this should be added to the disambig list.Davez621 14:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Do it then; it is a Wiki after all. —JD[don't talk|email] 14:58, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

The aussie slang is spelt moll not mole. Create a wiki about it, but it already has its own entry on the moll disambig page. 211.31.245.139 00:43, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Well now it's spelt both ways. It can't really be helped if people are going to spell it mole, and not moll. It's worth having here, as a lot of people spell the word mole. —JD[don't talk|email] 00:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mole Diet

The area of the mole(animal) article referring to their diet is very incomplete, only containing one piece of information that pertains to 'how' a certain breed of mole eats, reather than 'what'. It does not refer to the whole species, and contains no real information on eating habits. I believe that the section should be improved and cleaned up, if anyone has information availible. Tikkimann 5 November 2006 (UTC)

What do you mean whole species. Excuse me, "mole" is not a single species, but a family of animals. Breed!? Ha! You think they're dogs? Basically, they all eat worms, insects, etc. But the star-nosed mole will eat fish. Dora Nichov 14:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of Images

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I have restored the images and left a similar message on their talk page. Please be considerate of other people's work in the future. Thank you.

You confused two totally different things: deletion of images from the server and removal of images from an article. The linked policy has nothing to do with removal of images from an article, which is the case here.--Svetovid (talk) 22:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is It True?

Is it true that moles have very sensitive noses, and if you touch the nose, they will have a major nose bleed and die? Is it also true that they are blind? Yours curiously ACBestMy ContributionsAutograph Book 19:04, 16 July 2007 (UTC)