Talk:Alexander Bain (inventor)

Potassium ferrocyanide or ferricyanide?
The Pantelegraph article states that it used paper impregnated with potassium ferricyanide, while this article mentions potassium ferrocyanide, a different chemical with a very similar-sounding name. Is there a written source on which chemical Bain actually used? Discoverator (talk) 09:35, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment
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Stopping there; the usual smorgasbord of copyvio, paraphrasing issues, changed meaning, failed verification, not to mention later removing the WP:ENGVAR. Sandy Georgia (Talk)
 * removes quote marks from a direct quote, and while attempting to paraphrase, changes the meaning.
 * Article is marked as WP:ENGVAR British English since 2012, changes English style
 * Cited to an offline source, can't be verified.
 * Removes quotes in a poor attempt at paraphrasing.
 * This material is not in the cited source.
 * Because, as one continues checking, it turns out that content was copy-paste from Desmond 2016
 * Again removes pre-existing quotes from a non-PD source in a poor attempt at paraphrasing.
 * Fails verification
 * Copy-paste from 2016 source, which turns out to be the source of some of the content in earlier diffs.

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