Template:Did you know nominations/Cerium


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:45, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Cerium

 * ... that cerium saved the writer Primo Levi's life in Auschwitz? Source: "The chapter 'Cerium' recounts how he found a store of alloy that could be whittled down to make lighter-flints and bartered for food. It was this that kept him alive."
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Katsura Hoshino

Improved to Good Article status by Double sharp (talk). Self-nominated at 15:05, 29 October 2016 (UTC).

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 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg No issues found with article, ready for human review.
 * &#x2713; This article was Listed as a Good Article on 09:16, 25 October 2016
 * &#x2713; This article meets the DYK criteria at 20027 characters
 * &#x2713; All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
 * &#x2713; This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
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 * Symbol question.svg Some overall issues detected
 * &#x2713; The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 56 characters
 * &#x2717; Double sharp has more than 5 DYK credits. A QPQ review is required for this nomination.
 * Yes, my bad; added a QPQ. Double sharp (talk) 15:12, 1 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Promoted to GA on 25 October, so new enough. Certainly long enough. Within policy, well-written. Hook is certainly interesting and striking; it has a source which supports the claim. QPQ done. Should be good to go. Fantastic work. Yakikaki (talk) 17:38, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg There is one instance of close paraphrasing:
 * Source: The silvery white metal cerium is quite electropositive and reacts slowly with cold water and quite quickly with hot water to form cerium hydroxide, Ce(OH), and hydrogen gas (H2 ).
 * Article: Cerium is quite electropositive and reacts slowly with cold water and quite quickly with hot water to form cerium hydroxide:
 * Yoninah (talk) 23:55, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Fixed! Double sharp (talk) 04:53, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you. Close paraphrasing eliminated. Restoring tick per Yakikaki's review. Yoninah (talk) 11:21, 14 November 2016 (UTC)