User talk:Oskar.skuteli

Brown dwarf
Recently, you made an edit to "brown dwarf", changing "fuse lithium" to "burn lithium". I just wanted to let you know that I changed it back. However, I feel that my edit summary wasn't enough for me to fully explain why, so…

Here's your edit summary (just for reference):

"Burning" can mean "nuclear fusion" in the context of physics. See burn (sense 22 of the verb on Wiktionary):

In addition, a single proton is a hydrogen nucleus. A hydrogen-1 atom without any electrons, would simply just be a proton (p). You can see that is listed as a symbol in the proton page's infobox at the top. So, lithium burning is nuclear fusion.

That being said, the main reason I changed it back wasn't because you did anything wrong—"burn lithium" is still correct—it was because "fuse lithium" unambiguously means nuclear fusion, whereas "burn lithium" could cause confusion (especially for readers whose first language isn't English) (see WP:AUDIENCE). "Fuse" is simply more commonly used than "burn" to refer to nuclear fusion, and "burn" has other, more common meanings. Using "fuse" makes the article accessible to more people—especially as we're talking the article's lead (WP:LEAD).

I hope this clears up any confusion, misconceptions, or concerns you may have had regarding my edit or the topic at hand (fusion).

I wish you a wonderful day or night—whatever it is wherever you are as you read this. Happy editing,

— Empty Sora_  (talk) 09:30, 30 December 2023 (UTC)