Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Lead

Lead

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 27, 2017 by Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:07, 29 July 2017 (UTC)



Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal with a density exceeding that of most common materials; it is soft, malleable, and melts at a relatively low temperature. Chemically, lead is a relatively unreactive post-transition metal. Lead was known to prehistoric people. A principal ore of lead, galena, often bears silver; interest in silver sparked lead extraction and use in ancient Rome. Lead production declined after the fall of Rome and did not reach comparable levels again until the Industrial Revolution. Nowadays, global production of lead is about ten million tonnes annually. High density, low melting point, ductility, relative inertness to oxidation, relative abundance, and low cost resulted in the extensive use of lead in construction, plumbing, batteries, bullets and shot, weights, solders, pewters, fusible alloys, and radiation shielding. In the late 19th century, lead was recognized as highly toxic, and since then it has been phased out for many uses. Lead is a neurotoxin that accumulates in soft tissues and bones, damaging the nervous system and causing brain disorders and, in mammals, blood disorders.
 * Most recent similar article(s): There hasn't been an element TFA since December 2015. As for chemistry in general, I haven't found any TFAs in the last six months.
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 * Promoted: July 5, 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: The article has a high rate of views (monthly average 87.5k views in the last 12 months). Common throughout all languages. A level 4 vital article.
 * Support as nominator. R8R (talk) 18:16, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support as one of the main source reviewers at the successful FAC. This is already one of the monuments of WikiProject Elements, which both nominator and I are part of. Parcly   Taxel  02:56, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support as it would bring diversity to the main page. Aoba47 (talk) 15:59, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support as we don't often have science on display, helps with the diversity. Edwininlondon (talk) 17:51, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support as a (very) minor contributor to the article. YBG (talk) 19:31, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support; though I was a major contributor to the article, the work of getting this to FA rests almost entirely with R8R. ^_^ Double sharp (talk) 11:02, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support a science TFA, certainly a long time between drinks. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 10:40, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support; no brainer for mainpage really. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:41, 23 July 2017 (UTC)