Talk:Actinide

Actinide was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 26, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed
September 29, 2014	Good topic candidate	Promoted
February 15, 2024	Good topic removal candidate	Demoted
November 29, 2024	Good article reassessment	Delisted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 29, 2010. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that some actinides* glow because of their radioactivity* (example pictured)?
Current status: Delisted good article

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GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria. Some of my concerns are listed below:

The lead is quite long, and should probably be trimmed. There are also citations in the lead, which is not necessary per WP:LEADCITE: is all of this information in the body of the article?
There are uncited passages throughout the article.

Is anyone interested in fixing up this article, or should it go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 02:18, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Actinide

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Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:27, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article contains uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. The lead is quite long and should probably be reduced. Z1720 (talk) 23:51, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Synthesis vs Discovery

The 1938 fission discovery experiment definitely created Neptunium and Plutonium, both from direct deuteron absorption and U238 absorbing neutrons from the fission. Of course they didn't discover and characterize them at that time, but to say that the elements were first synthesized years later is incorrect. Octaazacubane (talk) 16:21, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]