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The WikiProject Elements has adopted some proposals by WP:consensus to make the Elements pages consistent and to avoid repeating similar discussions for each individual element. Please help keep the Elements pages aligned with these decisions. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (chemistry) for further information.
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1. Each element's lead sentence reads: "[Element] is a chemical element; it has symbol [E] and atomic number [Z].
(February–March 2019 RfC, October–November 2023)
2. Etymology information should be integrated into the "History" section. (December 2025)
3. In infoboxes, use the emission spectral data from NIST Atomic Spectra Database. (January 2025)
4. Color general-purpose periodic tables by block. (January 2021, February–May 2023 RfC)
5. Do not label elements by state of matter at standard temperature and pressure on general-purpose periodic tables. (February 2023)
6. Do not display Bohr model–type diagrams of electron configuration. (October 2008, January 2019)
Specific elements
He1. Place helium above neon in the periodic table. (December 2020)
S1. <DRAFT> The biology section of the article should include the following information: sulfur-based chemosynthesis; the sulfur cycle; the element's presence in cysteine and methionine and role in protein folding; and sulfide centers of metalloproteins. (April 2022, July–August 2022)
S2. <DRAFT> Important biomolecules containing sulfur, such as thiamin, should be mentioned, but not in a manner that overemphasizes these compounds against elemental sulfur. (April 2022)
Lu1. Group 3 includes scandium, yttrium, lutetium, and lawrencium. (December 2020)
Rn1. Do not use the glowing tube from Lapp (1969) as the infobox image. (2015 FfD, April 2026)
No1. Include an excerpt from Superheavy element#Introduction in every article about a superheavy element. (March–June 2020)
Uue1. Among undiscovered elements, only elements 119, 120, 121, 122, 124, and 126 should have their own articles. (January 2023, March–April 2023 AfD)