Talk:Saltpeter (disambiguation)

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Perhaps the "saltpetre" page should redirect to the actual "saltpeter - the element" page and not this disambiguation that doesn't apply to saltpetre? I'd make the change myself, but I'm not sure how.

Agreed, and done. Modest Genius ^talk 21:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

not what I was looking for.[edit]

I have always understood saltpeter to be a sexual repressant. It was common "knowledge" that we were being fed saltpeter in our food in basic training(Navy). What term am I looking for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.122.144 (talk) 15:21, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's the first link, Potassium nitrate. The apocryphal application you mention is discussed briefly in the "Description" section. -- Coneslayer (talk) 19:56, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rename[edit]

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The result of the move request was: page moved; Saltpeter and Saltpetre redirected to Niter as the primary topic. Aervanath (talk) 16:06, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Saltpeter → Saltpeter (disambiguation) – The page has a huge number of backlinks. I fixed the ones that actually refer to Chile saltpeter. I strongly believe that the remaining ones are for potassium nitrate. It now occurs to me that "potassium nitrate" should be the primary topic, since ancient China times :-), and this disambig page must be moved/formatted accordingly, per WP:DAB. Otherwise this ugly tag will sit on this page forever, I think.Locador (talk) 19:16, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – it looks to me like the primary topic should be Niter. See [1]. Dicklyon (talk) 00:03, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- You are correct. However do you support the move request (and the subsequent reshuffling)? Locador (talk) 00:20, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think I Support if Niter will be primary. I looked at many of the incoming links, and they're generally about the mineral, not a particular chemical. Dicklyon (talk) 00:44, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - I'd support the move to Niter as primary topic as well. From the War of the Pacific article, any mentions to Saltpeter refer to Niter. Regards.--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 15:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed merge with Salpeter[edit]

Saltpeter and Salpeter are two variant spellings. I'd recommend merger of the dab pages. Trilobitealive (talk) 17:58, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ambiguous use of "gunpowder"[edit]

KNO3 is used in old-fashioned 'black powder,' not in Cordite that's been in use for the last 125 years (US 'smokeless powder'). It might be worth specifying which gunpowder is being referred to here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rskurat (talk • contribs) 17:39, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]