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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 14:15, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

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Indium[edit]

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  • ... that indium was named from the indigo color seen in its spectrum?
    • ALT1:... that indium is similar to gallium and thallium, and is largely intermediate between the two in terms of its properties?
    • ALT2:... that indium metal cries on bending?

Improved to Good Article status by Double sharp (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 22:36, 8 October 2016 (UTC).

  • Can we go with a non-trivial fact? Say, its cry?--R8R (talk) 21:08, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Yes, I think ALT2 is better. Double sharp (talk) 15:22, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
      • The phrasing for the claim of ALT2 within the article, "emits a high-pitched "cry"", is identical to that of the source. It's a short phrase, but this copying is still enough to make me uncomfortable. (I checked for but didn't find any other instances of copied phrases.) —David Eppstein (talk) 00:33, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
        • I managed to get it down to three, removing "emits". I cannot really think of a non-ridiculous paraphrase of "high-pitched", and this is three words anyway, so I think it should be fine now. Double sharp (talk) 01:21, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
  • ALT3 ... that if you bend indium it might cry? EEng 04:42, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Ok, GA status verified. GA sourcing standards are stricter than DYK and anyway both are met. No copyvio found. QPQ done. Good to go with ALT2 or ALT3 (I prefer ALT3 as having more interesting wording). —David Eppstein (talk) 04:59, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
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