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==Element I==
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Chemists reserve Roman numerals for positive oxidation states; they are never used for atomic numbers. Although hydrogen has a +1 oxidation state, so do many other elements (for example, sodium). Also, I is the chemical symbol of a different element, iodine. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 22:37, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. This is horribly confusing, there's no such element. No chemist would ever call iodine "Element I", any more than they would call hydrogen "Element H" or oxygen "Element O". This smacks of pulp science fiction and "Element X" or "Element Z" or whatever. In chemistry, the Roman numeral "I" is reserved for oxidation states (see e.g. Bromine(I) chloride); and, for the more old-fashioned of us, as the designator for the leftmost column of the periodic table. Narky Blert (talk) 22:52, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- Comment Should this be a dab for Hydrogen, Iodine, Element One (which doesn't really use "i" in their name, but "one"), Period 1 element, Alkali metal (described as group 1 element)? AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 22:54, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- {{reply to|AngusWOOF}} IMO certainly not. That would be scientifically illiterate. I know that redirects are designed to help readers find things. But, in this case, I can confidently say that in 50+ years as a chemist, I have never heard of Element I. Narky Blert (talk) 23:05, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- Dab pages do occasionally get created to navigate solely between misspellings and incorrect names, but I think this would go too far: "Element I" is simply a phrase that combines two words in a a generic way, which furthermore isn't particularly plausible for any of the intended referents. – Uanfala (talk) 20:14, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
- Delete per Narky Blert. Double sharp (talk) 09:17, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
- Delete per above. – Uanfala (talk) 20:14, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
- Delete - This seems particularly useless. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 10:00, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
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