Talk:History of the periodic table
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"Periodic table history" sounded weird to me, so I moved to what seems a more natural title. If anyone disagrees, you may of course move it back. Isomorphic 14:18, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- I chose Periodic table history because from Periodic table it brached from as Periodic_table_whatever. It's fine the way it is now, though. Goog 12:58, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- In general, it's a strong WP principle that articles don't have parents and must make sense of their main topics on their own, so try to avoid thinking "what is this a branch off of?" (I'm a wanton violator of the principle, for having made so many branches and levels of List of people by name#Direct links to pages of names, but IMO LoPbN is so far from being a real article (it's a navigational tool, like a dab or redirect) as to be an "exception that proves the rule" by showing what it takes to justify violating the rule.) I mention that partly in the spirit of the discussion below of what else could go in this article.
- In general, it's a strong WP principle that articles don't have parents and must make sense of their main topics on their own, so try to avoid thinking "what is this a branch off of?" (I'm a wanton violator of the principle, for having made so many branches and levels of List of people by name#Direct links to pages of names, but IMO LoPbN is so far from being a real article (it's a navigational tool, like a dab or redirect) as to be an "exception that proves the rule" by showing what it takes to justify violating the rule.) I mention that partly in the spirit of the discussion below of what else could go in this article.
I suggest this article be expanded to indicate how people were able to tell the difference between elements and chemical compounds. That is, what was the criteria for inclusion of a given substance into the periodic table? Psychonaut 05:12, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- IMO that would involve the mistake of confusing the table with the modern concept of element, as if just bcz the table is our favorite way of listing the elements. Chemical element and Atomic weight are titles that should bear more directly on this (IMO) very article-worthy topic, and History of chemistry should include more about the law than is appropriate in this talk page's article. Modern history of element isolation or Atomic theory in chemistry may even be worthwhile.
This article should expand more on the periodic law. --Jasonn 20:06, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- No, IMO. Periodic table could do so, and i'm not sure that it is excesssive to treat periodic law (which should not in any case redirect here), separately from the table. But history articles should focus on the dynamics of getting from one discovery to another, and not on laying out the logic of the final synthesis.
