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Erich Clar page
I want to include a synthetic reaction that is known as Clar's reaction. It is of a certain class of cyclic ketones that condense with themselves when heated to 400 C in a mixture of zinc dust and zinc chloride.
I will add references and a description of what it is used for in synthesizing new polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Tutorial on how to make a Wikipedia Page
Hello DMacks, I’d like help on how to make a Wikipedia page. I’m starting to know the basics of editing a little bit (hopefully will get better at that soon) but I am interested in knowing how to create a user page like those professionals. I look forward to hearing more about this, and I hope to hear back from you soon. Thank you. .PlayingHisGenitalsAgainstTheWaterjets (talk) 13:54, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Tech News: 2026-18
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I just wanted to check that this plan is ok, sorta insignificant. I am planning to "be bold" and move Dehydrogenation of amine-boranes to amine-boranes, which is currently a redirect to ammonia borane. Cut and paste job. Do those mechanics seem sound?
In terms of content: my thinking is that "Dehydrogenation of amine-boranes" is sort of a dead area that would fit well inside of amine-boranes. The topic of amine-boranes is pretty big. There are many. --Smokefoot (talk) 18:14, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
- I could support moving dehydrogenation of amine-boranes to amine-boranes. A key basis could be a more WP:CONCISE title for this topic unless we have enough to say about this class of chemicals other than that they can decompose to supply hydrogen. I assume the dehydrogenation... article-name would be left as a redirect to the new actual article at mine-boranes? "Cut'n'paste" is not the right approach for that because it will be complicated for you do it in a way that maintains the attribution of everyone who contributed that content. Maintaining attribution is a licensing requirement and therefore a WP site policy. If the goal is simply to move a whole page from one name to another, then moving the page (changing its name) rather than moving its content (from one page to another page) is the way. See WP:MOVE (might need admin tools, I'm happy to help with that). DMacks (talk) 04:29, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- Well, it would be appreciated if you would move Dehydrogenation of amine-boranes to Amine-boranes, which currently exists as a redirect, then I can tidy up the article. --Smokefoot (talk) 14:58, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- Shouid it be a hyphen or an en-dash? Precedent I'm seeing is things like Borane–tetrahydrofuran with en-dash. That seems consistent with WP naming standards for a combination of equal-weight nouns. DMacks (talk) 01:27, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- Well, it would be appreciated if you would move Dehydrogenation of amine-boranes to Amine-boranes, which currently exists as a redirect, then I can tidy up the article. --Smokefoot (talk) 14:58, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
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MediaWiki message delivery 20:41, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
Redirect listed at Redirects for discussion
Redirects you have created have been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 4 § Arabic diacritics + anything else until a consensus is reached. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 23:53, 4 May 2026 (UTC)