User talk:Gazamp

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I've moved this to the capital Y form since that seems to be how it's written, in reference to the chemical symbol Y for yttrium. (Not sure it meets WT:CFI, though: some of these mineral names are very obscure.)

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You rolled back my edit on blep. It failed the verification process after more than a year of waiting for citations. Kiwima (talk) 19:47, 8 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Kiwima Hi! There was at least one citation on there - are more needed? I'm not familiar with the verification process so is there a policy I could refer to for any future RFV pages? Thanks, Gazamp (talk) 17:44, 9 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Gazamp: Yes. The Criteria for inclusion can be found here. In short, for English you need three citations in permanently archived media. Kiwima (talk) 18:33, 9 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
@Kiwima: Thank you - so if I can find two more citations, I should revert it and add them? Gazamp (talk) 18:35, 9 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
If you find two more citations, you can add it back in. However, be warned that some people are very picky about where you find the citations. Kiwima (talk) 19:29, 9 December 2019 (UTC)Reply