User talk:Gazamp
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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blep
[edit]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)
@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)
- @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)
- @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)
- 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)
- @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)