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Remove List of environmental issues

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Covered by Environmental issues.

Support

1. Interstellarity (talk) 01:53, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Yes. We should likely make an extended list of vital article criteria that discourages most lists while leaving room for some exceptions. The unofficial rule seems to be that we don't want lists articles included, that should be more or less formalized with an example of exceptions. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 02:57, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Support, with an article for the same concept, definitely not the kind of list we need to make an exception for. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 22:19, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Makkool (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Disposable product

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Above User:Mathwriter2718 nominated disposable cup, which had support from User:Kevinishere15. I opposed suggesting this as a better nom with User:Zar2gar1 joining in this thought. -TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:37, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:37, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Since I supported disposable cup. Kevinishere15 (talk) 01:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Strong support, can tie into a lot of other things (environmental, economic, manufacturing, etc.) The article itself could use a lot of work. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 02:58, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Strong support this, caution adding all the versions of disposable products. While Disposable cup might be fine, but pages like Paper towel  5, Toilet paper  5, Paper napkin, Disposable towel. Disposable tableware, Disposable camera etc. could add up fast. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:42, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
5. --LaukkuTheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 10:33, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
6. This is better than Disposable cup. Mathwriter2718 (talk) 17:14, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

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Adding several classes of and specific Warships (set 3 of 3)

Add Ticonderoga-class cruiser

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United States Navy cruiser currently currently in service.

Support

1. As nomGeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 22:11, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Very weak oppose, if only to bring the proposal closer to a finish, while keeping an eye on the Tech quota. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Changing to oppose Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

1. It's the primary example of the concept of a modern guided missile cruiser, but has been phased out by the U.S. Navy and the general concept did not catch on with other navies. Notable primarily for its history of historical engagements and being an Aegis platform. Not sure I'd call it vital. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 06:43, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

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Add Virginia-class submarine

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United States Navy Fast Attack Submarine currently in service.

Support

1. As nomGeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 22:11, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Very weak oppose, if only to bring the proposal closer to a finish, while keeping an eye on the Tech quota. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Changing to oppose Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

Discussion

Not sure how we can make recency bias arguments about U.S. aircraft and not expect those to be applicable for the Virginia-class. It's not vital to understanding the development of modern nuclear attack submarines like the Los Angeles class was. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 06:45, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

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Add Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier

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British Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers.

Support

1. As nomGeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 22:11, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Very weak oppose, if only to bring the proposal closer to a finish, while keeping an eye on the Tech quota. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Changing to oppose Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

1. I don't see the additional value in adding two smaller-sized carriers. They're relevant primarily for their immense cost to the UK and the political infighting over their commissioning, which is not unimportant but I'm struggling to see how it's vital. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 06:51, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

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Add Several types of military tanks (set 2 of 2)

Add Tiger I

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Nazi WWII tank.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:45, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Very weak oppose, if only to bring the proposal closer to a finish, while keeping an eye on the Tech quota. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Changing to oppose Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

1. There should probably be *some* German tank but I'm not sure it should be the Tiger. I think there's a stronger argument for either the Panzer IV or Panther tank, both of which had more than 5x the number produced of Tigers and were more impactful on the war -- the Panzer IV being the only German tank to serve the entirety of the war, and the Panther widely being considered one of the best tanks of the war.⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 04:18, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

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Add T-72

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Soviet Cold War tank

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:45, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Very weak oppose, if only to bring the proposal closer to a finish, while keeping an eye on the Tech quota. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Changing to oppose Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

1. OK, but the T-55 is probably more important to include than this as far as Cold War Soviet tanks go, being the most widely produced tank in history and still widely in use today.⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 04:18, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

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Trim some niche Math Foundations topics

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So I'd prefer to free up the talk page a bit more, but since math proposals have been more active, let me suggest some cuts. These ones are all from the Foundations of Math section, and I'm pretty sure I added all of these during the BOLD era at VA. After seeing more of where the other sections are at, I think we can definitely drop these as too niche or esoteric:

Remove Axiom schema

While actually not a complex concept, this is getting into some trickier subtleties in mathematical logic. For now, more elementary logic & set theory takes up enough space.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Per nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:47, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Per nom. Tabu Makiadi (talk) 20:01, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Remove Arithmetical hierarchy and Analytical hierarchy

These both open up pretty notable correspondences to other concepts, including in theoretical computer science. But they're also extremely dense topics; I did study them some once but honestly can't even explain them well.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Per nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:47, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Per nom. Tabu Makiadi (talk) 20:01, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Remove Pointed set

Most of our set theory articles are genuinely pretty fundamental, but while this one has interesting aspects, I think it's largely an encoding trick. Probably not that vital in the grand scheme of things.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Per nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:47, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Per nom. Tabu Makiadi (talk) 20:01, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Remove Comma category

This is probably the least intuitive and most advanced of the items listed directly under Category (mathematics). Let's trim it, at least for now.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Per nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:47, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Per nom. Tabu Makiadi (talk) 20:01, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Remove Kan extension, Pullback (category theory), and Pushout (category theory)

All three of this under the Limit (category theory) heading are getting more advanced. We probably don't have the room or want this much depth at VA5.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Per nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:47, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Per nom. Tabu Makiadi (talk) 20:01, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Remove Monad (category theory)

In one sense, they're maybe not that complicated and have practical applications, but these are getting into the even more esoteric reaches of category theory. We probably don't have the room or want this much depth at VA5.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Per nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:47, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 20:44, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Per nom. Tabu Makiadi (talk) 20:01, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Proposal signature

Zar2gar1 (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Ernst Zermelo

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Ernst Zermelo  5 proposed (a precursor of) Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory  5, including the Axiom of choice  4. Thus he did more to shape Set theory  4 than anyone else except Georg Cantor  4. Lophotrochozoa (talk) 18:38, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Support

1. Make nom's vote explicit. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Support for myself too, under People -> Mathematicians, where we still have room anyways. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. SUpport for people section. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:22, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Discuss

@Lophotrochozoa: Hi there and welcome to VA5. Just to give you a heads-up, voting on biographies of all types usually happens on the People talk page. You don't have to move this proposal though, we'll all know to place him there if this passes. If it doesn't wind up getting much input, it's not a boycott but people may just skip the proposal to avoid thinking about procedural hoops. In that case, your best bet probably is to cut-and-paste this proposal with all existing comments over to the People sub-page. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

I meant to start the discussion at the People subpage but forgot that this is the wrong place. Can we move it? Lophotrochozoa (talk) 20:19, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

You don't have to, especially if people vote on it and since it's pretty clear where it will go anyways. You can if you really want to, but it's the sort of mix-up that doesn't cause any problems as long as it's uncommon. Most of the longer discussions on where to put things happen when a topic could fit in several buckets. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 01:39, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Phone connector (audio)  5

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We been using the idea of these things since 1878 (roughly, the modern jack did not exist til like the 60s). We list USB protocols like USB-C  5, so what stopping this?

Support

1. Add into somewhere in the sub-categories of Computer port (hardware)  5? 49p (talk) 20:49, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
2. Support, since it's technically analog and for audio / telephony, it helps rather than hinders the current imbalance towards Computers. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 15:13, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
3. Kevinishere15 (talk) 19:15, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Swap three Power storage articles

I propose that section gets renamed into Energy storage. The section in general seems to reflect what was (expected to) be important 10-15 years ago, compared to what is actually important.

Remove Nickel-iron battery

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Gets only 11 pageviews per day. Reading the article, I do not see why this type of battery stands out compared to others. It's used in a couple of niches, but nothing screams vital to me.

Support

1. As nom, —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
2. per nom. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 11:05, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Weak support, let's go ahead and push this across the finish line. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

• I actually added this one before voting was standard on unfinished lists. I'm fine if everyone wants to cut it and agree it's niche, but just for context, I think I added it for balance. My understanding is it's one of the most time-tested battery chemistries, and it's arguably the most economical & robust in some appropriate technology situations. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 15:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

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Remove Nickel-metal hydride battery

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Only 14 pageviews per day. Similarly, used in a few niches, but not as big as the alternatives below. They are sometimes used in hybrid vehicles, but are being replaced with lithium-ion batteries.

Support

1. As nom, —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
2. per nom. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 11:05, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Weak support, let's go ahead and push this across the finish line. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

• Another I may have added before voting was standard. I'm fine if everyone wants to cut it; I figured it mainly has notability as a common (the main?) rechargeable chemistry for decades until lithium-ion recently became dominant. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 15:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

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Remove solar fuel

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Gets only 28 pageviews per day. The term is a bit of a neologism I believe, with power-to-X or power-to-gas the more commonly used phrases for similar ideas.

Support

1. As nom, —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Strong support, especially with the more fundamental power-to-X suggestion. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 15:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
3. Per nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 01:59, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
4. per above. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

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Add thermal energy storage

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266 daily views. Has large applications in industry and for domestic heating and is expected to grow in terms of power sector applications too (f.i. in Carnot batteries).

Support

1. As nom, —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Sure, also complements Cogeneration (which we do list). -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 15:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
3. per above. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add compressed-air energy storage

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154 daily views. Together with vanadium redox batteries, one of the (semi)mature technologies for mid-duration electricity storage.

Support

1. As nom, —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Sure, can also integrate with pressurized service lines. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 15:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
3. per above. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add power-to-X

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89 daily views. A core component of sector coupling (which might need its own article?), a trend in the energy transition that sees all energy-using sectors getting more intertwined to allow buffers for variable renewables (creating heat, gas or whatever during periods of overproduction).

Support

1. As nom, —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Support, especially since it subsumes the solar fuel article. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 15:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
3. per above. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Remove one of these US airports (John F. Kennedy International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, or O'Hare International Airport)

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Atlanta's airport is the busiest airport in the world so that's obviously vital. I think we should cut down some US airports since it's the country with the most airports listed. I have no opinion on what airports should be removed, so I am interested to hear what others think. Interstellarity (talk) 23:26, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. Remove O'Hare. Interstellarity (talk) 02:03, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
2. If we need to remove one, I think it should be O'Hare Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Second O'Hare per Makkool, I'm actually neutral on which, but I like the idea of cutting one so I won't complicate things. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 02:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Remove O'Hare per nom. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
5. remove all of them. If only one, whichever you lot decide is the least vital I'd support. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:59, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. I have been a proponent of adding Memphis International Airport (home of the Fedex Superhub) for its Cargo airport importance and don't think we have too many Airports. As a hub to two of the major airlines and a high volume airport, I think this is vital. Could support as a swap for Memphis.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:04, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

   Further, this was the world's busiest airport for 35 years. I am a bit remiss about its possible removal.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:36, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

   1. @Makkool, Zar2gar1, and Interstellarity: any thoughts of swapping in the world's second busiest Cargo airport.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:25, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

      I won't take a stance on this yet, but I'd be open to swapping O'Hare with Memphis. I would see what others think before taking my position. Interstellarity (talk) 18:20, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

      I'd support that swap Makkool (talk) 19:49, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

      I'm more ambivalent about specific instances in general, at least on the Tech list, so consider me neutral on swapping in another airport. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:26, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

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Remove Telephone number (mathematics)  5

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Zero interwikis suggest this number theory concept is too niche.

Support

1. As nom. Tabu Makiadi (talk) 01:49, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Strong support. Even given that the number of Vital number theory articles need not be reduced, this is simply not an important concept in number theory. A search of the math arxiv returns only a single paper about telephone numbers. Mathwriter2718 (talk) 19:17, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Strong oppose on a few counts. The more I think about it, the less I like interwikis as a proxy for vitality, but especially in hard science / mathematics. References will have an extreme bias towards a few languages, and readers / editors are probably disproportionally interested in detailed content over translation. On content, the telephone numbers nicely connect results across several fields, plus we should almost definitely be cutting from other sections before number theory. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 21:18, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Oppose. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 00:56, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Discussion

Just to add some detail on cutting from other sections, we almost definitely have too many niche articles in Foundations and Graph Theory. I personally added a lot of those articles back when Lv5 still allowed boldly adding to under-quota lists. I was trying to be comprehensive, but actually reached the quota before reaching the other sections. I'd like the talk page to shrink a little before adding batch proposals, but I can probably think of at least 25 articles to cut there if nobody else gets around to it. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 21:18, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

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Add Zipper storage bag

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I refer to this whole general class as Ziploc around the house, but this is the generic term. It is more than a subset of Plastic bag  5. It is a variant of types of Bag  5. P.s. I am a bit surprised neither sandwich bag nor storage bag exists even as a redirect.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:17, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:17, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
2. sure. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:15, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
3. per nom. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Support at everyday life. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose here, but neutral if moved to Everyday Life. I had to think about it more, and while there is engineering behind this product, the primary justification is its every-day-ness. So it should really be ranked against Everyday Life articles, especially when Tech is so bloated. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Aluminium foil

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I can't believe it takes 3 i's to spell this elsewhere. It only takes 2 eyes to see how important this is in my refrigerator.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Definitely vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:56, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
3. per nom. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
4. At everyday life. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose here, but neutral if moved to Everyday Life. I had to think about it more, and while there is engineering behind this product, the primary justification is its every-day-ness. So it should really be ranked against Everyday Life articles, especially when Tech is so bloated. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Tupperware or Tupperware Brands

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I probably need a bit a discussion to figure out which one belongs, but the product is pretty essential.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:24, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:24, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Simply on my "no name brands" principle; I'm neutral if Tub (container) is an option though, and also neutral on the other household items. Just keep an eye out on the Tech quota. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 14:32, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

   User:Zar2gar1 should I move these to everyday life on the society subpage?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 08:31, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

   Honestly, I don't think you need to move the proposal; they're all man-made objects so not really out of place here. They would also make sense in Everyday Life though so if people want to put them there, they can mention it in their vote. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 17:47, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

2. I oppose adding the brands. I am more positive on adding something like Tub (container). Mathwriter2718 (talk) 23:12, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Neutral

Discussion

• @Zar2gar1 and Mathwriter2718:, Now that I think about Rubbermaid and other brands, I see your point. Is Tub (container) a better candidate than Food storage container?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:34, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

  @TonyTheTiger I'm not sure. Mathwriter2718 (talk) 15:25, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

  I'm not sure either. If you have to choose one or the other though, we probably want the one that fills in a bigger coverage gap. I haven't skimmed the articles, but Tub (container) will probably be more about materials & how they're built, while Food storage container will probably be more about usage & economics. Also, we do already list Food storage  5 here in Tech, but related things like Pickling  4 are in Everyday Life -> Food & Drink. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:48, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add 2 for Astronomy -> Observation

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I decided to stop waiting for the page size to shrink; let's try to fill in the remaining science sections.

Astronomy is already right around the quota (1 below), but I think we can add Fraunhofer lines and telluric contamination. They're respectively the absorption spectra of the sun's and the earth's atmosphere, and beyond revealing details about atmospheric chemistry, they're relevant to calibration and corrections in many observations. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 14:24, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. Support as nom -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 14:24, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Per nom Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Don't see what's wrong with it. -- ZergTwo (talk) 02:12, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Sure. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:01, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add everyday containers (set 2 of 2)

Add Bucket

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Support

1. I mildly support. Mathwriter2718 (talk) 23:25, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Support Kevinishere15 (talk) 02:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
3. TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:02, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose here, but neutral if moved to Everyday Life. I had to think about it more, and while there is engineering behind this product, the primary justification is its every-day-ness. So it should really be ranked against Everyday Life articles, especially when Tech is so bloated. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

neutral for now, but I'm not sure how I feel about adding items primarily just for their ordinariness. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 02:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

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Add Pipette

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Support

1. I mildly support. Mathwriter2718 (talk) 23:25, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Support Kevinishere15 (talk) 02:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Weak support but let's go ahead and push this across the finish line. This one could arguably go in Chemistry or Science Basics too. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:40, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Per above. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 07:04, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

neutral for now, but I'm not sure how I feel about adding items primarily just for their ordinariness. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 02:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

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Add Hyaline cartilage

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We list Cartilage  4--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:31, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom. -TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:31, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Sure, why not? -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:26, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 09:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add Sewerage and Street gutter

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More infrastructure given Drainage  4 and Flood management  4 at Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Hydraulic_infrastructure and Plumbing  4 at Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Hydraulics_and_pneumatics are listed-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:49, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:49, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Support sewerage  Carlwev  16:06, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Definitely, I think sanitation topics are probably under-represented. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:26, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Per above. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 07:06, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

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Swap Vine (service) with Fandom (website)

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Whilst Vine was important it was only a thing for less than five years. Fandom was founded over 20 years ago and is only becoming more popular (see List of most-visited websites). Wikipedia is at Level 4, so it makes sense to have this at level 5.

Support

1. As nom. Sahaib (talk) 12:41, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose adding, support removal but that's already moving along up above. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Oppose adding, not among most vital websites of the Internet Makkool (talk) 21:25, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

Discuss

• Wikipedia_talk:Vital_articles/Level/5/STEM#Remove_Vine_(service)_5 is still active above.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:39, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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Remove several civilian aircraft

We list a lot of specific types of planes, both military and civilian. They are disproportionately represented compared to other vehicles, so I think they can be trimmed. If a company had more then 2 aircraft, I nominated the ones I thought were the least vital.

Remove Airbus A320 family  5

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Airbus A300  5 and Airbus A380  5 are adequate. This is also more or less a list article, which we seem to be trying to avoid.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose, for now at least, maybe the strongest one for me. We may need to cut planes further, but it's apparently the most-produced airliner family ever. Also the first to introduce Fly-by-wire  5 controls. I wouldn't consider the article that listy either; I think it just has that title to reflect all of the variants. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 02:58, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Changing to oppose Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. per nom.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:15, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Remove Airbus A330

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Airbus A300  5 and Airbus A380  5 are adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Sure, doesn't seem quite as groundbreaking as the earlier Airbuses (besides achieving full interoperability with all 3 Western engine-makers) or exceptionally successful. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 02:58, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
4. per nom.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:15, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Remove Airbus A350

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Airbus A300  5 and Airbus A380  5 are adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Sure, largely reads like Airbus whipping something together to compete with the Boeing 787 (not that the Dreamliner has been a success). -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 02:58, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
4. per nom.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:15, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Remove Boeing 737  5

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Boeing 707  5, Boeings first jetliner, and Boeing 747  5 are adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. J947 ‡ ^edits 04:51, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Changing to oppose Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Weak oppose, mainly out of incrementalism for now. If we decide we can only list one airplane in this class, I would pick the A320 hands-down. But the 737 is definitely also notable for many reasons (including a couple not so good ones). -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

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Remove Boeing 767

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Boeing 707  5, Boeings first jetliner, and Boeing 747  5 are adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Strong support, reads largely like Boeing whipping something together to match the Airbus A300. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 02:58, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
4. per nom.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:15, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Remove Boeing 777  5

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Boeing 707  5, Boeings first jetliner, and Boeing 747  5 are adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Weak oppose for now, I don't want to create a bias towards Boeing models, but as the article states, it's the best-selling wide-body ever. Also notable for being the first to heavily use Computer-aided design  5 to automate much of the engineering cycle. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Makkool (talk) 21:27, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

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Remove Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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Boeing 707  5, Boeings first jetliner, and Boeing 747  5 are adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Very weak support for now, partly just for recency and partly to keep us from listing too many Boeing models. It does seem to be a genuinely innovative design, just undermined by Boeing's 21st-century operational problems (which arguably makes it historically interesting too). -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 21:27, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
4. per nom.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:15, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Remove Douglas DC-6

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Douglas DC-3  5 is adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Sure, doesn't seem particularly innovative, just a later generation with piston engines. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 21:27, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
4. per nom.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:15, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Remove Douglas DC-8

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Douglas DC-3  5 is adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Sure, some interesting details about development and testing, but largely just reads like Douglas playing catch-up with the Boeing 707. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 21:27, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
4. per nom.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:15, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Remove McDonnell Douglas DC-9  5

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Douglas DC-3  5 is adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Weak oppose for now, largely for the sake of incrementalism. This reads as Douglas actually stealing a march on Boeing for once, plus this also sort of subsumes the McDonnell Douglas MD-80. It shows some innovative design features (and business strategy) too. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Makkool (talk) 21:27, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

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Remove McDonnell Douglas DC-10

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Douglas DC-3  5 is adequate.

Support

1. As nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 04:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Strong support, unless we feel really compelled to include a trijet and/or a sales & safety dud, this we can probably cut. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 21:27, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
4. per nom.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:15, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add Biological membrane or swap with Membrane  5

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I actually meant to nominate Biological membrane, but got Membrane  5 promoted accidentally.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Support straight add. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 00:55, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Support simple add, no need to swap since Biology is still under quota. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:42, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Support add Makkool (talk) 18:43, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Handcuffs

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Place in Crime. A common restraint used by police.

Support

1. Interstellarity (talk) 01:42, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
2. --LaukkuTheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 14:09, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
3. Iostn (talk) 18:49, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
4. Kevinishere15 (talk) 06:33, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
5. Should be listed. QuicoleJR (talk) 17:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

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Add Glycated hemoglobin  5

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A1C is definitely vital, and Hemoglobin  4 is VA4.

Support

1. As nom. QuicoleJR (talk) 22:27, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Sure, why not? -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 17:50, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Support. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:52, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Makkool (talk) 19:32, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

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Add AOL

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It's not as popular as it once was, but it helped people get online using dialup.

Support

1. Interstellarity (talk) 01:22, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Extremely well-known, the "you've got mail" sound effect is still widely recognizable to this day. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:56, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
3. support but probably needs to get swapped with weaker as GeogSage said 49p (talk) 22:24, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. We are over quota. This might be okay, with a swap. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 01:53, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Strong oppose here in Tech, neutral if you list it as a business or media platform somewhere under Society. I agree it's a very notable tech company & service, but AOL was never a unique technology in its own right. We don't list other media platforms with their respective technologies, and I think we need to start treating the internet the same. Moving those already listed & adjusting quotas will be its own discussion, but we can at least start with this one. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 23:07, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add Alarm device

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I was thinking of this as it relates to Alarm clock  5 in Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Timekeeping, but it may be redundant for that purpose, but as it relates to other situations like Fire alarm (which may need to be considered) and any other type of Alarm signal. I am not sure it is deserving of its own space on the list, but am throwing it out there.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:23, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

Support

1. weak support As nom. -TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:23, 4 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Support  Carlwev  06:34, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
3. --LaukkuTheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 09:26, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
4. Support but would swaps more then straight adds. Pushing quota now. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 17:04, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Discuss

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Remove Delphi (software)

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I'm a software engineer and I've never heard of this. Granted, Delphi seems to have been popular before my time but the article doesn't seem to indicate any particular notability. It seems to be some sort of variant to an extension of Pascal (programming language)  5. Pascal is a no-brainer VA5; its variants and extensions aren't. Besides, there are so many other languages and frameworks I would rather see here e.g. Go (programming language) which is High-Importance on Wikiproject Computer Science compared to Delphi's Mid-Importance so it's hard to justify its inclusion on this list.

Support

1. Aurangzebra (talk) 02:57, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
2. We have a bunch of programming languages, and Delphi is one of the weaker ones that need to be removed 49p (talk) 22:25, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
3. Support, I could be wrong, but I think its "killer app" was being one of the first language ecosystems to really push an IDE (though Smalltalk may have done it before?) Agree we can cut it though, and I'd personally be for trimming the languages even more aggressively (1 or 2 reps tops for each generation or paradigm). -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 23:07, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
4. Per nom. Makkool (talk) 19:06, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
5. Support. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 16:51, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

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Add Commercial aviation and Private aviation

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Two important types of aviation.

Support

1. Interstellarity (talk) 00:39, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Support, I had to think about this one but they make sense on the list. As more of the processes / culture around flight though, maybe place under the applied sciences? -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 04:26, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 09:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Support Commercial aviation ONLY. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:21, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose private aviation. In another life I was involved in private aviation with ambitions towards commercial and Military aviation  5. I love planes, more then most people, but honestly think they are a bit over represented in vital articles. I loosly to support adding Commerical aviation, but private aviation is not really vital. I'd like to see several commercial airplanes removed in addition to this. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 03:21, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
2. I concur with GeogSage that private aviation is a notch less vigal than commercial. I oppose private and support commercial.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:50, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Discuss

Just to clarify the current margin, we're at 4-0 for Commercial aviation but only 3-1 for Private aviation. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 21:43, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

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Remove typographic units

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Currently the Basics and measurement section is over-quota, we could still cut many measurement units. I noticed that we give 5 slots to typographic units: Typographic unit  5, Em (typography), En (typography), Point (typography) and Pica (typography). These seem to be terminology of a certain specialty, that seems out of place on the listcompared to other units that have more wider usage. I would suggest that we cut these 5.

Support

1. Support all as nom. Makkool (talk) 10:10, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Support all except Typographic unit  5, I think we should ruthlessly trim most of the individual units. The overarching "system of units" articles are less bloating though, and typography is probably vital enough to warrant one article among the rest. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 19:01, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Support all except Typographic unit  5, most of these have super low pageviews and so are probably excessive detail on a fairly niche topic. Point (typography) has the highest pageviews but I think it's better in this case to have the general overview article (which I'm neutral on, to be clear).--LaukkuTheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 12:15, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
4. Neutral on Typographic unit  5, support removing the others. Lophotrochozoa (talk) 17:53, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add Blueprint

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A high importance subject.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:43, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:43, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Support, but we are seriously running into issues with quota. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 23:50, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
3. Very good find, adds needed engineering / construction coverage. We can spare one or 2 stand-out additions as long as larger cuts elsewhere keep progressing. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 06:00, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
4. Makkool (talk) 19:54, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
5. Another thing that should have been listed a long time ago. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:00, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add Incunable  5

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Since we added Manuscript  5 and Codex  5, I'm thinking this concept could be next. Incunables are early printed books. An important step in the history of printing (and books in general).

Support

1. As nom. Makkool (talk) 18:16, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
2. Support, per my "some overlap is good at Lv5" principle. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 15:13, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
3. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 12:06, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Add Plastic wrap

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This is very essential in the kitchen.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:21, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:21, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
2. per nom. starship.paint (talk / cont) 02:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Support in Everyday life. We actually have kitchen utensils there, so why not this as well? Makkool (talk) 10:47, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 12:06, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose here, but neutral if moved to Everyday Life. I had to think about it more, and while there is engineering behind this product, the primary justification is its every-day-ness. So it should really be ranked against Everyday Life articles, especially when Tech is so bloated. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Structural coloration to Biology

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A biological phenomenon widespread across multiple kingdoms of life, often used as a teaching example of how clever nature can be, and a continuing influence on physics and technology. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 14:24, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. Support as nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 14:24, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Support. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 07:04, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Makkool (talk) 19:32, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
4. --ZergTwo (talk) 17:46, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

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Add Maternity den

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Support

1. As nom. TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 09:33, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Sure, why not? -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 17:50, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 12:07, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Optical phenomena

I've had a short list of optics topics to add (in Physics) stashed away for a while. How do you all feel about these? -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Add Optical aberration

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The general concept of how real-world optical systems deviate from ideal behavior. Crucial to almost all optics applications too.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Per nom.GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:17, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Per nom Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Per nom Lophotrochozoa (talk) 00:49, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
5. Per nom Mathwriter2718 (talk) 02:54, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add Spherical aberration

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One of the primary types of aberration, due to the Thin lens  5 assumption breaking down in the real world. This article has a its own content on corrective methods and measuring aberration.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Per nom GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 06:23, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Per nom Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Per nom Lophotrochozoa (talk) 00:49, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Chromatic aberration

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Another major form of aberration, due to Refraction  4 in real world materials varying with wavelength. This article actually has a lot of decent content on corrective methods, measurement, and applications (like photographic effects).

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Per nom.GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:17, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Per nom Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Per nom Lophotrochozoa (talk) 00:49, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Caustic (optics)

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A common optical phenomenon and very old demonstration of Ray optics (those details are in a separate math article: Caustic (mathematics).

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Per nom.GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:17, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Per nom Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add Iridescence

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The basic rainbow-color visible in all sorts of situations (materials, biology, weather, etc.)

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Per nom.GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:17, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Per nom Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Per nom Lophotrochozoa (talk) 00:49, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Dichroism

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This is probably a little less well-known and may be more borderline, but it does explain the coloration of certain materials and also has several technical applications. The article still could use expansion but I tend to see that as a reason for adding to VA5 (to encourage editing) rather than removing. Related but distinct from Birefringence  5.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Per nom.GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:17, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Per nom Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add Newton's rings

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Historically notable experiment / phenomenon and a go-to demonstration of light's wavier behavior.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Per nom Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
4. --ZergTwo (talk) 17:49, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Not convinced this one is vital. Opposistion is weak though GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:17, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

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Add Moiré pattern

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One more wave / interference-based phenomenon. It appears in many situations, with connections to art and technology.

Support

1. As nom. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Per nom.GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:17, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Per nom Makkool (talk) 10:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
4. Interstellarity (talk) 01:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Proposal signature

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Adding rooms

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Given the list of inclusions at Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Rooms_and_spaces, I will try adding a few more.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:02, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Add Pantry

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:02, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
2. I think this was listed once, but it must have been boldly removed at some point Makkool (talk) 19:35, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
3. QuicoleJR (talk) 04:31, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 12:35, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose here, but neutral if moved to Everyday Life. I had to think about it more, and while there is craft knowledge behind this, the primary justification is its every-day-ness. So it should really be ranked against Everyday Life articles, especially when Tech is so bloated. Actually, Everyday Life may be a better place for all specific rooms (they're defined by use patterns, not necessarily technical design). -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Mobile operating system

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An important type of operating system that powers many of the world's mobile devices.

Support

1. Interstellarity (talk) 22:38, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
2. I can support this. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 23:02, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Mathwriter2718 (talk) 15:13, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 12:43, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Weak oppose, entirely on procedural grounds to tap the brakes. Will change to Support if someone proposes more Computing articles to cut. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

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Add Rechargeable battery

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This has changed the world from power tools, to phones to cars.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:16, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:16, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. We didn't already include this? Oof. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 16:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

   We have Electric battery  3, and several specific types of batteries (Nickel–metal hydride battery and Nickel–iron battery are up for removal above) but not this. Other rechargeables remain.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

3. Support. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 19:23, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 13:01, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Biological topics related to the head

Biology is under quota, so I'll be bouncing around as a non-expert to round up some nominees.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Keep in mind that the Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/Biology and health sciences/Biology section that includes anatomy is at 1068/1200 (11% under quota)-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 08:44, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Add Snout, Proboscis and Rostrum (anatomy)

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N.B. We list Beak  5.

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Sure. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 13:08, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Add Insect mouthparts

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Sure. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. A wide variety, seems like a good topic. EchoVanguardZ (talk) 18:15, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

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Add Fang

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Sure. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 13:08, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Outer ear

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Sure. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. As Ear  3 is level 3. Other facial features, Lip  5, Cheek  5, Eyelid  5, and Chin  5 are already level 5. EchoVanguardZ (talk) 18:17, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Cephalopod beak

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Sure. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 13:08, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Nostril

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Weak support, maybe there's more to it, but listing orifices might be veering into WP:DICTIONARY. We can figure that out later though. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 13:08, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Whiskers

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Mathwriter2718 (talk) 15:26, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Support. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Tusk

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Mathwriter2718 (talk) 15:27, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
3. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Support. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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Add Vocal sac

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Support. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 13:08, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Lateral line  5

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Significant part of fish biology, and an important animal sensory system we don't list.

Support

1. As nom. Makkool (talk) 10:40, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Sure, not sure where we'll be if some of the quota proposals pass, but we can find other removals. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
3. EchoVanguardZ (talk) 18:24, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
4. Lophotrochozoa (talk) 22:51, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Lifeboat (rescue) and Inflatable boat

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At least one of these should be at Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Naval_transport

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:56, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Support both, pretty widespread aspects of naval transport. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 22:19, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Support both. Strong support for Lifeboat, a bit weaker for inflatable boat. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 01:56, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Support both. PrimalMustelid (talk) 14:05, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Lifebuoy and Personal flotation device

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These are the marine equivalent of emergency Airbag  5 and precautionary Seat belt  5, IMO. Maybe they would go Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Basics_7 or maybe somewhere in Everyday life.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:03, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:03, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Support both, weaker for Lifebuoy, but they're pretty widespread, and we can evaluate other sections for trimming first. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 22:19, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Per above. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 01:56, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Support both. PrimalMustelid (talk) 14:06, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Locomotion

Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/Physical sciences/Physics remain at 1172/1200 (2.3% below quota). Lets add various types of locomotion by environment. We have aerial locomotion (Flight  4).

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This goes well beyond Swimming  3.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:48, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:48, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:46, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Support, but it looks like this actually belongs more in Biology than Physics. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Lophotrochozoa (talk) 16:07, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Terrestrial locomotion

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This goes well beyond Walking  4.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:48, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:48, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:46, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Support, but it looks like this actually belongs more in Biology than Physics. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. Lophotrochozoa (talk) 16:07, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Locomotion in space

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:48, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
2. Seems vital. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:46, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Support, but maybe this actually belongs more in Technology than Physics? -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 14:07, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Random biology (set 2 of 2)

Add Simple eye in invertebrates

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:40, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Definitely. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
3. Looks vital to me. --ZergTwo (talk) 23:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 13:51, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Primary vein

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Support

1. as nom-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:40, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
2. Definitely. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
3. If the article isn't merged when the discussion closes, it should be vital. --ZergTwo (talk) 23:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
4. PrimalMustelid (talk) 13:51, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Add Layover

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Many passengers have layovers when they have Flight  4s.

Support

1. Interstellarity (talk) 23:28, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
2. I was a bit dubious until I looked at some related topics listed.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:53, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
3. If we can purge most of our airports below, I would feel okay with this add. As is I have weak support. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 02:37, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
4. Support in Geography/Cities per Zar2gar1 Makkool (talk) 13:51, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose here, but support under Cities -> Urban planning where we list Transportation planning  5. It's not really a technology but an artifact of scheduling connections (nor is it specific to air travel). I know we do still list a lot of similar "applied" topics here, but we should eventually sort those too. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 03:48, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

Discuss

1. Also note Travel  4, Vacation  5.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:53, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

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Remove all airports from this level

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This nomination concerns the following section: Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Airports. We only list only a select few airports at this level and determining which ones that are the most vital is very hard considering we don't even list the 12 busiest airports in the world. When considering US airports, we list Atlanta, JFK, and LA, but I could see an argument for swapping either JFK or LA with DFW. Considering that we don't list the busiest railway station in the world or the busiest railway station in the US, I think it makes sense to remove the airports from this list. One counterargument that could save this nomination is that we already list ports Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Specific_piers_and_ports, but I'd be open to considering a removal of those from this level.

Support

1. Interstellarity (talk) 23:45, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Support all but open to compromise on a few extra special ones. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 02:36, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. I think we could spare a few more places for airports, which are as important as many buildings and specific structures that we include. I would rather see the number of Airports increase 20-30 % to include the cargo airport Memphis International Airport (Fedex's superhub) and don't really think O'Hare International Airport should have been removed. Both of these are more important to the world than Grand Central Terminal  5 or something like Space Needle  5.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:59, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Oppose per EchoVanguardZ. It would be weird to cut only the airports and not the mass transit systems. Makkool (talk) 09:11, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

Discuss

1. Removing the airports seems sensible, but are city's mass transport systems all more vital than airports? EchoVanguardZ (talk) 19:07, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

   User:EchoVanguardZ, Which elements of Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Specific_transportation_systems are you talking about? I don't consider my local public transportation Chicago "L" or Chicago Transit Authority any more important than O'Hare International Airport. The handful of times I use the airport they are instrumental/irreplaceable in getting me there. My public transport is always an option vs. self-driving and ridesharing.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:30, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

   @TonyTheTiger Basically, I think airports may not be vital, but topics like Chicago "L" may not be vital either. I would find it strange to have 63 rapid transit systems but no airports. EchoVanguardZ (talk) 19:34, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

   @EchoVanguardZ: I would consider listing mass transit systems as vital as listing airlines, not airports. Interstellarity (talk) 16:10, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

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Container removals

To match the military tank adds above.

Remove Wooden box

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Essentially the same as Crate  5.

Support

1. As nom. Makkool (talk) 22:29, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Per nom. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 01:21, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
3. Sure, though this is another redundancy that should arguably be resolved on the articles first. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 14:36, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
4. sup  Carlwev  17:47, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

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Neutral

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Remove Water bottle  5

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I don’t think we need this as a separate thing from Plastic bottle  5.

Support

1. As nom. Makkool (talk) 22:29, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Sure, though this is another redundancy (with Bottle  5) that should arguably be resolved on the articles first. -- Zar2gar1 (talk) 14:36, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Hard to believe, but not all water bottles are plastic. I use one every day. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 01:21, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

   True, now that I think of it, I used to have a metal water bottle once, before I lost it. Still, I don't see this as a vital item enough to take a slot in Technology. There's enough overlap with plastic bottle. Makkool (talk) 19:30, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

2. Per GeogSage. Not every water bottle is plastic. JpTheNotSoSuperior (talk) 19:30, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

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Remove Box  5

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Do we really need it? I think Cardboard box  5 is enough.

Support

1. As nom. Makkool (talk) 22:29, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

Oppose

1. I would support removing cardboard box before box. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 01:21, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Basic concept. JpTheNotSoSuperior (talk) 19:30, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Neutral

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