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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.

Randomness WP:TRYUNPROT

It has been 15 years since Randomness has been indefinitely semi protected. Given its low pageview count of 150, I think it is about time for another trial unprotection. dualcerbtalk 13:45, 16 October 2026 (UTC)

Let's do the experiment! Unprotected. DMacks (talk) 20:51, 16 October 2026 (UTC)
Also found these 4 articles that also were protected over a decade ago and can be trial unprotected
Just Dance 2016, Internet begging, First Flight High School, Central Board of Secondary Education, also Just Dance 2019 can get its PC removed. dualcerbtalk 21:23, 16 October 2026 (UTC)
Just Dance 2016 done. Just Dance 2019 PC is by User:Samsara who seems to have left WP, so I'll do that one also. Although I had done several protections of First Flight High School over the years, the one currently in effect is by User:Kudpung. Let's get their thoughts. I don't support unprotecting Internet begging because Google tells me people still use this term related to WP, and especially the Foundation's annual fundraising banners trigger this sort of edit on several pages every year. DMacks (talk) 04:00, 17 October 2026 (UTC)
First Flight High School was getting masses of junk edits at the time I protected it in 2013 and already had an impressive protiction log. I would be inclined to leave it protected but I will not argue if someone wans to unprotect it, but it is no longer on my watch list and I will not be be able to protect it again. As lead coord of the WP:WPSCH, we won't know either. It's not something we go looking for unless someone reports it to the project. Strictly speaking, First Flight High School wouldn't pass NPP under today's GNG for schools (a plethora of sources ≠ notability) and would probably not survive an AfD. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:30, 17 October 2026 (UTC)
I stepped First Flight down to PC1. It's now got a {{notability}} tag (thanks User:Issac I Navarro!), so maybe someone will jump in and find some RS and notability claims. Or, I do agree that at least as it stands it does not meet current threshold for a standalone article. DMacks (talk) 11:32, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
Thanks for the ping, I wasn't aware of this thread. I will see if I can find a couple sources. Issac I Navarro (talk) 14:25, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
Recent history at Begging and the talkpages of that and Internet begging support that protection of Internet begging is still warranted. DMacks (talk) 11:29, 21 October 2026 (UTC)

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Degradation

I note your revert of my attempts to disambiguate the links to Degradation. Are any of the other links on the dab page a better fit?— Rod talk 15:10, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

 Done DMacks (talk) 17:28, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

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