Talk:Iron

Former good article

Iron was one of the Natural sciences good articles , but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
June 15, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
September 18, 2016	Good article nominee	Listed
November 29, 2025	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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GA Reassessment

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Latest comment: 8 months ago 2 comments2 people in discussion

Iron

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Result: Two weeks with no improvements made toward addressing stated concerns. Bgsu98 (Talk) 21:34, 29 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

There are uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. At almost 10,000 words, this article might be WP:TOOBIG per WP:SS. The article should summarise information more effectively or spin out information that is too detailed. Z1720 (talk) 01:12, 14 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.