Wikijunior talk:The Elements/Gold

Value
Doesn't this need some mention of the reason why gold originally came to be valuable?

It could be found, in the right places, in lumps and it was malleable. It was presumably the first metal that could be worked. Not only does it shine, it can also be formed into different shapes with simple tools.

David Pollard 00:33, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Stage
What is left to mark this a complete? Klingoncowboy4 21:01, 20 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I thought it was pretty much complete when I saved my edits last night, but didn't want to move it over myself. --xixtas 04:18, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


 * That's what I figured, I just wanted to be sure. Klingoncowboy4 22:55, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I just cleaned up a bunch of typos, (and added a couple of factoids). I would recommend not marking something complete until a few eyeballs have looked for typos, punctuation errors, and the like. --Eliyahu 05:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, there were a few in there. My fault. There aren't that many eyeballs looking at (or at least editing) these books. I should have been more careful. I'm not sure we need to mention that thin sheets of gold are called gold leaf twice in the article. I thought it was better to include that information in "how is it used?" rather than "what does it look like?" Thanks for contributing, your edits have really improved the article overall. --xixtas 04:32, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Gold teeth
Yes, gold is used in dentistry, but that is not a very good argument for its safety (which I do not dispute). Mercury is also used in fillings, and it is decidedly not safe to ingest.