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Unbalanced section?

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Dustfreeworld, You tagged with {{Unbalanced section}} in your edit of 2 January, but did not provide any explanation of what you considered unbalanced, making it difficult to address the perceived problem. Please review the current status of the section and either explain what you think is needed to balance the section, or remove the tag. Cheers · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 05:38, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

"Ready mixed" listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect Ready mixed has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 10 § ready mixed until a consensus is reached. consarn _{(speak evil) (see evil)} 20:28, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

We should add the strength of concrete, different types of concrete, different types of mixes, how popular each type of concretes are, different mixtures of concrete, different designs of concrete blocks, and how it first came.

Latest comment: 7 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Right? CentralWikiCommander (talk) 01:11, 12 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Be bold. Chidgk1 (talk) 18:28, 19 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Someone should add that sugar stops concrete from hardening

Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

And that the French used it to ruin concrete builds in protest of prison constructions in the past ~2026-13008-76 (talk) 02:31, 28 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a how-to guide. Also, we would need to cite reliable sources for all of these claims. Absent those sources,

Not done. General Ization ^Talk 02:36, 28 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Talk:Concrete

Unbalanced section?

"Ready mixed" listed at Redirects for discussion

We should add the strength of concrete, different types of concrete, different types of mixes, how popular each type of concretes are, different mixtures of concrete, different designs of concrete blocks, and how it first came.

Someone should add that sugar stops concrete from hardening