Talk:Soil

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Date	Process	Result
September 8, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 13, 2007	Good article reassessment	Delisted
October 31, 2012	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Section sizes

Section size for Soil (38 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	10,026	10,026	356	356
Functions	14,101	14,101	411	411
Composition	14,800	14,800	911	911
Formation	8,648	8,648	353	353
Physical properties	4,855	4,855	206	206
Soil moisture	4,037	4,037	225	225
Soil gas	14,101	14,101	490	490
Solid phase (soil matrix)	1,669	1,669	61	61
Soil biodiversity	2,638	2,638	141	141
Chemistry	2,325	42,085	204	1,863
Cation and anion exchange	11,208	19,880	351	720
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	4,128	4,128	192	192
Anion exchange capacity (AEC)	4,544	4,544	177	177
Reactivity (pH)	10,874	15,565	540	845
Base saturation percentage	2,366	2,366	196	196
Buffering	2,325	2,325	109	109
Redox	4,315	4,315	94	94
Nutrients	9,475	9,475	478	478
Soil organic matter	12,474	12,474	569	569
Horizons	12,168	12,168	509	509
Classification	3,079	3,079	148	148
Uses	22,610	22,610	789	789
Degradation	1,507	21,380	25	1,071
Acidification	1,590	1,590	119	119
Contamination	6,565	6,565	296	296
Desertification	3,258	3,258	142	142
Erosion	5,688	5,688	340	340
Salination	2,772	2,772	149	149
Reclamation	8,952	8,952	454	454
History of studies and research	619	16,897	42	1,230
Studies of soil fertility	12,572	12,572	917	917
Studies of soil formation	3,706	3,706	271	271
See also	533	533	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Sources	509	509	0	0
Bibliography	1,574	1,574	0	0
Further reading	1,253	1,253	0	0
External links	3,549	3,549	0	0
Total	231,443	231,443	10,265	10,265

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Error in Soil Chart

Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The soil chart currently linked in the article appears to have an error in it; the bottom label should be %sand, not %soil (since it's all soil). Endovior (talk) 04:54, 25 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

I noticed that too, I found this but it's without the comments and the example: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/USDA-Soil-Texture-Triangle_fig2_279631053 DylanLow108 (talk) 15:48, 29 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Triangle plot

Latest comment: 2 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

One of the axis of the soil texture triangle plot says '%soil'. This should be '%sand', because 100% of it makes the soil sand, and the text of the image says the third soil type is sand, and every image I found on the internet, labels the axis as sand. I don't know how to edit this. Wikifan153 (talk) 09:37, 25 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

I didn't notice this before I published my other comment (sorry), I've added a link to Soil texture, the graphs there appear to be more correct. Unfortunately I'm not sure how to change the image 'professionally' yet... DylanLow108 (talk) 15:58, 29 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

I've switched image files to use the correctly labelled version at Soil texture. Other versions are available such as File:SoilTexture USDA.svg, which uses colour to emphasise the different fields and I find easier to read. Mikenorton (talk) 16:28, 29 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

"Earthen" listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect Earthen 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 June 4 § Earthen until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 20:21, 4 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

"High phosphorus and titanium" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect High phosphorus and titanium 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 June 4 § High phosphorus and titanium until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 20:23, 4 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

"Cinnamon soil" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect Cinnamon soil 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 June 4 § Cinnamon soil until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 20:30, 4 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Talk:Soil

Error in Soil Chart

Triangle plot

"Earthen" listed at Redirects for discussion

"High phosphorus and titanium" listed at Redirects for discussion

"Cinnamon soil" listed at Redirects for discussion