Talk:Magnesium

Time to remove semi-protection?

It looks like this article has been semi-protected for well over 5 years. It seems like this was done around a time of numerous edits which were adding questionable content.

It's not clear to me that this would still necessarily be a topic that would attract significant controversial edits or outright vandalism. What is the process for having the semi-protected status reviewed? 220.235.82.123 (talk) 04:00, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Contacted the protecting admin. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 06:01, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. You are a gentleman and a scholar! 220.235.82.123 (talk) 15:28, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

I think PC would be a better option than full unprotection here. TheRichCapitalist (talk) 05:46, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

I disagree. This article was semi-protected indefinitely by MaterialScientist on Thanksgiving of 2015 due to vandalism, according to the edit history. Magnesium is also a high profile article, so it must be semi-protected like all the other articles on well known elements. 2603:8080:D03:89D4:F12F:8FF3:F8CF:640E (talk) 21:53, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

what about pending changed protection? |possible (talk page stalker) Willbill6272 (talk) 15:50, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2024

Seemingly typos?:

"Reduced occurs at high temperatures with silicon...iron component is innoncuouse."

Should be:

"Reduction occurs at high temperatures with silicon...iron component is innocuous."

Though it seems this whole passage is written a bit awkwardly and could be improved upon. Maybe:

"Reduction occurs at high temperatures with silicon. A ferrosilicon alloy is used rather than pure silicon as it is more economical. The iron component has no bearing on the reaction." 214.28.226.87 (talk) 16:39, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done, thanks. Zefr (talk) 19:01, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2025

Change "kidneys.Overdose" to "kidneys. Overdose" (missing space) Treeth (talk) 14:09, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

 Done Thanks! Cannolis (talk) 16:16, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 June 2026

Change: "Since the Chinese mastery of the Pidgeon process the US market share is at 7%, with a single US producer left as of 2013: US Magnesium, a Renco Group company located on the shores of the Great Salt Lake."

to

"Since China came to dominate global primary magnesium production through the Pidgeon process, US primary magnesium production had consolidated to a single producer: US Magnesium LLC, a Renco Group subsidiary operating on the shores of the Great Salt Lake at Rowley, Utah. As of 2020, the United States accounted for roughly 6 percent of global primary magnesium production. After Utah regulators denied permits to extend the facility's intake canals deeper into the shrinking Great Salt Lake, compounding a long history of accidents and environmental complaints, production at the plant ceased around 2022. In September 2025, US Magnesium filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, leaving the United States with virtually no primary magnesium production capacity. As of 2026, US startup Magrathea is developing domestic capacity, operating a pilot magnesium-chloride electrolyzer in California with a demonstration plant planned." Gnievchenko (talk) 14:56, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

I think that this addition is welcome up until "production at the plant ceased around 2022"; the note about US primary magnesium production could be added on to that, but the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy and info on a startup that hasn't produced anything yet might be a bit too much detail for an article describing the element on a broad scale. It would definitely be welcomed at Magnesium production by country, but that article is in terrible condition right now. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 12:06, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

That is a fair comment. I might make suggestions to expand the Magnesium production by country article in that case. Gnievchenko (talk) 20:51, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

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