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Expand appropriate short statements into full paragraph.
re-organization toward this purpose
missing topics within scope
Under missing topics; a substance we clearly know so much about, it seems to me it perhaps should have the chemical box/medical/physical data as this would be quite baseline?
Add a section on water-based power (hydroelectric, wave, tidal etc).
Water on other planets
consider deletions with this purpose in mind
spin-off topics tangential to scope
change types of water to forms of water.
please include the role of comets and meteors in bringing water to earth
The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
(https://archive.ph/HCDxU). "Space Cloud Holds Enough Water to Fill Earth's Oceans 1 Million Times"
This subject is featured in the Outline of water, which is incomplete and needs further development.
I am currently working on the article water cycle and came here to see if there is useful content here that I could repeat at the other article. The section on water cycle is not bad, however hardly any references are used. Should this be corrected or is it deemed acceptable since the statements are so broad and well known? Also I am thinking of using the excerpt tool to add an excerpt from water cycle. What do you think about this suggestion? EMsmile (talk) 21:28, 28 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
In the etymology section it is stated that a cognate of 'water' is Greek ύδωρ (ýdor). I think it might be better to be a bit more specific and say 'ύδωρ' is Modern Greek, as it might easily be mistaken by the similar Ancient Greek word ὕδωρ (hýdōr or húdōr, with spiritus fortis and relevant long 'o'). -37.11.122.76 (talk) 12:17, 29 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Semi-protected edit request on 1 December 2022[edit]
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We just have a paper published in Science, we would like to make such changes:
Water (chemical formula H2O) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent[1]). It is vital for all known forms of life, despite providing neither food, energy, nor organic micronutrients. Humans comprise 40 to 70% water and turnover about 10% of this every day. [1]. Its chemical formula, H2O, indicates that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms, connected by covalent bonds. The hydrogen atoms are attached to the oxygen atom at an angle of 104.45°.[2] "Water" is also the name of the liquid state of H2O at standard temperature and pressure. 199.48.182.28 (talk) 02:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I don't know what changes are being proposed here--unless it's just the addition of a published paper, which isn't necessary for this lead. Drmies (talk) 02:47, 1 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Semi-protected edit request on 13 December 2022[edit]
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Change the second line of the article, "It is vital for all known forms of life, despite providing neither food, energy, nor organic micronutrients,"
to "It is vital for all known forms of life, despite not providing food, energy, or organic micronutrients." Many style guides, such as The Chicago Manual of Style (entry 5.234) and Garner's Modern English Usage, agree that "neither ... nor" constructions are best limited to exactly two items in a list. Urzane (talk) 17:00, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
“The decomposition requires more energy input than the heat released by the inverse process (285.8 kJ/mol, or 15.9 MJ/kg).” This is in clear violation of conservation of energy. Perhaps what they intended to say was that electrolytic decomposition is not 100% efficient? Mindyobusiness12 (talk) 13:46, 29 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 03:48, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a 
Done