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::If there is a problem with the template contents and no technical person to fix it the template could be removed from the article and the details input manually, like with [[phosphorus]] (as far as I know). [[User:David Finn|David Finn]] 19:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
::If there is a problem with the template contents and no technical person to fix it the template could be removed from the article and the details input manually, like with [[phosphorus]] (as far as I know). [[User:David Finn|David Finn]] 19:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
::: The information is "hidden" in several [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&from=Xenon%2F&namespace=0 subpages]. Last year there was a long discussion of this in connection with the Period table. [[David Yamakuchi|David Yamakuchi]] defended his approach vehemently while most(?) disagreed. But, of course, this did not change the pages ... --[[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 19:48, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

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 Definition A chemical element, having the chemical symbol Xe, and atomic number (the number of protons) 54. [d] [e]
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Why does the text of the article not show up in the edit box? Peter Jackson 09:34, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Good question, Peter ...and one that has bothered me for some time. The answer is that the little bit of text shown in the main article (and not in the edit page) is somehow generated by the {{Basic elemental info}} template at the top of the edit page...which also creates the "info box" in the main article.
If you want to add or revise the "info box", you need a degree in computer Science to find out how to do so ... and I have never been able to do that. As matters stand now, that template is used for most of the elements. We can add more text to the article but we cannot edit/revise/expand the template-generated stuff.
Look at the "Properties" subpage ... it has a table of info that is also not editable and is also generated by some hidden method. That subpage further contains a hyperlink to http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/54.html which leads to a "Not found" error message. But that hyperlink cannot be deleted or changed because it is also created by some hidden method.
Personally, I think that the {{Basic elemental info}} template on the main article edit box and the hidden method used on the Properties subpage was a cockamamie (screwy) idea ... but I don't know what to do about it. Perhaps you can make more sense of it all than I can. - Milton Beychok 18:45, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
If there is a problem with the template contents and no technical person to fix it the template could be removed from the article and the details input manually, like with phosphorus (as far as I know). David Finn 19:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
The information is "hidden" in several subpages. Last year there was a long discussion of this in connection with the Period table. David Yamakuchi defended his approach vehemently while most(?) disagreed. But, of course, this did not change the pages ... --Peter Schmitt 19:48, 13 April 2011 (UTC)