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Date	Process	Result
October 2, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
September 23, 2007	Good article reassessment	Delisted
April 14, 2011	Peer review	Reviewed
May 1, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed
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Section sizes

Section size for Copper (49 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,173	3,173
Etymology	505	505
Characteristics	21	11,333
Physical	4,203	4,203
Chemical	1,917	1,917
Isotopes	2,191	2,191
Occurrence	3,001	3,001
Production	2,656	13,776
Reserves and prices	2,495	2,495
Methods	4,010	4,010
Recycling	2,055	2,055
Environmental impacts	2,560	2,560
Alloys	4,413	4,413
Compounds	786	13,964
Binary compounds	1,356	1,356
Coordination chemistry	4,942	4,942
Organocopper chemistry	3,512	3,512
Copper(III) and copper(IV)	3,368	3,368
History	248	26,213
Prehistoric	18	12,520
Copper Age	9,161	9,161
Bronze Age	3,341	3,341
Ancient and post-classical	7,957	7,957
Modern	5,488	5,488
Applications	1,398	27,960
Wire and cable	2,783	2,783
Electronics and related devices	905	905
Electric motors	2,068	2,068
Renewable energy production	76	76
Architecture	5,740	5,740
Antibiofouling	1,374	1,374
Antimicrobial	6,000	6,000
Copper demand	2,460	5,200
Speculative investing	2,740	2,740
Folk medicine	2,416	2,416
Degradation	1,293	1,293
Biological role	305	18,785
Biochemistry	5,006	5,006
Nutrition	620	7,027
Absorption	2,295	2,295
Dietary recommendations	4,112	4,112
Deficiency	1,180	1,180
Toxicity	3,261	3,261
Human exposure	2,006	2,006
See also	372	372
References	28	28
Notes	636	636
Further reading	1,158	1,158
External links	1,324	1,324
Total	124,933	124,933

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Change the word (from [[Latin]]:cuprum) to (etymology|la|cuprum) to ensure the consistency among others. 2001:EE0:4BCA:FD50:B50C:773B:1A40:16BA (talk) 11:12, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks. Liu1126 (talk) 12:57, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]