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 :The Aperiodic Table of the Elements
-:[Rectangles showing the atomic symbols and atomic numbers from H (1) through Og (118) are arranged in a serpentine chain. Each rectangle has the atomic number in small numerals at the upper left and the atomic symbol in large letters. The color of each rectangle matches the pattern of a similarly keyed standard periodic table. For example, the noble elements all have a red background.]
+:[Rectangles showing the atomic symbols and atomic numbers from H (1) through Og (118) are arranged in a serpentine chain. Each rectangle has the atomic number in small numerals at the upper left and the atomic symbol in large letters. The color of each rectangle matches the pattern of a similarly keyed standard periodic table. For example, the noble gases all have a red background.]
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	The {{w\|periodic table of the elements}} is a diagram often used to show the properties of the {{w\|chemical elements}} that make up the world. Its structure represents several properties of the elements. Atoms increase in {{w\|atomic number}} from left to right and continue on each new row, going top to bottom. Elements in a single column will have similar chemical properties, with allowance for any crossing of the {{w\|dividing line between metals and nonmetals}}, and each row exhibits a similar trend to adjacent rows for the gaining or losing of electrons and other physical properties.		The {{w\|periodic table of the elements}} is a diagram often used to show the properties of the {{w\|chemical elements}} that make up the world. Its structure represents several properties of the elements. Atoms increase in {{w\|atomic number}} from left to right and continue on each new row, going top to bottom. Elements in a single column will have similar chemical properties, with allowance for any crossing of the {{w\|dividing line between metals and nonmetals}}, and each row exhibits a similar trend to adjacent rows for the gaining or losing of electrons and other physical properties.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|This page was created BORED SCIENTIST. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
+{{incomplete|This page was created by a BORED SCIENTIST. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
 The {{w|periodic table of the elements}} is a diagram often used to show the properties of the {{w|chemical elements}} that make up the world. Its structure represents several properties of the elements. Atoms increase in {{w|atomic number}} from left to right and continue on each new row, going top to bottom. Elements in a single column will have similar chemical properties, with allowance for any crossing of the {{w|dividing line between metals and nonmetals}}, and each row exhibits a similar trend to adjacent rows for the gaining or losing of electrons and other physical properties.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|This page was created APERIODICALLY. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
+{{incomplete|This page was created BORED SCIENTIST. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
 The {{w|periodic table of the elements}} is a diagram often used to show the properties of the {{w|chemical elements}} that make up the world. Its structure represents several properties of the elements. Atoms increase in {{w|atomic number}} from left to right and continue on each new row, going top to bottom. Elements in a single column will have similar chemical properties, with allowance for any crossing of the {{w|dividing line between metals and nonmetals}}, and each row exhibits a similar trend to adjacent rows for the gaining or losing of electrons and other physical properties.

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 ==Explanation==
 {{incomplete|This page was created APERIODICALLY. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
-The {{w|periodic table of the elements}} is a diagram often used to show the properties of the {{w|chemical elements}} that make up the world. Its structure represents several properties of the elements. Atoms increase in {{w|atomic number}} from left to right and continue on each new row, going top to bottom. Elements in a single column will have similar chemical properties, with allowance for any crossing of the {{w|dividing line between metals and nonmetals}}, and each row exhibits a similar trend to adjacent rows for the gaining or losing electrons and other physical properties.
+The {{w|periodic table of the elements}} is a diagram often used to show the properties of the {{w|chemical elements}} that make up the world. Its structure represents several properties of the elements. Atoms increase in {{w|atomic number}} from left to right and continue on each new row, going top to bottom. Elements in a single column will have similar chemical properties, with allowance for any crossing of the {{w|dividing line between metals and nonmetals}}, and each row exhibits a similar trend to adjacent rows for the gaining or losing of electrons and other physical properties.
 [[Randall]] spoofs this concept by creating a similar view that is much less useful. The original table is "periodic" because it has consistent, repeating patterns that are represented by the horizontal position of the elements. Randall's 'table' is "aperiodic", meaning it has no consistent, repeating patterns. Instead, it is just a meandering line ordered by atomic number. To fit into a compact space, the sequence snakes back and forth and (roughly) down the page. This presentation is not actually helpful,{{cn}} since it contains little information other than the atomic number of each element. Faint colouring on each box does show its category, but due to the dull colours that is also quite inconvenient to use, and depicts this information in an unnecessarily unhelpful and hard-to-read format.

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 The {{w|periodic table of the elements}} is a diagram often used to show the properties of the {{w|chemical elements}} that make up the world. Its structure represents several properties of the elements. Atoms increase in {{w|atomic number}} from left to right and continue on each new row, going top to bottom. Elements in a single column will have similar chemical properties, with allowance for any crossing of the {{w|dividing line between metals and nonmetals}}, and each row exhibits a similar trend to adjacent rows for the gaining or losing electrons and other physical properties.
-[[Randall]] spoofs this concept by creating a similar view that is much less useful. The original table is "periodic" because it has consistent, repeating patterns that are represented by the horizontal position of the elements. Randall's 'table' is "aperiodic", meaning it has no consistent, repeating patterns. Instead, it is just a meandering line ordered by atomic number. To fit into a compact space, the sequence snakes back and forth and (roughly) down the page. This presentation is not actually helpful{{cn}}, since it contains little information other than the atomic number of each element. Faint colouring on each box does show its category, but due to the dull colours that is also quite inconvenient to use, and depicts this information in an unnecessarily unhelpful and hard-to-read format.
+[[Randall]] spoofs this concept by creating a similar view that is much less useful. The original table is "periodic" because it has consistent, repeating patterns that are represented by the horizontal position of the elements. Randall's 'table' is "aperiodic", meaning it has no consistent, repeating patterns. Instead, it is just a meandering line ordered by atomic number. To fit into a compact space, the sequence snakes back and forth and (roughly) down the page. This presentation is not actually helpful,{{cn}} since it contains little information other than the atomic number of each element. Faint colouring on each box does show its category, but due to the dull colours that is also quite inconvenient to use, and depicts this information in an unnecessarily unhelpful and hard-to-read format.
-The title text suggests that the creation of {{w|Types of periodic tables|alternative periodic table layouts}} is due to scientists not having enough work to do. However, it frames this by comparing them to animals kept in enclosures, with a lack of {{w|Behavioral_enrichment|enrichment activities}} to keep them occupied and satisfied in their lab, implying that this is a form of aberrant dysfunctional behaviour. Researcher enclosure enrichment was previously mentioned in [[3052: Archive Request]]. The reference to  'enrichment' could also be a pun on the process of chemical enrichment (particularly of [https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/uranium-enrichment-explained uranium]), or on the [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/enrichment enrichment] of scientists by gaining funding.
+The title text suggests that the creation of {{w|Types of periodic tables|alternative periodic table layouts}} is due to scientists not having enough work to do. However, it frames this by comparing them to animals kept in enclosures, with a lack of {{w|Behavioral enrichment|enrichment activities}} to keep them occupied and satisfied in their lab, implying that this is a form of aberrant dysfunctional behaviour. Researcher enclosure enrichment was previously mentioned in [[3052: Archive Request]]. The reference to  'enrichment' could also be a pun on the process of chemical enrichment (particularly of [https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/uranium-enrichment-explained uranium]), or on the {{wiktionary|enrichment}} of scientists by gaining funding.
-This comic may be a critique about how an excessive amount of ways to display the periodic table have been created over the years, many of which make Randall's periodic table look fairly normal by comparison. Alternatively, it may be intended to highlight how useful the original idea of the periodic table was, since the version in the comic is essentially what scientists were faced with before it was invented.
+This comic may be a critique about how an excessive variety of ways to display the periodic table have been created over the years, many of which make Randall's periodic table look fairly normal by comparison. Alternatively, it may be intended to highlight how useful the original idea of the periodic table was, since the version in the comic is essentially what scientists were faced with before it was invented.
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 [[Randall]] spoofs this concept by creating a similar view that is much less useful. The original table is "periodic" because it has consistent, repeating patterns that are represented by the horizontal position of the elements. Randall's 'table' is "aperiodic", meaning it has no consistent, repeating patterns. Instead, it is just a meandering line ordered by atomic number. To fit into a compact space, the sequence snakes back and forth and (roughly) down the page. This presentation is not actually helpful{{cn}}, since it contains little information other than the atomic number of each element. Faint colouring on each box does show its category, but due to the dull colours that is also quite inconvenient to use, and depicts this information in an unnecessarily unhelpful and hard-to-read format.
-The title text suggests that the creation of {{w|Types of periodic tables|alternative periodic table layouts}} is due to scientists not having enough work to do. However, it frames this by comparing them to animals kept in enclosures, with a lack of {{w|Behavioral_enrichment|enrichment activities}} to keep them occupied and satisfied in their lab, implying that this is a form of aberrant dysfunctional behaviour. Researcher enclosure enrichment was previously mentioned in [[3052: Archive Request]]. The reference to  'enrichment' could also be a pun on the process of [https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/uranium-enrichment-explained enrichment] of uranium, or on the [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/enrichment enrichment] of scientists by gaining funding.
+The title text suggests that the creation of {{w|Types of periodic tables|alternative periodic table layouts}} is due to scientists not having enough work to do. However, it frames this by comparing them to animals kept in enclosures, with a lack of {{w|Behavioral_enrichment|enrichment activities}} to keep them occupied and satisfied in their lab, implying that this is a form of aberrant dysfunctional behaviour. Researcher enclosure enrichment was previously mentioned in [[3052: Archive Request]]. The reference to  'enrichment' could also be a pun on the process of chemical enrichment (particularly of [https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/uranium-enrichment-explained uranium], or on the [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/enrichment enrichment] of scientists by gaining funding.
 This comic may be a critique about how an excessive amount of ways to display the periodic table have been created over the years, many of which make Randall's periodic table look fairly normal by comparison. Alternatively, it may be intended to highlight how useful the original idea of the periodic table was, since the version in the comic is essentially what scientists were faced with before it was invented.