Category talk:Units of chemical measurement

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Proposed renaming[edit]

many of the pages listed here refer to chemical QUANTITIES, not UNITS. I suggest to rename this new category to:

Quantities and units of chemical measurement

RolfSander (talk) 10:19, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I sustain the proposal.--MagnInd (talk) 14:31, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Who can rename categories? What admin should be contacted to do the renaming?--MagnInd (talk) 14:34, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I support the proposal. First, only a.m.u., eV, katal, kg/m³ and Mole are units while the other pages are quantities. Second, it seems more intuitive to categorize quantities than units, as a given quantity can be sub-divided or calibrated in a countless number of ways to form a new unit definition; however, it can be useful to keep units and quantities in the same category page, as some readers can often recognize a quantity by its unit and vice versa. Since many units are found both the fields of Physics and Chemistry, the following title is more appropriate: Physico-chemical quantities and units DeMk9D76 (talk) 13:40, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The new suggestion Physico-chemical quantities and units is fine for me. Unfortunately, I don't know how to find an admin to do this renaming. Unfortunately, the person who created the new category has not responded yet--RolfSander (talk) 15:01, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You have to go through Categories for Discussion (which is where you go to delete, rename, or merge cats). --Guillaume2303 (talk) 15:54, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There is a faster method, that is creating the new renamed category and redirecting the old one.--MagnInd (talk) 20:09, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]