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Interesting, I wrote a basic description since the page was blank, and apparently, within the time I was writing someone else posted an explanation so mine wasn't saved. It's interesting that that's how the site deals with things like that. In this case, the explanation the other guy wrote is better so it's fine, but what if you wrote something super long and detailed and it vanished because someone else was editing at the same time? It didn't appear in the version history so it's not like I could go back and retrieve the text. Again, it doesn't matter here but it's interesting to think about. [[User:Zman350x|Zman350x]] ([[User talk:Zman350x|talk]]) 02:23, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Interesting, I wrote a basic description since the page was blank, and apparently, within the time I was writing someone else posted an explanation so mine wasn't saved. It's interesting that that's how the site deals with things like that. In this case, the explanation the other guy wrote is better so it's fine, but what if you wrote something super long and detailed and it vanished because someone else was editing at the same time? It didn't appear in the version history so it's not like I could go back and retrieve the text. Again, it doesn't matter here but it's interesting to think about. [[User:Zman350x|Zman350x]] ([[User talk:Zman350x|talk]]) 02:23, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 
:Sorry --[[User:FrankHightower|the other guy]] 2:27, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 
:Sorry --[[User:FrankHightower|the other guy]] 2:27, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
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So soccer balls appear in the very tiny ({{w|Fullerenes}}) and the very large, as noted here.  I wonder if there is a relation, or if the chemists and astronomers are referencing the same group of sports-enthusiast mathematicians. [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 03:20, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

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Interesting, I wrote a basic description since the page was blank, and apparently, within the time I was writing someone else posted an explanation so mine wasn't saved. It's interesting that that's how the site deals with things like that. In this case, the explanation the other guy wrote is better so it's fine, but what if you wrote something super long and detailed and it vanished because someone else was editing at the same time? It didn't appear in the version history so it's not like I could go back and retrieve the text. Again, it doesn't matter here but it's interesting to think about. Zman350x (talk) 02:23, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Sorry --the other guy 2:27, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

So soccer balls appear in the very tiny (Fullerenes) and the very large, as noted here. I wonder if there is a relation, or if the chemists and astronomers are referencing the same group of sports-enthusiast mathematicians. Nutster (talk) 03:20, 9 September 2021 (UTC)