Talk:Helium

Helium is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

Helium is part of the Period 1 elements series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on May 31, 2004.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 19, 2004	Refreshing brilliant prose	Kept
April 6, 2005	Featured article review	Kept
August 5, 2008	Featured article review	Kept
August 6, 2008	Featured topic candidate	Promoted
August 16, 2008	Featured topic candidate	Promoted
July 31, 2014	Featured topic removal candidate	Kept
February 3, 2023	Featured topic removal candidate	Demoted
September 1, 2024	Featured article review	Demoted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 18, 2005, August 18, 2006, August 18, 2007, August 18, 2008, August 18, 2009, August 18, 2010, August 18, 2011, August 18, 2012, August 18, 2015, August 18, 2017, and August 18, 2018.
Current status: Former featured article

Elements Top‑importance

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Materials Mid‑importance

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