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wrong attribution of the French abbreviation

"The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (/sɜːrn/; French pronunciation: [sɛʁn]; Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire)"

the attribution does not match the abbreviation (CERN ≠ Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire), in fact, if you'll look at the french source it will point the abbreviation is Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire 212.116.162.43 (talk) 21:09, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The official French name genuinely does not match the acronym. This is explained in the 2nd paragraph in the history section. 2001:1458:204:1:0:0:102:E89C (talk) 15:38, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CERN as se:rn and seʁn for the french listing

Why does the ʁ is used in this context for the French pronunciation? The ʁ is not "rolled" in any way, and only confuse readers by doing so. ʁ should be r or R as well as se:rn, should be ce:rn (English) and cern (French) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SirlupinwatsonIII (talk • contribs) 23:10, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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On 21 June 2025, Slovenia became a Member State of CERN

Press release: https://home.cern/news/press-release/cern/cern-welcomes-slovenia-its-25th-member-state Alkemyst (talk) 08:04, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Referentis (talk) 08:19, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This has still to be added to the list in the infobox as well as to the map of member states.

Partly done: @User:Alkemyst if you happen to have an updated map please feel free to upload or link. I've updated the infobox Dahawk04 (talk) 12:22, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Outdated page

This page appears to be 6 years behind PearlJamminn (talk) 14:41, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Warrior1789 (talk) 00:10, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No request. MichaelMaggs (talk) 17:35, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chile is an associate member since 2025

Question: The section CERN#Enlargement (last bullet item) notes that Chile is eligible but must complete necessary accession and ratification processes before being designated as an Associate Member. Do you have any reliable sources indicating this has been done? LizardJr8 (talk) 00:41, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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In the first paragraph, currently states "Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, western suburb of Geneva, on the France–Switzerland border." Should be edited to "...*a* western suburb of Geneva..." 128.2.149.230 (talk) 20:16, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Nubzor [T][C] 21:15, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]