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We don't have any reliable criteria for rating such an article at WP languages. The rating C class is due to citing only one dictionary for each of the respective etymonogies. If anyone wants to discuss this matter, I would suggest reviewing some similar articles and then going to the talk page of
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Three years later, the article is still contradicting itself but in a different way. The lede states unequivocally that the term is derived from instances of mercury poisoning during felt production, but the immediately subsequent
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