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Periodic Table does not have an element starting with "J" or "Q" or "W"

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Description

All LTS releases will be assigned a "codename" drawn from the names of elements on the Periodic Table of Elements. For each upcoming LTS release, the Release working group will select a handful of candidate names and submit those for a collaborator vote.

I looked up the List of chemical elements and noticed there are no elements starting with "J" or "Q" or "W".

I realize that we won't hit "J" for 7 more LTS releases but I'm curious...how will the "codename" be decided in those 3 cases?


UPDATE: looks like I'm not the first to notice this problem.
Maybe other languages could solve it.


UPDATE 2023: "J" is officially "Jod". Let's move on to discussing "Q".

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Start by reading the issue updates and the linked Release issue and language discussion. Determine whether the release naming policy needs a documented decision for the missing initials, and consider the work complete when collaborators have an agreed approach recorded in the relevant release guidance.

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Assessment

Tech stack
node.js
Domain
release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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