We define inclusive steric number calculation as the number of sigma bonds plus the number of lone pairs bonded to the atom (both localized and delocalized), and define non-inclusive as the number of sigma bonds plus the number of localized lone pairs only. In the non-inclusive steric number calculation, the delocalized lone pairs count towards the Huckel number of pi electrons in the compound (4n+2 where n is an integer) . Once both are calculated for the atom of interest and the rest of the following requirements for aromaticity are evaluated (i.e. compound is planar, cyclic, and has Huckel number of electrons) the version of the compound with the most stable aromatic configuration is selected as the correct configuration. We discovered that this method is not applicable when determining the stability of a conjugate base by way of determining its aromaticity following deprotonation, rather only the non-inclusive steric number calculation is applied and the inclusive is ignored.