Talk:List of compounds

message: I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, so I'm still sort of stumbling around a bit- but I have found this discussion here, as well as the start of a Wikiproject over at
[[[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Chemicals]]
Should these two discussions get linked up?  It seems to me that we do need to agree on standards for how chemical compounds are listed.
Thanks, Walkerma 22:49, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiproject on chemicals 

message: http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/ Material Data Safety Sheets, and numerous other places on web.
MSDS are public domain. Suggest each compound page link to relevant MSDS. Acts also as information confirmation  for the careful reader who needs more than one reference. 67.124.100.26 21:16, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material Data Safety Sheets 

message: Dear Sirs,
I do not think, that links to extern chemical suppliers with "datasheets" and commercial informations are helpful to develop a scientific encyclopedia...
If one suppliers spreads his links everywhere, many others will follow developing wikipedia in a commercial link list.
Best regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.188.227.119 (talk) 
:For the most part I agree with you that there isn't much benefit to the encylopedia to link to chemical suppliers, especially on articles about specific compounds.  But when it comes to this article, List of compounds, I think the links are worthwhile because a supplier list can be one of the best and most comprehensive examples of a list of important chemical compounds.  So for now, I have restore the links. --Ed (Edgar181) 16:36, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree, these link serve a purpose, if they are in an 'external links'-like section of the page, see User_talk:213.188.227.119 --Dirk Beetstra 17:55, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: I propose deletion of the following unsubstantiated statement:
"Note that there is no list of organic compounds, as such a list would be infinite." To be clear, this is akin to stating something like "there is no list of galaxies or exoplanets, as such a list would be infinite." The statement is predicated on a fundamental misunderstanding; there are obviously lists of organic compounds (google and see for yourself), they are merely incomplete. A list of organic compounds would then comprise all *known* organic compounds, and such lists do indeed exist. e.g. http://www.bd-research.com/Application/ChemicalOrganic/List_of_organic_compounds.htm The statement is further contradicted in the article on Organic compounds. I am aware of no definitive assertion that there are actually an "infinite" number of organic compounds beyond its use as imprecise (and technically incorrect) shorthand for "a lot." In fact, one of the more well-known efforts to map the "small molecule universe" (comprising all possible organic compounds) cites an estimate of 1060 in total. Stochastic Voyages into Uncharted Chemical Space Produce a Representative Library of All Possible Drug-Like Compounds Blacksun1942 (talk) 01:01, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of organic compounds 

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