On 09/03/2008, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
I wrote:
Snowspinner wrote:
There's likely a common sense compromise, like including the CAS numbers but not creating [[List of chemical compounds by CAS number]]
Phil's got this exactly right.
By which I meant, I was pretty sure CAS would object to such a list. So imagine my surprise when I came across [[List of CAS numbers by chemical compound]] this morning...
Blog search for CAS wikipedia makes it pretty clear that certain groups who don't like the current system are trying to use wikipedia as a method to change it. Within our current chemical coverage CAS numbers are not that vital. We only tend to cover the more common chemicals with the result that names are enough to identify them with few problems. Non vital does not however mean they should not be included.