User:Gnostic804/.oga.

Orsat gas analyser (.oga.)
Article was originally created and categorized by User:Robert Fraser, who resides in Australia, on 24 Feb 2010 in the British variety of English.

WP resource people: User:Rifleman 82 (talk), WP:WikiProject Chemistry

Problems with article's title

 * 1) FACT: Title uses British (en-UK...) variety analyser. Search for/links using en-US variety analyzer won't be found without redirect. Applicable policies: WP:REDIR (alternative spellings), Name, WP:ENGVAR // 20110123 created redirect page  20101112 missing.
 * 2) Verification: en-UK... Orsat gas analyser vs. en-US Orsat gas analyzer : Latter is missing until redirect inserted. // 20110123 created redirect page  20101112 missing.
 * 3) Cannot and should not resolve by renaming the en-UK... title or by moving the page to an en-US spelling. See also Content/British English subsection. // 20101114 +++ crossref on en-UK... in content; 20101112 found the policy.
 * 4) Solution: Create redirect page for the en-US variant, Orsat gas analyzer], containing only ]] //20110123 created redirect page; 20101112 missing.
 * 5) This task can be undertaken independently of the others. // 20110123 Marked ind. task completed.  20101114 added and added to List of independent tasks section
 * 6) In WP and Google searches, the words apparatus, device, instrument, tester, method, and just plain analyzer/analyser are commonplace substitutes for gas analyzer and need to be anticipated via redirects. In addition, many works of the late 19th and early 20th centuries use the possessive Orsat's, instead of the adjectival Orsat, when referring to the equipment and method of analysis. This is presumably because the person of Orsat was either alive or well-known at that time. References: Google Web Search and Google Books Search, "orsat", 7 Feb 2011 ; in Winkler, Clemens. Handbook Of Technical Gas Analysis. Second English Edition. 1902.  // 20110207 expanded; 20101113 reworded; 20101112 todo
 * 7) Solution: Create redirect pages containing only   for the following usages (Missing verifications should resolve after redirects are added) // 20101112 todo
 * 8) Orsat device // 20101112 missing.
 * 9) Orsat instrument // 20101112 missing.
 * 10) Orsat method (as used in Winkler, Clemens. Handbook Of Technical Gas Analysis. Second English Edition. 1902. ) // 20110207 missing.
 * 11) Orsat tester // 20101112 missing.
 * 12) Orsat analyzer (en-US) // 20101112 missing.
 * 13) Orsat analyser (en-UK...) // 20101112 missing.
 * 14) Orsat apparatus (as used in Winkler, Clemens. Handbook Of Technical Gas Analysis. Second English Edition. 1902. )  //20110521 redirect created; 20110123 missing.
 * 15) Orsat's apparatus (as used in Winkler, Clemens. Handbook Of Technical Gas Analysis. Second English Edition. 1902. ) // 20110207 missing.
 * 16) Orsat's analyzer (en-US) // 20101112 missing.
 * 17) Orsat's analyser (en-UK...) // 20101112 missing.
 * 18) Orsat's device (as used in Winkler, Clemens. Handbook Of Technical Gas Analysis. Second English Edition. 1902. ) // 20110112 missing.
 * 19) Orsat's gas analyzer (en-US) // 20101112 missing.
 * 20) Orsat's gas analyser (en-UK...) // 20101112 missing.
 * 21) Orsat gas analysis apparatus // 20100521 (done) Added this additional alternative, as shown in drop-down suggestions menu for Google Web search of simply 'Orsat'.
 * 22) Orsat's method (as used in Winkler, Clemens. Handbook Of Technical Gas Analysis. Second English Edition. 1902. ) // 20110207 missing.

Commonly referred to as FYRITE device, etc.

 * 1) (See findings on alternate spellings of tradename Fyrite, FYRITE.) In WP and Google searches, only the spelling Fyrite needs to be supported, as an alternative of Orsat. // 20101113 todo:wikilink to new subsection Proprietary tradename ; 20101112 expanded; 20101110 todo
 * 2) The all-uppercase FYRITE is unlikely to be input in searches. Fyrite redirects will catch FYRITE searches. // 20101113 After additions of the redirects, check both versions of the proofs. 20101112 cite applicable WP doc, write a proof after additions
 * 3) However, the redirects supporting Fyrite must also accomodate the common-usage terms in problem 2. Watch  the missing verifications below for resolution after redirects are added, // 20101112 todo
 * 4) Fyrite device FYRITE device // 20101112 missing.
 * 5) Fyrite instrument FYRITE instrument // 20101112 missing.
 * 6) Fyrite tester FYRITE tester // 20101112 missing.
 * 7) Fyrite analyzer FYRITE analyzer (en-US) // 20101112 missing.
 * 8) Fyrite analyser FYRITE analyser (en-UK...) // 20101112 missing.

Proprietary tradename Fyrite/FYRITE is in common use

 * FYRITE&reg; is a registered trade name/trademark, per the manufacturer's instruction manual source document.
 * Applicable WP/en policies // 20101113 added, replaced 'policies at WP/en' subitem
 * Trademarks, per WP's Manual of style: WP:MOSTM // 20101113 done
 * Objectivity, Conflict of interest: WP:NPOV, WP:COI // 20101113 done
 * Soapbox/advertising in What Wikipedia is not: WP:NOT, WP:COI // 20101113 done
 * Are there any other policies and style requirements relating to commercial products at // 20101113 refined 20101110 todo
 * WP:WikiProject Chemicals // 20101113 wikilinked; 20101110 todo
 * WP:WikiProject Chemistry // 20101113 wikilinked; 20101110 todo
 * FACT: FYRITE can be used without including the &reg; symbol. The source manual does this throughout. However, see also the Copy-edit notes subsection. // 20101112 results of scanning the ref, +++copy-edit notes; 20101110 todo
 * FACT: Fyrite (initial caps only) is an acceptable alternative to FYRITE. Proof: manufacturer's Data Sheet

Categorize the article
This task can be undertaken independently of the others.
 * .oga. presently exists in Category:Laboratory glassware. Is that appropriate? Cf. subsection Add...to 'Laboratory Equipment' list. If not, spin off to a separate task. Per the manufacturer's user manual, there are no glass parts (only plastic parts) in the current models, although there may have been (and probably were) glass parts in past models. No matter: In WP/en, other equipment items listed as "glassware" also have plastic or metal alternatives, such as beakers, pipettes, etc.
 * If WP/en allows single-item categories (research this and spin off as a separate task if lengthy):
 * Add Category:Gas analyzers in en-US spelling, with redirection of the alternate en-UK spelling.
 * (compose the redirect markup here for later cut-and-paste) Category:Gas analysers
 * Using Portal:Contents/Categories as reference and link source (because some category names may be duplicated in other sciences), complete the hierarchical relationship to Category:Chemistry.
 * Create and link 'Gas analyzers' to new category Category:Volumetric analysis under existing ancestor Category:Instrumental analysis whose parent is Category:Laboratory techniques whose parent is Category:Chemistry.
 * What other analyzers need to be included in 'Gas analyzers' category, besides .oga.? (May break this out into a separate, future project; depends on the search results.) List of search results so far:
 * 20101110: WP/en 'gas analysis' (lots)
 * 20101110: WP/en 'gas analyzers' + 'gas analysers' (few)
 * Check WP/- for possible additional alternate searches or hits.

WebCite all proposed external references

 * Bacharach FYRITE Instruction Manual (downloadable PDF) // 20101112 partial; 20101112 have a DL'd local work copy; 20101110 todo
 * (compose complete citation here for later cut-and-paste) // 20101111 url done; complete the full citation.
 * Bacharach FYRITE Data Sheet (downloadable PDF) // 20101112 partial; 20101112 have a DL'd local work copy; 20101110 todo
 * (compose complete citation here for later cut-and-paste) // 20101111 url done; complete the full citation.

Manufacturer information research and handling

 * Bacharach, Inc. Web site: // 20101113 done; 20101112 todo
 * Home page (US servers): http://www.bacharach-inc.com/ // 20101113 done
 * Site whois: Registrant address in New Kensington, PA, USA // 20101113 done
 * Look on website for indication of competitors of the fluid device, look for claims of ubiquity of use (goes to notability, WP:N). // 20101114 found policy 20101112 todo
 * WP/en: No pages for Bacharach, Inc., no entries on Bacharach (disambiguation). // 20101113 done
 * Use to establish that the manufacturer of Fyrite devices is Bacharach, Inc. (for .oga./Talk) // 20101112 todo
 * Use to establish that the owner of the Fyrite and FYRITE tradename is Bacharach, Inc. (for .oga./Talk) // 20101112 todo
 * Google for other FYRITE vendors, manufacturers, docs // 20101110 todo
 * Google Web (save search URL here) (will also turn up Fyrite items in other Wikimedia sites, if any) // 20101110 todo
 * Results from other Wikimedia sites (for wikilinks): // 20101112
 * Google Images // 20101112 4,700 results
 * 20101112 Quick scan only: All equipment pictured has the Bacharach label, so it's probably correct to assume that Fyrite is the proprietary brand name of Bacharach, Inc. and that Bacharach, Inc. owns it as a registered trademark.
 * 20101112 Quick scan only: The URLs of most of the images of this instrument are on vendor sites worldwide (ubiquity==notability). (Note all this in article's /Talk and, possibly, qualify the Fyrite redirects)
 * 20101112 Quick scan only: Also, lots of illustrations of Bacharach bottles of charging fluid and peripheral equipment for Fyrite instruments appear&mdash;again, mostly on vendor sites. // 20101112 See re: discussion of the chemical composition of those fluids.
 * 20101112 Quick scan only: Photos of another, hand-held kind of electronic device, without a lot of tubes (in photo). Since it's product name is "FYRITE&reg; INSIGHT" (and "Fyrite&reg; INSIGHT") it also occured frequently in the Google Images search results. Important. Investigate. // 20101113 done: updated description, names, dittoed from Google Images results to the The FYRITE INSIGHT instrument subsection below for further work, accomodated the rest of 20101112 todos below this one in the new subsection; 20101112 todo

The FYRITE INSIGHT instrument
Photos of a Bacharach product named "FYRITE&reg; INSIGHT" (and "Fyrite&reg; INSIGHT" occured frequently in the Google Images search results of 20101112. // 20101113 added
 * It is a hand-held electronic device. // 20101113 added
 * No tubes or other peripheral equipment appear in the photos. // 20101113 added
 * Since it, too, is a gas analyzer, but is definitely not an Orsat gas analyzer, and its product name contains "FYRITE" and "Fyrite," searches on 'Fyrite' would cause the proposed .oga. redirections with Fyrite in their names to send the searcher to the wrong device. Therefore, these Fyrite redirects must not be added to .oga. Instead, this needs to be explained in .oga./Talk. // 20101113 todo and expand below, as further investigation warrants.
 * FACT:I don't know of a straightforward way to prevent searches on 'Fyrite...'&mdash;when the intent is to find something akin to Fyrite INSIGHT&mdash;from going to .oga. when 'Fyrite' redirects are present without (a) creating a Fyrite Insight page (right now, there's too little information on the instrument to warrant such a page) along with a (b) disambiguation page, or (c) creating a disambiguation page with all the known 'Fyrite' devices and point those that aren't for .oga. to pages on the associated generic devices, if those pages even exist. This would eliminate the need for 'Fyrite' redirects in .oga., but it also sounds to me like a non-trivial and separate project that I'm unable to execute beyond just making my refs and findings available for someone else's further development. // 20101113 added

Content
Redirects, citations, and some of the /Talk page additions should be handled at the same time as editing for content. See also the Copy-edit notes subsection.

British English
This task can be undertaken independently of the others. // 20101114 added, added to List of independent tasks,
 * The article was originally created and categorized in the British variety of English on 24 Feb 2010 by User:Robert Fraser, who was born in Wales and now resides in Australia. Already, someone as changed some of his en-UK... words to en-US versions as part of correcting "misspelling." Not only as a courtesy to the originator, but in conformity with WP:ENGVAR, do the following. // 20101114 added
 * Near top of article, add to flag the article visibly and possibly deter future copy-editing skirmishes.
 * Found only a couple of changes to en-US made by other editors, so put them back.
 * Note why in a standalone section of .oga./Talk.

The "Orsat" name

 * Is Orsat the name of the person who developed the method? If so, can we link, wikilink (but see FACT below), or add request to .oga./Talk? // 20101112 +++alternatives; 20101110 todo
 * FACT: Search of WP/en for 'Orsat' yields only the .oga. page. No WP/en wikilink possible, but see Google search for other WP's in other languages. // 20101110 done
 * Google 'Orsat' (allow hits on any lang, research results, remember to WebCite anything to be cited in .oga.). This will also turn up items at other Wikimedia sites, and non-English Wikipedias. // 20101110 todo
 * Search URL: (add here) // 20101113 todo

Add CambridgeBayWeather's photo

 * Write custom caption to illustrate the article. Depends on 'Copy-edit notes', tradename Fyrite vs. FYRITE issue. // 20101113 itemized as result of subsectioning; 20101112 depends added; 20101110 orig

Edits to CambridgeBayWeather's photo caption

 * No need to alter the spelling of Fyrite. // 20101113 per research on name
 * (Depends) If add redirects for Fyrite variations in .oga., then definitely wikilink the name in the caption. Otherwise, just tell the author User:CambridgeBayWeather, a WP admin, about .oga. and ask whether it should be wikilinked. The author may also be a user of the instrument; see subsection Items for the article's /Talk page.

Add .oga. to 'Laboratory Equipment' list
This item is not urgent and can be handled independently of the others. // 20101113 added
 * Looks currently to be missing from the list, perhaps because original author User:Robert Fraser forgot to add the article to the list when he added the list to the article. // 20101110 missing
 * See also the tasks to categorize this article. There is no existing Category:Laboratory equipment to compete with the list. // 20101113 no competing categorization; 20101110 todo, missing from list
 * Is this the controlling template protected? // 20101110 don't know, todo
 * DECIDE: Does .oga. need to be in the Glassware section or the Other section? Ask original author: User:Robert Fraser, who added the list or (better) just ask in a separate of .oga./Talk and someone else can decide. // 20101113 todo

Items for .oga.'s /Talk page
No .oga./Talk page exists as of 20101113. // 20101110 added
 * What to name the section title(s)? // 20101112 todo
 * If Fyrite redirects are added, supporting information about the issue of tradename vs. common usage should go here. // 20101113 refined; 20101112 todo
 * Name the manufacturer of Fyrite-branded equipment and include the link to the Web site from the Manufacturer... section. // 20101113 todo
 * (More subjects here) // 20101113 todo
 * Support the claim of common usage with the following. // 20101113 todo
 * Record of usage by WP editors // 20101113 todo
 * User:CambridgeBayWeather's own photo // 20101113 todo
 * Also, ask him/her whether he/she is or has been a direct, hands-on user of this equipment. // 20101113 todo
 * User:Dac28, who added the sentence about a “Fyrite” device to Potassium Hydroxide that I moved to that article's /Talk page to work on (which started this whole .oga. project). // 20101113 todo
 * Check out User:AlexNewArtBot/EnergySearchResult/archive4 and User:AlexNewArtBot/ChemistrySearchResult/archive20, which appeared 20101113 in the results of the 'What links here' search, among my .koh./Talk link and my link on this page. // 20101113 todo

Orphan status

 * How many more links, besides the one I propose in the .koh. update, does it take to change this status? // 20101113 todo

Unassessed status
Unassessed from origin, apparently. // 20101113 still unassessed
 * Applicable policy: WP:ASSESS // 20101113 added, learn
 * What WikiProject should assess this? WP:WikiProject Chemistry or is there an appropriate child project thereof? // 20101113 todo

Copy-edit notes

 * Maintain en-UK... spelling of the originating author: colour, analyser, analyze, defence, etc. See British English. // 20101114 + crossref; 20101112
 * Refs should be in same citation style as the first ref listed. // 20101112 Cite WP policy guideline for later inclusion in /Places#Policies.
 * FYRITE vs. Fyrite // 20101110 Decide which and cite WP policy guideline for later inclusion in /Places#Policies.
 * Keep consistency with or ditto applicable statement(s) added in the .koh. update // 20101110 todo

List of independent tasks
Completed tasks are marked like this using &lt;del&gt;&lt;/del&gt; markup.
 * User:Gnostic804/.oga., problem 1.
 * User:Gnostic804/.oga., problem 2.
 * User:Gnostic804/.oga.
 * User:Gnostic804/.oga.
 * User:Gnostic804/.oga.