Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemicals/Archive 2024

Discussion at 1,1&
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. DMacks (talk) 19:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC) DMacks (talk) 19:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Mitomycin
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mitomycin that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. SkyWarrior 16:43, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Time to deprecate/kill ChemID?
ChemID is a CASNo lookup in the ChemIDplus database, which just appears to be PubChem. There are only a few dozen transclusions (Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:ChemID), all the articles being "chemical" or "drug" articles that would have pubchem ID in the infobox as standard. The ChemID is instead (from spot-checking) listed in External links, and I don't see the value of highlighting that reference (or leading readers to think it's something other than pubchem). Should we get rid of these uses, and then kill the template?

who created it (but obviously anyone is welcome to contribute to discussion!). DMacks (talk) 02:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It's too bad that ChemIDplus was migrated into PubChem. In cases, where the template is just listed in the External links section, it may just be removed. However, it is also used as a reference to specific infobox values. In Hyaluronic_acid for instance, the template could be replaced by a link to https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/3084049#section=Acute-Effects&fullscreen=true that contains the same information as originally the ChemIDplus entry. --Leyo 22:32, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I nuked the loose ExtLinks. DMacks (talk) 12:06, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * All article-space fixed. DMacks (talk) 02:07, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Unfortunately, there are many more, just without that template: Special:Search/insource:chemidplus --Leyo 19:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Crikey, 162 in [mainspace articles alone:( [[User:DMacks|DMacks]] (talk) 03:33, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I know. I removed the (relatively few) occurrences in the External links section. --Leyo 20:29, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:ChemID
Template:ChemID has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. DMacks (talk) 13:31, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Template:Alfa
This template also has a similar problem. The website is moved, and they have changed catalog numbers of chemicals. --Nucleus hydro elemon (talk) 07:40, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Maltodextrin
Maltodextrin is a topic likely difficult for the general reader to grasp readily, as the term refers to two different classes of food ingredient having the same name. Would appreciate chemistry editors giving this article a critical look with revisions as needed. Thanks. Zefr (talk) 19:37, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Bensci54 (talk) 20:31, 21 February 2024 (UTC)